Mohsen Sarhan

Brief Biography

• Name: Mohsen Sarhan
• Date of birth: 6 January 1916
• Place of birth: Port Said, Egypt
• Date of death: 7 February 1993
• Profession: Egyptian actor
• Years active: from the early 1940s to the early 1990s
• Standing: a prominent Egyptian actor who combined public service with the arts across nearly five decades of film and stage

Early Life and Beginnings

• He was born in Port Said, and after his university degree he moved to Cairo and worked as a civil servant at the Ministry of Agriculture from 1939.
• He pursued independent studies in cinema and theatre arts in 1944, then joined the National Troupe, where his performances drew critical praise.

Career

• He formed hit screen pairings with Leila Mourad and Shadia, and shone as an undercover police officer in «Samara» opposite Taheyya Karioka — a success that led to the sequel «Ghost of Samara».
• He remained active in film and television from the 1940s into the early 1990s, spanning roughly five decades.

Selected Works

• Samara
• Ghost of Samara
• Lady of the Camellias (1968)
• Beginning and End (1985)

Artistic Style

• A steady, masculine presence and a naturalistic style across leading and complex roles.

Awards and Recognition

• He received the Order of the Republic in 1964 and a certificate of appreciation from the Egyptian Society of Writers and Cinema Critics in 1985.

Personal Life

• He married four times — his first wife was the actress Samiha Ayoub — and had four children.

Passing

• He died in 1993 in Cairo shortly after returning from Umrah, struck by severe pain and passing about an hour after a doctor examined him.