About Rafiq Subaie
Lived 1930 – 2017 (aged 86). Rafiq Subaie was a Syrian actor, film actor, film director, screenwriter and television actor.
Rafiq Subaie (; 9 February 1930 – 5 January 2017) was a Syrian actor, writer and director. He appeared in A Memory of a Night of Love.
Career Subaie was born in one of the oldest districts of old Damascus and as an actor contributed to Syrian drama. He was well known for acting alongside Egyptian leading actor Salah Zulfikar in Memory of a Night of Love (1973). Subaie is also known by the name "Abu Sayyah", that of a character he played in plays and television series.
Selected filmography 1967 – "Makalib Ghawar", actor, comedy series 1973 – "Memory of a Night of Love", actor, Syrian film 2013 – "Amar el Sham", actor, Syrian drama
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Who was Rafiq Subaie?
Syrian actor
When was Rafiq Subaie born?
Rafiq Subaie was born on 9 February 1930 in Damascus.
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Rafiq Subaie died on 5 January 2017 in Damascus.
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Rafiq Subaie was an actor, film actor, film director, screenwriter and television actor.
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Rafiq Subaie was Syrian.
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