On the anniversary of her death...the most prominent information about Hoda Sultan

Today marks the anniversary of the death of the artist Hoda Sultan, wife of the late artist Farid Shawqi, and on this anniversary we present to you the most important information about her life and artistic career.

Her personal life Hoda Sultan was born in one of the Egyptian villages called “Kafr Abu Gendi,” 14 miles from the city of Tanta. She is the sister of the artist Mohamed Fawzi.

After her brother, the artist Mohamed Fawzi, entered the field of art and achieved great success, Hoda was encouraged to enter this field and presented her first artistic work in 1950 in the movie “Sitt El Hassan,” but that cost her the loss of her first marriage to Mohamed Naguib due to jealousy after she gave birth to her daughter, Nabila. Then he married producer Fouad Al-Jazairli, but their marriage failed for the same reason.

Then she married Fouad Al-Atrash, the brother of the artist Asmahan and the artist Farid Al-Atrash, and this marriage also ended in failure, after which she married the artist Farid Shawqi, with whom she gave birth to her two daughters, Nahid and Maha, and then she married the theater director Hassan Abdel Salam.

Her artwork During their marriage, Hoda Sultan and Farid Shawqi starred in more than 20 films, forming a distinguished duo in Egyptian cinema, which attracted a large audience, and this prompted critics and the public to call the late Farid Shawqi the “King of Tarsus.”

One of the most famous films presented by the late actress was the film “Woman on the Road,” in which she won many awards for her role. She also performed distinguished roles in the films “Forbidden Women” directed by Mahmoud Zulfikar, and “Al-Sukariya” directed by Hassan Al-Imam based on the novel. It bears the same name, written by Naguib Mahfouz, and “They Made Me a Criminal” by director Atef Al-Salem.

Hoda also appeared in the films “Goodbye Bonaparte” and “The Return of the Prodigal Son,” directed by Youssef Chahine, and in the films “Badour” and “Port Said,” directed by Ezz El-Din Zulfikar.

It was her last film, after a 20-year absence from film work, where she appeared as a guest of honor in the film “Nazrat Ain” with the artist “Mona Zaki.”

The late artist also participated in a number of television series, including: “Zeinab and the Throne,” “ Before the Lost ,” “ Arabesque ,” “Zezenia,” “The Night and the End of It,” “Al-Watad,” “Layali Al-Helmeya,” “Return My Heart,” and many others. .