Hind Rostom

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Hend Rostom (Arabic: هند رستم‎) (born November 12, 1931) is an Egyptian actress.

Contents 1 Life and career 2 Partial filmography 3 Films 4 Marriages 5 References 6 External links

[edit] Life and career

Hend was born in Alexandria on November 12, 1931. She started her career at the age of 16 with the film Azhaar wa Ashwak or Flowers and Thorns. Her first true success was in 1955 when the famous director Hassan Al Imam offered her a role in Banat el lail or Women of the Night. Her famous films include Ibn Hamidu in 1957, Youssef Chahine's Bab El Hadid or Cairo Station with Farid Shawki in 1958, Salah Abu Seif's La Anam or Sleepless with Faten Hamama, Omar Sharif and Rushdy Abaza in 1958, Sira' fi al-Nil (Struggle in the Nile) with Omar Sharif and Rushdy Abaza in 1959, and Chafika el Koptia or Chafika the Copt Girl in 1963. Hend is known as the queen of seduction in Egyptian cinema, and was known as the "Marilyn Monroe of the East". She decided to quit acting in 1979 because she wanted the audience to remember her at her best.

[edit] Partial filmography

[edit] Films

• 1947 Azhar wa Ashwak (أزهار وأشواك)
• Esha'a hob (Rumor of Love) 1960
• La Anam (I do not sleep) 1958
• Bab el hadid (1958)

[edit] Marriages

• Hassan Reda, a movie director and father of her only daughter "Basant".
• Dr.Mohammad Fayad, a physician.

[edit] References

• An interview with Hend Rostom. (Arabic)

[edit] External links

• Hind Rostom at the Internet Movie Database.

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