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Biography
Bishara Wakim (Arabic: بشارة واكيم) (March 5, 1890 – November 30, 1949) Egyptian director and actor born in Faggala, Cairo in 1890.
Career
His real name isBisharah Yoakim educated in Collège-des-Frères (Bab-El-Louk), he was a Greek Catholic, in 1917 graduated from the School of Law and he started his life as a lawyer.
Began his acting career as a member of theAbdul Rahman Rushdi theater group, then a member of George Abiad theater group, then with Egyptian actor Youssef Wahbi in his Ramses theatre group. He then moved to the Mounira El Mahdeya theater as actor, director and technical director.
Bishara Wakim honored by the Egyptian government for his achievements in film and theater, played the role of the Lebanese in most of the Egyptian movies of the thirties and the forties.
Bishara Wakim made about 381 films to the Egyptian cinema.
Bishara Wakim died on November 30, 1949.
