Laila Helmy

Laila Helmy

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Egyptian singer and actress who is the elder sister of actress Thoraya Helmy. She started her career singing in clubs in Lebanon, Syria and Iraq, after which she sang in Monte...Read more Carlo casino in Alexandria then began singing in the Egyptian Public Radio in 1934. She sang songs by famous musicians like Mohamed Abdel Wahab and Zakaria Ahmed. She appeared on Qays and Layla (1939),The Fifth Groom (1942),A Bride for Rent (1946),and Unemployed (1955). She died on 7 June 1980.