Name Leila Karam Role Actress | Movies West Beirut Siblings Nabila Karam | |
 | ||
Died December 2, 2008, Beirut, Lebanon | ||
Leila Karam (1928 – 2 December 2008) was a Lebanese actress. Her major contributions were in the 1970s and 1980s in many Lebanese and Egyptian movies, plays and TV series of Tele Liban.
Contents
Career
Karam began her career in broadcast media in 1956, at Near East Radio. Soon after television came to Lebanon in 1959, she starred as the mother in the series Abou Melhem.
Her last role was as a brothel madam in the 1998 film, West Beirut.
Personal life
Was married, and has one son. Her elder sister Nabila Karam is also actress. She died on 2 December 2008 in a hospital in Beirut after a long illness.
Quotes
"They don't remember us except when we are dead, that is if they do, so why should we remember them or show our admiration."
References
Leïla Karam Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA