Actress Faten Hamama - A career In Pictures

Hamama first captivated audiences with the film Youm Sai’d (Happy Day) in 1940. Hamama married director Ezz al-Din Zulficar and then actor Omar al Sharif. Hamama passed away on January 17, 2015 at the age of 83. AFP

Faten Hamama posing for a picture in Beirut. AFP

Egyptian actor Omar Sharif is seen with his wife, actress Faten Hamama, and their eight-year-old son, Tarek, as they get together for New Year’s Eve celebration in Madrid, Spain, on December 31, 1965. AP

A file picture taken in the early 1970s shows Egyptian film star Faten Hamama posing for a picture at a Beirut restaurant during the filming of one of her films in the Lebanese capital. Known as the Dame of Arab Cinema, Hamama, 69, married three times including Egypt’s leading late director Ezz al-Din Zulficar and famous actor Omar Sharif. AFP

Omar Sharif chats with an unidentified person at the 29th Nuit des Cesars at the Chatelet theatre in Paris. He was awarded as Best actor. AFP

Hamama with her four-year-old son Tarek during a press conference in London. Getty Images

We look at the career of Egyptian actress Faten Hamama, an Arab film icon and the actor Omar Sharif’s former wife, who has died at the age of 83.