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Born | Shwikar Ibrahim 4 November 1938 Alexandria, Egypt |
Died | 14 August 2020 81) Cairo, Egypt | (aged
Nationality | Egyptian |
Occupation | Actress |
Years active | 1961–2010 |
Notable work | Agazet Gharam |
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Children | 1 |
Shwikar Ibrahim (Arabic : شويكار [ʃɪwiˈkɑːr] ; 4 November 1938 – 14 August 2020 [1] ) was an Egyptian actress. She started her career in Alexandria in some tragedic roles before she was discovered by the Egyptian film director Fateen Abdul Wahab to work as a comedian in TV, cinema and theatres.
Shwikar was born in the Egyptian Mediterranean port city of Alexandria to an Egyptian family of distant Circassian and Turkish descent.
She died on 14 August 2020, suffering from long-illness. [2] [3]
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