Omar Sharif (born Michel Demitri Shalhoub; Arabic: عمر الشريف; April 10, 1932) is an Egyptian actor who has starred in many Hollywood films. He is most famous for his roles in Doctor Zhivago, Funny Girl and Lawrence of Arabia. Sharif has been nominated for an Academy Award and has won three Golden Globe Awards.
Sharif was born Michel Demitri Shalhoub in Alexandria, Egypt to Lebanese Catholic parents Claire (née Saada) and Joseph Chalhoub. His fat...
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Omar Sharif (born Michel Demitri Shalhoub; Arabic: عمر الشريف; April 10, 1932) is an Egyptian actor who has starred in many Hollywood films. He is most famous for his roles in Doctor Zhivago, Funny Girl and Lawrence of Arabia. Sharif has been nominated for an Academy Award and has won three Golden Globe Awards.
Sharif was born Michel Demitri Shalhoub in Alexandria, Egypt to Lebanese Catholic parents Claire (née Saada) and Joseph Chalhoub. His father was a merchant of precious wood and had immigrated to Egypt from the Lebanese city of Zahle. Sharif recalled spending time in his childhood in his maternal grandparents' home in Tanta, Egypt. He was very attached to his grandmother, Abla Abdallah, who lived for more than 100 years.
Sharif graduated from Alexandria’s Victoria College, then from Cairo University with a mathematics and physics major. In 1955, Omar El-Sharif converted to Islam to marry Egyptian actress Faten Hamama. The couple had one son, Tarek El-Sharif, who appeared in...
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