Zubaida Ahmed Tharwat (1940-06-15) June 15, 1940 (age 76)[1] Alexandria, Egypt
Occupation
Actress
Years active
1956–1987
Zubaida Tharwat (Arabic: زبيدة ثروت Egyptian Arabic pronunciation: [zebeːda sarwat]; born 15 June 1940)[1] is an Egyptian film, stage and television actress who was known with the most beautiful eyes within the Classic Egyptian Cinema.
Zubaida was born in Alexandria in 1940. Her father, Ahmed Tharwat, was a Navy officer. As a teenager she won a beauty contest in an Egyptian teen magazine which widely published her photograph and got her the attention of directors and producers. She studied at the Faculty of Law, Alexandria University. She made her brief first appearance in the 1956 film Dalila alongside stars of the day Shadia and Abdel Halim Hafez. She went on to work in many other films with other famous actors such as Rushdy Abaza, Fatin Abdel Wahab, Youssef Wahbi, Kamal el-Shennawi, Soad Hosny and Omar Sharif. She retired from acting in the late 1980s. During her career, she was given many nicknames such as The Pussycat of Arab Cinema, Magic Eyes and The Queen of Romance.
