Biography
A Lebanese producer and actress, born in Tannourine in 1901. She moved to Egypt in 1923 with her niece, Mary Queeny. In 1927, Assia established her own production company, Lotus Film, which became one of the pioneering production companies in the history of Egyptian cinema. Assia produced her first film in 1929, Belle of Desert, in which she also co-starred. Since then, the films in which she participated as an actress and producer continued, including When a Woman Loves, Manager's Daughter, and The Accused. In the late 1940s, Assia decided to stop acting and devote herself to her work as a producer. After that, she produced many notable films, such as Return My Heart, and Nasser Salah Eddin, which was at the time the most expensive Egyptian film ever made. Assia Dagher died in 1986 at the age of 78.
Filmography
Cast Credits
الهانم
Character:
MOVIE • 1947
This Was My Father's Crime
Character: Assia Dagher
MOVIE • 1945
What a madness
Character: إكرام
MOVIE • 1943
The Fifth Groom
Character: بهيرة هانم - الأرملة الثرية
MOVIE • 1942
Al-Sharid
Character:
MOVIE • 1942
almutahama
Character: سميحة
MOVIE • 1942
Dangerous woman
Character:
MOVIE • 1941
Zuleikha loves Ashour
Character: Zuleikha
MOVIE • 1939
Look for the Woman
Character: Huda Hanem
MOVIE • 1939
Bent Elbasha El Moder
Character: حكمت إسماعيل
MOVIE • 1938
Proxy Wife
Character: ناهد - أمينة هانم
MOVIE • 1936
Banknote
Character: Salma
MOVIE • 1936
Shajarat al-Durr
Character: Shajarat al-Durr
MOVIE • 1935
Bewitching Eyes
Character: Dalila
MOVIE • 1934
When a Woman Loves
Character: Nadia
MOVIE • 1933
Pangs of Remorse
Character:
MOVIE • 1932
Belle of the Desert
Character: سلمى
MOVIE • 1929
Laila
Character:
MOVIE • 1927
The Call of God
Character:
MOVIE • 1926
Crew
Crew Credits
Al Shaytan wal Kharif
Role: Producer
MOVIE • 1972
أوهام الحب
Role: Producer
MOVIE • 1970
Diary of a Country Prosecutor
Role: Producer
MOVIE • 1969
اللقاء الثاني
Role: Producer
MOVIE • 1967
Saladin the Victorious
Role: Producer
MOVIE • 1963
Return My Heart
Role: Producer
MOVIE • 1957
Life or Death
Role: Producer
MOVIE • 1954
Fil Hawa Sawa
Role: Producer
MOVIE • 1951
Prince of Revenge
Role: Producer
MOVIE • 1950
Maalesh Ya Zahar
Role: Producer
MOVIE • 1950
Saa La Qalbak
Role: Producer
MOVIE • 1950
The Lady of the House
Role: Producer
MOVIE • 1949
Punishment
Role: Producer
MOVIE • 1948
Bewitching Eyes
Role: Producer
MOVIE • 1934