DISAPPEARANCE – The famous Egyptian actor, known for his role in Lawrence of Arabia and Doctor Zhivago David Lean, died Friday in the age of 83 years.
Omar Sharif died this Friday, July 10 at the age of 83. “He died this afternoon of a heart attack in Cairo. He was in a hospital specialized for Alzheimer’s patients, “said his agent Steve Kenis, from London. Last May, the son of actor announced in an interview that he was suffering from Alzheimer’s disease, and that “it was going worse and worse.”
Arab Prince, Austrian Archduke, Mongol conqueror, Russian doctor, guerrilla Castro, Tsar … His first young physics did not prevent Omar Sharif to slip into the most diverse roles, sometimes unforgettable. His real name Michel Chalhoub, he was born April 10, 1932 in Alexandria, in a family of Syrian origin. He confided that he had always dreamed of becoming an actor. It tastes amateur theater at Victoria College, but after his studies in mathematics and physics at the University of Cairo, he quietly joined the family company of precious wood trading. As the young man did not really business sense, his father, Joseph Chalhoub, finally accepted his vocation. The son sends a request for inclusion in the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts in London. Before the response arrives, he meets by chance the filmmaker Youssef Chahine who offers him his first roles in The Desert Demon and Heaven hell , both out in 1954. Michel Chalhoub takes the pseudonym of Omar El Sharif. In 1956, Chahine third film, The Black Waters . This time, the young actor takes up the ranks and starred with the great Egyptian star of the moment, Faten Hamama, whom he married in 1955. He converted to Islam for the marriage. The couple, who have a son, split up in 1968 when Omar Sharif became an international star. They divorced in 1974.
In 1962, David Lean tells him Lawrence of Arabia , the role of Prince Ali Ibn Kharish, fellow TE Lawrence embodied Peter O’Toole.
The “Sharif of the ladies’
Egyptian actor who has streamlined his pseudonym Omar Sharif, won a Golden Globe for Best Supporting Actor and an Oscar nomination. The multilingual actor (he speaks French, Arabic, English, Greek, Italian …) moved to Hollywood, through their paces with three minor films before meeting David Lean for Doctor Zhivago , with Julie Christie. Omar Sharif won the Golden Globe for Best Actor Oscar but escapes him. In 1968, Terence Young leads into another romantic fresco, Mayerling , with Catherine Deneuve.
His most interesting role could finally be that of Major Grau in a strange thriller , The Night of the Generals (1967) Anatol Litvak. During World War II, a German officer relentlessly stalking an SS general (Peter O’Toole) serial killer of prostitutes. Major plays Colombo (stubborn as him without humor) while Europe invented the mass crime.
“Basically, my life is a failure”
In 1968, Omar Sharif tries to musicals with Funny Girl William Wyler. On screen and in the city, it spins the perfect love for four months with his female partner, Barbra Streisand. The actor wins her seducer reputation, “Sharif these ladies,” said a good word with the press never tired. “I was lent multiple adventures, if he says, a disillusioned, Le Figaro in 1982, when I could no stable and maintain regular liaison with woman. I’m just a mythical gift Juan. Basically, my life is a failure. “
” A late movie on my debts “
More than cinema or women, his passion has been the bridge. By the 1960s, he participated in international tournaments, and then held a newspaper columnist, published maps in his image and sponsored video games on the bridge.
He also attended many racetracks , even becoming the icon of race goers posing for advertising Tiercé Magazine : “The races, you know, it’s my passion!” said the slogan
<. p> It has especially soared in casinos. “You play to feel an emotion, to combat boredom and loneliness. That’s all. “Said he told his biographer, Diane Saenger, in 2006. He remade through film, even to accept any role. “When I was playing a lot, I was broke all the time. I always had a late movie on my debts. “In 2003, it erases these food movies interpreting the grocer philosopher M. Ibrahim and the Flowers of the Koran , by François Dupeyron. The actor then takes over and raid the César for best actor.
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