Murād, Laylá, 1918-1995
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Name (Hebrew)
מוראד, לילה, 1918-1995
Name (Latin)
Murād, Laylá, 1918-1995
Name (Arabic)
مراد، ليلى، 1918-
Other forms of name
Laylá Murād, 1918-1995
Mourad, Laila, 1918-1995
Mourad, Leila, 1918-1995
Murad, Leila, 1918-1995
Murad, Layla, 1918-
Layla Murad, 1918-
Mourad, Laila, 1918-
Date of birth
1918
Date of death
1995
Associated country
Egypt
Occupation
Actresses
Singers
Gender
female
MARC
MARC
Sources of Information
- A geniza, 2015:title page (Leila Mourad)
- Dictionary of African Biography, accessed March 14, 2015, via Oxford African American Studies Center database:(Murad, Layla; popular singer; born 17 February 1918 in Cairo, Egypt; sang one of her original pieces in the movie "The Victims" (1932); Muhammad Abd al-Wahhab, the leading male singer of his generation and a dominant figure in the cinema business, cast her alongside him in his third film, "Long Live Love" (1938); made twenty-seven films (1938-1955); next five films for Togo Mizrahi, a pioneer of the industry who turned her into a superstar; played in "The Flirtation of Girls" (1949), an iconic film from the post-World War II boom in production; publicly converted to Islam; "Layla, Daughter of Nobility" (1954), the best of her late films and reminiscent of her early work; made only two more films; retired in 1955; "I Ask about You" was judged best song by a panel of critics (1954); the Syrian government banned her music from state radio and disallowed screening of her films (until 1958); recorded some 1,200 songs over her career, many of them composed by the leading musicians of the day; died 21 November 1995 in Cairo, Egypt)
- Internet movie data base website, 12-23-2004(Laila Mourad; Egyptian film actress, singer; b. 2-17-1918, Cairo, Egypt; d. 11-21-1995; Cairo, Egypt; married to Egyptian film director Anwar Wagdi from 1945-1953)
- Ṭanṭāwī, Ṣ. Riḥlat ḥubb maʻa Laylá Murād, 1979 (subj.)t.p. (Laylá Murād) p. 329 (b. 2/17/18)
- Wikipedia, April 5, 2016:under Leila Mourad (Leila Murad; February 17, 1918-November 21, 1995; was a Jewish-Egyptian singer and actress; also credited as "Layla Murad"; born in Alexandria on February 17, 1918 to Ibrahim Zaki Mordechai and Gamilah Salmon; father was a respected singer, musician, and religious cantor, (Hazzan); mother was a Jewish Egyptian of Polish origin; relationship with her family was not an easy one, possibly due to her conversion to Islam)
- Tantawi, S. Rihlat hubb maa Layla Murad, 1979 (subj.)t.p. (Layla Murad) p. 329 (b. 2/17/18)
- Internet movie data base website, 12-23-2004(Laila Mourad; Egyptian film actress; b. 2-17-1918, Cairo, Egypt; d. 11-21-1995; Cairo, Egypt; married to Egyptian film director Anwar Wagdi from 1945-1953)
- The Author's ليلى مراد, [١٩٩٥].