Dalal Abdel Aziz

Dalal Abdel Aziz (; 17 January 1960 – 7 August 2021) was an Egyptian actress. She was the wife of actor Samir Ghanem from 1984 until her death in 2021.

Early life and education Abdel Aziz was born on 17 January 1960 in Farghan, Sharqia, Egypt. She obtained her bachelor's degree from the Faculty of Agriculture at Zagazig University. She later studied at the Faculty of Mass Communication, English Literature and Political Science in the Cairo University.

Career Abdel Aziz entered the field of acting in 1977 with some small roles, including her role in the series "Bint Al Ayam", and her actual beginning was when artist Nour El Demerdash introduced her to theater. She collaborated in many artworks with her husband during the 1980s and early 1990s.

She then participated in many series, plays and films, such as “Akhoia hayes wana layes” (1992) play with Samir Ghanem, “Five-Star Thieves” (1994) with Salah Zulfikar in his final film role, followed by “Sleeping in Honey” (1996) with Adel Emam, and with these works she was able to obtain many awards as the best actress. Her last film was "Tasleem Ahali" (2022).

Personal life and death Abdel Aziz was married to actor Samir Ghanem in 1984, they were the parents of actresses Donia and Amy.

Ghanem died from complications of kidney functions and associated mucormycosis related to COVID-19 in El Safa Hospital, Mohandiseen, Giza on 20 May 2021, at the age of 84. Abdel Aziz herself died on 7 August, from complications related to COVID-19 100 days after infection.

Selected filmography Film 1980: The Accused 1983: The End of a Married Man 1984: Oh God, a Boy 1984: Hadi Badi 1984: The Judge's House 1985: Saving What Can Be Saved 1986: The Virgin Widow 1987: Girls of Gebelawi 1988: A Bird in the Sky 1988: The Female Police 1989: Our Gang Has No Other Branch 1992: The Conflict of Wives 1992: A Man of Fire 1994: Five-Star Thieves 1995: Baltiyya Bint Bahri 1996: Sleeping in Honey 1996: Time and Dogs 1998: Mabrouk and Bulbul 2001: A Girl's Secret 2008: Sorry to Disturb 2010: No Retreat, No Surrender 2010: Birds of the Nile 2010: Samir, Shahir, and Bahir 2013: The Straw 2014: Made in Egypt 2017: Good and Blessing 2018: Karma 2018: The Suit 2021: Firq Khebra 2022: Tasleem Ahali

Television 1977: Daughter of the Days 1980: Congratulations, You Have a Boy 1983: Amr ibn al-As 1983: The Journey 83 1985: Layali El-Helmiya (Part 1) 1987: Layali El-Helmiya (Part 2) 1994: No 1995: There's a Man in Our House 1995: One Thousand and One Nights 1996: Patience in the Salt Marshes 1997: Saad the Orphan 1998: Daughters of Souad Hanem 2000: The Call of the Rose 2000: Hell is a Man 2001: Justice Has Many Faces 2001: Morning and Evening Talk 2002: The Time of Imad Eddin 2002: Forget the Past, Farhat 2003: The People of Kafr Askar 2003: Abduction 2009: Ibn Al-Arandaly 2011: Doran Shubra 2012: Critical Moments 2012: Arafa The Sea 2013: Al Kabeer Awy 3 2015: Lahfa 2015: Haq Meit 2016: Nelly and Sherihan 2017: In La La Land 2017: Esh Eblis 2017: Seventh Neighbor 2018: Land of Hypocrisy 2019: Badal El Hadouta Talata 2020: Jama Salem 2020: Valentino 2021: In Our House, a Robot 2021: Kings of Gangsterism

Plays

1979: Humanitarian Service 1980: The Trap of Marital Happiness 1981: Hello, Doctor 1984: Marriage with Profit Sharing 1985: My Love, Hala 1987: Fares and Bani Khaiban 1992: My Brother Is Upset, and I'm Not 1994: Love in the Wood 1998: An Italian Marriage