Zahrat El-Ola
Zahra al-‘Oula Bakir was born in the district of Muharram Bey in Alexandia to a family originally from al-Mahala. Her talents for acting and imitation were apparent when she was in secondary school. Her father was a friend of Youssif Wahbi and so he presented her to him and she enrolled at the Acting Institute with the help of Zaki Tuleiman. Zahra acted in several plays including “Hourriyah men al-Mareekh”, “al-Bakheel” (“The Miser”), Mareed bi al-Wahm” (“Illusory Illness”), “Fattish ‘an al-Maraa” (“Look for the Woman”), “al-Ghabi wa Anna” (“The Idiot and Myself”) and “Sab’a Farkhat wa Deek” (“Seven Hens and a Rooster”). Thereafter she was assigned major cinema roles. Zahra enjoyed a romantic aura and she received a diploma from the Higher Institute for Cinema in 1954. Zahra was the first in her class and she continued her stage career on modern theater. Zahra married Salah Zu al-Faqqar and later director Hassan al-Saifi. Among the television series which she has acted in are “Waffiyat Nas Tayebeen”. Zahra was honored at the Feature Films Festival. While a youth, Zahra represented the model of the innocent and suppressed girl. She has not portrayed any evil characters as her appearance does not lend itself to such roles. Zahra also acted in “Radd Qalbi”, “Du’aa al-Karwan” and “Tareeq al-Amal”. Despite the fact that she has acted in some comedies her roles were generally not comedic.
Return My Heart
(بهية)
Victory of Love
Sirr Taqiyyat Al Ikhfa
دعوة المظلوم
(هدى)
Min Ajl Alhayah
أحلام الربيع
Alribat Almuqadas
(Suaad)
The Pasha's daughter
(ElSayed Al-Munastarli's wife)
طريق السعادة
(أمينة)
Sikkat Al-Ashqeen
(Aleya)
Zaman el-Gidan
(Fatiha - Hanaa's mother)
Qoloob Ha'erah
Hadi Badi
(Khader's wife)
Hadrat Al-Muhtaram
Had Al-Saif
(Zahra)
The Ship of Love and Torment
(Umm Ilham)
Assaad El Ayam
(Souad)
Shaaytan Men Assal
(Shelter Director)
نداء الحب
(ناديه عزت)
Mu'akhar Sadaq
Eve at 12 o'clock
(محاسن)
All for Hanafy
Girl next door
Mid-night driver
(Badriya, Hassan's fiancée)
The Warm Nights
صورة الزفاف
صراع العشاق
(عنايات - زوجة سليم)
رجل بلا قلب
(زهرة)
ترويض الرجل
Days of Horror
Like A Matchstick
A Man in Our House
(سامية زاهر)
Aisha
(Fifi)
الغريب
Believing in God
(Huda)
Down with Colonialism!
Man in women's prison
The River of Love
(Safia/Mamdouh’s wife)
Port Said
(Rawayeh)
Sageen Abu Za'abal
(Saniya)
فتوة الجبل
أنا الهارب
(Nadia - Hamdi's wife)
Soul lover
The Victims
(مديرة الإصلاحية)
Traces in the Sand
(Laila)
My Father Deceived Me
The Next-Door Girl
(Ekhlas)
Life's Wishes
(Mona Jalal)
I'm Not Lying, I'm Sugar Coating
(Nadia)
ليمون حلو
(مارتا)
صورة عائلية
(ام ناهد)
I Killed My Wife
(Souad)
أنا وبابا والقطة
الحب الأخير
me and my daughters
(ميرفت محمود عبدالفتاح)
Prayer of the oppressed
(الحجه زوجة مصطفى)
شريك حياتى
(ليلى)
Days of Horror
(Aisha Umm Salwa)
Al-Malak Al-Zalem
Nafeza A'la Al-Ganna
Hawaa2 el sa3a 12
(محاسن)
Husband for Rent
أنا مش حرامية
Appointment with Love
(Zahrah)
Our Best Days
(سلوى)
The Empty Pillow
(Durraya)
Ismail Yassine In NAVY
(نادية)
Omar's Journey
El Maganeen Fi Naeem
(Layla)
The King of Petrol
(Salwa)
Ismail Yassine Fil Police
(سنيه)
Ismail Yassine in the Air Force
The Crime and The Punishment
The Bus Driver
(Mervat's Mother)
The Nightingale's Prayer
(هنادي)
Jamila, the Algerian
(بوعزة)
Al-Torgoman
(Aziza)
Bahbouh Efendi
Abul Eyoun Garia
(Nawaim)
مملكة النساء
Hisab alsinin
(فاطمة)
Bufakkar filli nassini
Ebn El-Hetta
مبكى العشاق
(كريمة - ضيفة شرف)
Tarek Al Amal
طريق الأبطال
(صفيه)
Daa El-Omr Ya Walady
Past Love
(Fawzia فوزية - شقيقة مها)
I Am Love
(Olfat)
Laila Min Omri
Youm El Ahad El Damy
Ahla Ayam Al Omr
Al Shaqiqan
The Three Madmen
(Suniya)
اللقاء الأخير
Al-Qadeya Al-Mashhora
Wives killing association
(بهية)
Ashour The Lion's Heart
(نادية)
Love in August
(سيدة بالطريق الصحراوي)
Till We Meet
(Nawal)
Pity My Tears
(Nawal Salem)
Al Sokkareya
(Aisha Abdel Jawad)
Ana mshun hiramia
The White Dress
El Murra El Maghoula
(Suad Abdel Hamid)
غراميات عفيفي
(عفاف البسيوني)
The Headmaster Woman
(الناظرة)
Ard Ard
(Umm Ramadan)
Tuha
(صفاء)
Hekaya Laha El Agab
(زينب - أم ليلى)
اللقاء الثاني
(والدة هدى)
Ghaltet El Omr
(Samia Sami)
Nashal raghm anfuh
(Gigi the secretary)
Nas haysa wnas laysa
El-Ardhahalgi fi Qadhiyyat Nasb
(Fatima's mother)
Husbands in Trouble
El-Ukhwah el-Ghuraba
(Aziza)
Malaekat el-Shaware
(Sharifa Mohammed Pasha Hajja)
Satrak Ya Rab
(Amina)
Love and other things
Mr. Abo El-Ela El-Beshry's Journey
He and She Stories
محمد رسول الله
(ضيف)
أم العروسة
Mat3ab Al Mahna
The wife is first to know
withou a sin