![]() In the 1970s and ’80s, with Charles Goren, he co-wrote a syndicated newspaper bridge column for the Chicago Tribune. He was a fine sportsman, representing Egypt at football, but his passion was bridge.īeginning in the 1960s, he earned a reputation as one of the world’s best-known players. The couple had one child ( Tarek Sharif, who was born in 1957 and portrayed the young Zhivago in the eponymous picture) and divorced in 1974. He converted to Islam to marry Hamama and took the name Omar al-Sharif. ![]() His first movie was the Egyptian film Siraa Fil-Wadi(1954) ( The Blazing Sun) in 1953, opposite the renowned Egyptian actress Faten Hamama whom he married in 1955. He developed an interest in acting and studied at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London.īefore making his English-language film debut with Lawrence of Arabia, for which he earned a Best Supporting Actor Academy Award nomination and international fame, along with two Golden Globe awards, Sharif became a star in Egyptian cinema. Afterward graduating from university, he entered the family lumber business. He was educated at Victoria College in Alexandria and took a degree in mathematics and physics from Cairo University with a major. Of Lebanese and Syrian extraction, the young Michel was raised a Roman Catholic. Omar Sharif, the Franco-Arabic actor best known for playing Sherif Ali in Lawrence of Arabia (1962) and the title role in Doctor Zhivago (1965), was born Michel Demitri Shalhoub on Apin Alexandria, Egypt. Omar Sharif, actor and bridge player died yesterday of a heart attack in a Cairo hospital. The international events participated by the WBFīy Anna Gudge In Archive, News, Tribute On 10th July 2015.2017 Laws of Duplicate Bridge, Commentary on the Laws & Laws Committee Minutes.President & Members of the Executive Council.
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