Fatiha Berber
Fatiha Berber (1945–2015) was an Algerian actress for theater, cinema and television, whose real name was Fatiha Blal.
Life[]
Fatiha Berber was born in the Casbah of Algiers.[1] Her family came from Legata in the Boumerdès Province of Northern Algeria.[2]
In the late 1950s she sang with the orchestra of Meriem Fekkaï, before studying drama at the . The director gave her her first role, in an adaptation of Molière, Les femmes savantes. She took part in Algeria's National Liberation struggle.[2]
She died on 16 January 2015 in Paris, following a heart attack.[1][2]
Works[]
Films[]
- Hassan Taxi, dir. , 1982
- Aila Ki Nass, dir. , 1990
- Le démon au féminin [Woman as the Devil], dir. Hafsa Zinaï Koudil, 1994
- Rai, dir. , 1995
- Prima del tramonto [Before Sunset], dir. Stefano Incerti, 1999
- Aïd el-Kébir, dir. Karin Albou, 1999
Television series[]
- El Masir [Destiny]
- El la'ib [The Player], 2004
- El Badra [The Seed], 2008–10
References[]
- ^ a b Cinéma: L'actrice algérienne Fatiha Berber n'est plus, Huff Post, 16 January 2015
- ^ a b c Yacine Idjer, Fatiha Berber: Une étoile s'est éteinte, DjaZairess, 17 January 2015.
External links[]
Categories:
- 1945 births
- 2015 deaths
- People from Casbah
- Algerian film actresses
- Algerian stage actresses
- Algerian television actresses
- 21st-century Algerian people
- Egyptian actor stubs