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Mahmoud Yassin

Mahmoud Yassin
Born(1941-06-02)2 June 1941
Died14 October 2020(2020-10-14) (aged 79)
NationalityEgyptian
OccupationActor
Years active1968–2012
Spouses
Shahira
(m. 1970)
Children2

Mahmoud Yassin (Arabic: محمود ياسين; 19 February 1941[1][2] – 14 October 2020) was an Egyptian actor. He was an iconic actor in both Egyptian cinema and television, portraying dramatic, psychological and romantic roles.

Career

Yassin studied law at the Ain Shams University in 1964,[3] then he started his acting career in 1968, where he acted in more than 150 films and theatrical plays.[3] His last work was a comedy film Grandpa Habibi in 2012.[4]

Personal life

He married the actress Shahira in October 1970, with whom he had Rania (b. 1972) and Amro (b. 1978).[3]

Death

Having suffered from Alzheimer's disease for eight years,[5] Yassin died on 14 October 2020.[6]

Selected filmography

Films

Year Film Role Notes
1968 The Man Who Lost His Shadow
1969 Stories from our country
1971 The Thin Thread
1969 A Taste of Fear
1974 The Bullet is still in my pocket
1974 Where Is My Mind?
1975 Whom Should We Shoot?
1975 The liar
1977 Mouths and Rabbits
1978 Roadless Traveller
Al Amaleyyya 42 Colonel Sami
1988 Days of Terror
2007 The Island

TV series

Year Series Role Notes
1969 Al-Raqam Al-Maghool'
1978 Ba'd Al-Daya'
2002–03[7][8] ElAsyann

References