Aqeila Rateb
An image from Days and Nights, one of the productions that also features Aqeila Rateb.
Aqeila Rateb

Aqeila Rateb

March 21, 1916 — Cairo, Egypt

Aqeila Rateb was an Egyptian actress, born in 1916, graduated from the Tawfiq Coptic School, and became famous in her beginning with her beautiful voice, then she joined the band Ali Al-Kassar and Aziz Eid Al-Ghaniat Al-Dhna’iyya in Cairo in the thirties, to storm the field of cinema in the 1940s, to participate in many works, including (the three horsemen) Then her work continued until the late eighties and one of her most prominent works (Watch out for men, Mama, Cairo 30, some go to the authorized twice, the Zizi family), and she passed away in 1999.

We Are the Bus People

We Are the Bus People

1979

Cairo 30

Cairo 30

1966

Days and Nights

Days and Nights

1955

Zizi's Family

Zizi's Family

1963

Some Visit the Marriage Registrar Twice

Some Visit the Marriage Registrar Twice

1978

Neither Seen, Nor Known

Neither Seen, Nor Known

1983

وداعا للعذاب

وداعا للعذاب

1981

Albijamat alhamra'

Albijamat alhamra'

1967