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.
The Fifth Groom
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Bahira Hanem inherits a large sum of money from her late husband, and becomes the focus of attention of wealth seekers, everyone trying to win her over and asking for her hand, especially Rashid, Aziz, Hosni, and Safwat. She gets fed up and goes to her estate, promising them that she will return in a month to celebrate her birthday. On that occasion, she will announce the name of her chosen groom, and travels to Luxor to escape herself and her circumstances. There she meets a poor young man named Ahmed, whom she admires, so she decides to pretend to be poor in order to discover the truth about his feelings.
