Nelly (Egyptian entertainer)
Nelly Artin Kalfayan (Arabic: نيلّي آرتين كالفيان, born 3 January 1949 in Cairo, Egypt), better known by only her mononym Nelly, is an Egyptian actress, singer, comedian, dancer, television personality, and all-around entertainer.
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| Born | Nelly Artin Kalfayan 3 January 1949 Cairo, Egypt |
| Occupation(s) | Actress, entertainer |
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Family background edit
Nelly was born in 1951 to an Armenian-Egyptian family In Cairo.[1] She is the younger sister of Feyrouz, a well-known child actress, and a cousin of Lubluba, another well-known Egyptian- film actress who is a little older than she is. Nelly was married to the Egyptian film director [1], and later on she got engaged to the musician Moody Elemam for a very short time.[1] She later married Khaled Barakat (Egyptian businessman) and moved to London, then later divorced.
Career edit
Her father was a film producer .[2][citation needed] and she started her career as a child actress, following the footsteps of her older sister, Feyrouz (actress), who was a very famous child actress before her. She appeared in a several movies as a child الحرمان فيلم ,عصافير الجنة ,حتى نلتقي توبة فيلم she also took part in radio serials and the first one was شيء من العذاب with the greatest Mohammed Abdel Wahab and theatrical successes one with Farid Shawqi El dalouaa ,Her fame grew larger in 1966, at age 17, with the first film in which she had the lead role, Mahmoud Zulfikar’s "Al Murahiqa as Saghira".[2] One of her most critically acclaimed roles was the secondary role she played in "Al Azab Imra'a".
She has more than 60 films to her credit.[3] The majority of these are musicals, or films with a thread of plot and drama that is punctuated intermittently with song and dance. Most of them have a comic spirit. Nelly acted in seven films alongside Salah Zulfikar, also acted in a number of straight melodrama TV series, most notably "Bardis" and "Ad Dawwama".[4]
Fawazir Nelly edit
Of her large amount of artistic work, Nelly is best known throughout the Arab World for her "Fawazir Ramadan" (فوازير رمضان) (translates as Ramadan puzzles), a set of TV comedy shows with much music and dancing, with Nelly the star of the shows. The hugely followed shows were broadcast to tens of major Arab television stations throughout the Arab World on a daily basis during the holy month of Ramadan, mixed with general entertainment segments. Each year's "fawazir" series was held together around a different organizing theme. The shows included: Fawazir Arusty (1980), Fawazir Al Khatbah (1981), Fawazir Alam Wareq (1990), Fawazir Sanduq El Dunya (1991), Fawazir Om El Oreaf (1992), Fawazir Dunya Laaba (1995), Fawazir Zay El Naharda (1996).[5] Nelly's last fawazir was in 1996, but she did a show in the fawazir style called Alf Leila Wa Leila in 2001.[6] Since then, Nelly has turned down a number of proposals to do another fawazir by reason of "a lack of fresh ideas".[7]
Recent years edit
Nelly has largely retired from making films, comedy shows, and music, but she has been visible as a guest personality on a number of TV talk & entertainment programs. She also served as a judge in 2006 in The X Factor, XSeer Al Najah TV singing talent search show. In January 2010 it was reported that Nelly accepted an actress role in a proposed serious TV drama. If this proposal goes to completion, it will be Nelly's first serious drama role since 1989.[8]
Filmography edit
- (2002) ألو رابع مرة TV series[9]
- (2000) ألف ليلة وليلة TV series[9]
- (1997) سنوات الشقاء والحب TV series[9]
- Mekanika (TV Movie) (Nancy / Rich spoiled heiress) (1993)
- Ana Wenty Wa Sa’at Alsafar (1985)
- Pardes (1985) TV series برديس
- قط الصحراء
- The Ghoul (Moshira) (1983)
- حبيبي الذي لا أعرفه[9]
- مسرحية إنقلاب[9]
- غابة من الرجال[9]
- الخاتم[9]
- إنها مجنونة مجنونة[9]
- اتنين على الهوا[9]
- حادث النصف متر[9]
- مع تحياتي لأستاذي العزيز[9]
- دندش[9]
- A Moment of Weakness[9]
- اللعبة القذرة[9]
- العاشقة[9]
- Unconditionally Female (1980)
- Sin of an Angel (خطيئة ملاك)[10] (1979)
- Al eeteraf al akhir (1978)
- Al-azab emra aa (Inass) (1977)
- الوهم[9]
- خطيئة ملاك[9]
- شفاه لا تعرف الكذب[9]
- عيب يا لولو .. يا لولو عيب[9]
- النشالة[9]
- إمرأة بلا قيد[9]
- الإعتراف الأخير[9]
- مبروك جالك ولد[9]
- أهلا يا كابتن[9]
- طائر الليل الحزين[9]
- العذاب امرأة[9]
- عذراء.. ولكن[9]
- البنت الحلوة الكدابة[9]
- الدموع في عيون ضاحكة[9]
- شلة الأنس[9]
- العاشقات[9]
- الحساب يا مدموزيل[9]
- صائد النساء[9]
- نساء ضائعات[9]
- إمرأتان[9]
- الخاطئون[9]
- سيدتي الجميلة[9]
- سؤال في الحب[9]
- عايشين للحب[9]
- غابة من السيقان[9]
- قاع المدينة[9]
- نساء للشتاء[9]
- دنيا[9]
- مسرحية سندريلا والمداح[9]
- بنات للحب[9]
- مسرحية كباريه[9]
- الشحات[9]
- كلمة شرف[9]
- نساء الليل[9]
- مدينة الصمت[9]
- Memory of a Night of Love[9]
- الدوامة TV series[9]
- الحب والصمت[9]
- المارد TV series[9]
- شياطين البحر[9]
- ملوك الشر[9]
- مسرحية العيال الطيبين[9]
- شباب في عاصفة[9]
- عصابة الشيطان[9]
- مذكرات الآنسة منال[9]
- غداً يعود الحب[9]
- لا لا يا حبيبي[9]
- My Husband’s Wife[9]
- مغامرة شباب[9]
- Medinet al-Samt (1973)
- Good Morning, My Dear Wife[9]
- يوم واحد عسل[9]
- مجرم تحت الاختبار[9]
- دلع البنات[11]
- زوجة بلا رجل[9]
- الحب سنة 70[9]
- أسرار البنات[9]
- مسرحية الدلوعة[9]
- الرجل الذي فقد ظله[9]
- نساء بلا غد[9]
- اللص الظريف[9]
- طائر الليل الحزين[11]
- مذكرات الآنسة منال[11]
- Ana al-Doctor (Nadia) (1968)
- El ragol el-lazi fakad zilloh (Samia Samy) (1968)
- Mogrem that el-ekhtebar (Aziza) (1968)
- Aguazet seif (Hala) (1967)
- Beit el talibat (Amal) (1967)
- Nora (Nora) (1967)
- The Teddy Boys (المشاغبون)[12] (1966)
- المراهقة الصغيرة[11] (1966)
- [9](1959) الرمال الناعمة
- [9](1958) هي والرجال
- التوبة[9] (1958)
- رحمة من السماء[11] (1958)
- حتى نلتقي[11] (1957)
- Birds of Paradise (عصافير الجنة)[13] (1956)
- عصافير الجنة[11] (1955)
- الحرمان[11] (1953)
Awards edit
- Best secondary role in "Al Azab Imra'a" (العذاب إمرأة)
- Lifetime achievement award during the Alexandria International Film Festival in 1999
- Murex Excellence Awards in Lebanon 2008.
- Lifetime achievement Awards Cairo International Film Festival she owned Golden Pyramid Award
References edit
- ^ a b الوفد. "في ذكرى ميلادها.. تعرف على أزواج نيللي "الأربعة"". الوفد. Retrieved 2018-01-09.
- ^ Movie - The Little Teenager - 1966 Cast، Video، Trailer، photos، Reviews، Showtimes, retrieved 2021-12-07
- ^ The names of 66 films that Nelly has appeared in are listed in Arabic under the heading السيرة الذاتية at fnoonarabia.com.
- ^ Two short biographies of Nelly in Arabic language: www.egyptradio.tv 2009-04-17 at the Wayback Machine, AbdelHalimHafed.7olm.org
- ^ ""فيديو".. فى عيد ميلادها.. شاهد تتر فوازير الخاطبة لنيللى". اليوم السابع. 2018-01-03. Retrieved 2020-07-17.
- ^ "التليفزيون يفشل فى تقديم فوازير رمضان للسنة الثانية، هاربات من الفوازير! - فكر وفن - البيان". www.albayan.ae (in Arabic). 17 October 2001. Retrieved 2020-07-17.
- ^ Reported at kulifi.com, 26 Dec 2009 (in Arabic).
- ^ Reported at eqla3.com, 19 Jan 2010 (in Arabic).
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al am an ao ap aq ar as at au av aw ax ay az ba bb bc bd be bf bg bh bi bj bk bl bm bn bo bp bq br bs bt bu bv bw bx by "نيللي - ليالينا". ليالينا (in Arabic). Retrieved 2018-01-09.
- ^ Alami, Yehia El, Sin of an Angel, Adel Adham, Mokhtar Al Sayed, Sayyed El Araby, retrieved 2018-01-09
- ^ a b c d e f g h "نيللي - ﺗﻤﺜﻴﻞ - فيلموجرافيا، صور، فيديو". elCinema.com (in Arabic). Retrieved 2018-01-09.
- ^ Farid, Ahmad, The Teddy Boys, Rushdy Abaza, Nelly, Mahmoud El-Meliguy, retrieved 2018-01-09
- ^ Shawkat, Seif Eddine (1956), Birds of Paradise, Feyrouz, Nelly, retrieved 2018-01-09