Mervat Amin


Mervat Mohamed Mustafa Amin, is an Egyptian actress.

Early life

She was born in El Minya, Egypt. Her father is an Egyptian doctor from Upper Egypt and her mother is Scottish. During the 1970s her mother was the Head of the Elementary School of El Nasr School Heliopolis, Egypt. Her father, Dr. Ahmad Amin, was the physician of the same institution.

Career

Amin's first fame came when she starred with Abdel Halim Hafez in his last film, My Father Atop a Tree.
From there she became one of the most successful Egyptian actors in the 1970s and early 1980s during which she starred in many Egyptian films.

Personal life

Mervat Amin was married four times. She was briefly married to Egyptian guitarist Omar Khorshid, and, following a divorce, was married to the famous Egyptian actor Hussein Fahmy from 1974 to 1986, when the marriage ended in divorce. They had a daughter together.

Filmography

Film

Television