Shams Elbarudi

Shams Elbaroudi ( October 4, 1945) is an Egyptian former actress who was active in Egyptian films during the 1960s and 1970s. Elbaroudi was described by Lisa Anderson of the Chicago Tribune as "one of the most beautiful and glamorous of Egypt's actresses".

Early life She was born in Cairo, Egypt to an Egyptian-born father with Syrian roots and a Egyptian mother. Al-Baroudi studied at the Higher Institute of Dramatic Arts in Cairo for two and a half years.

Career

She made her cinema debut in Ismail Yassin's comedy Hired Husband (زوج بالإيجار) in 1961. After a prolific career in the 1960s, she came under spotlight with "transgressive" roles in early 1970s, such as her role in Salah Zulfikar's psychological drama The Other Man (الرجل الآخر) in 1973 and Malatily Bathhouse (حمام الملاطيلي) by Salah Abu Seif in 1973.

After marriage to fellow actor Hassan Youssef in 1972, the couple started to work in cooperation until al-Baroudi decided after Umrah in 1982 to quit cinema and wear the hijab. At that time Youssef was still filming Two on the Road (اثنين على الطريق) and after al-Baroudi's unexpected retirement, the film could only be completed and released by 1984.

After retirement In 2001, Nourah Abdul Aziz Al-Khereiji of the Arab News interviewed al-Baroudi in the 2001 Al-Madinah Festival. Al-Baroudi described her acting era as "the time of ignorance," the name Muslims use to refer to the pre-Islamic era. As of 2004, she was wearing a niqab and her sole television appearances were on religious satellite channels. By 2008, she stopped wearing the niqab and only wore the veil.

Lisa Anderson used al-Baroudi as an example of an increase in social conservatism in Egyptian society. Her niece, Ghada Adel is also an actress.

Selected filmography The Criminal, "El-Mugrem"