Arts – Heba Al-Wahali – She appeared on the world on November 14, 1946, in Cairo, and her real name is Nyochka Manouk Kopelian, and she was named by Abu Al-Saud Al-Ebiary, the name of a woman considered an icon of Egyptian cinema and a beauty on the screen.
She began her artistic career, when she was 5 years old, by imitating the voices of artists and celebrities, performing childhood songs, and starring in 6 films, the most important of which are:
My Beloved Soso, directed by Niazi Mustafa, and she participated in the films: The Happy House, directed by Hussein Sedqi, and Four Girls and an Officer, directed by Anwar Wagdy. Critics and audiences called her “the miracle child.”
During her teenage years, her participation expanded and her roles diversified, but she was content with emotional enjoyment with one person, unlike the rest of her fellow artists, some of whom had 15 marriages.
Despite Lebleba’s beauty, which made many artists and prominent figures ask for her hand in marriage after her separation from Hassan Youssef, she refused to marry any of them after him, even though Hassan married after their separation.
Lebleba said that the reason for her divorce was one of the scenes in the movie “Bint Badia,” which included the artist Hussein Fahmy kissing her, and after the insistence of the late director Hassan Al-Imam,
While filming this scene, she called her husband, Hassan Youssef, and told him what happened. He in turn completely rejected this matter, but she disagreed with him after intense pressure from the director on her, which caused her husband’s anger and their separation a few months after the film was shown.
During her artistic career, the great artist Lebleba presented many works, including: “Devils on Vacation,” “Girls and Mercedes,” “Something of Love,” “Beware of Men, Mama,” “Sugariya,” “Birth, O World,” and “In We must love summer” and “Music is in danger.”
After her participation with Adel Imam in the movie “Some Go to the Mazoon Twice,” the directors and producers were enthusiastic about the artistic duo of Lebleba and Adel Imam, and after that they shared many starring roles in several films, including “Take Care of Your Neighbors,” “Hamada Gang,” and “Toto.” “Watch out for the line” and “Groom from a security agency.” The artist Lebleba reviewed the most important stations in her artistic career, and her relationship with the great artist Adel Imam.
Lebleba initially praised her relationship with the star Adel Imam, saying: “I consider the artist Adel Imam my twin, and my most successful films were with him. He is a compassionate person, and I learned a lot from him, and I am extremely happy when I am with him. He is an organized person in everything and has never had artistic jealousy in his life.
Towards anyone, he always advised me on what to do. I hope I will always see him succeed with me or someone else.” Adel Imam Interrupted by Boss In a scene in the movie “A Groom from a Security Side,” Adel Imam went out of the script and tried to drown Lebleba, until she almost died, screaming:
“Drowning, Adel” during filming. Lebleba was always afraid of turning to drama, but Adel Imam convinced her several years ago to participate in the series “His Excellency” and “Maamoun and Partners.”
In her statement while she was a guest on one of the television programs, Lebleba admitted that Adel Imam was the actor who kissed her the most, ignited her ecstasy, and married him in many of her roles, adding that he kissed her more than her husband.
Lebleba praised her relationship with Adel Imam, saying: “I consider the artist Adel Imam my twin, and my most successful films were with him. He is an organized person in everything and has never had any artistic jealousy towards anyone. He always advised me on what to do.
I hope I will always see him succeed with me or someone else.” The story of the bold scene. Lebleba revealed the story of a bold scene that the star Mervat Amin rejected, which was the reason for the role to come to her. She said: “One day they asked me to star in the movie (Take Care of Your Neighbors) with Adel Imam.
I read the script and made the film and it was very successful, but then I discovered that this role was offered to the artist Mervat Amin, and she rejected it because of a scene in which she had to wear pajamas, because she was married at the time to the artist Hussein Fahmy.”
She added: “I worked with Adel Imam on a movie that was black and white and I only had one scene in it, but everyone said that there was charisma between us because of this scene.” She continued: “We made many successful films together, such as (Beware of the Line, Hamada Gang and Toto), until we stopped for a while.
Adel Imam started to change the look of his films, and one time we were together in a place and he told me that you had cheated a little, and he said that you had lost a little because I want you in the movie (A Groom from a Security Side).”
She added: “I worked with Adel Imam on a movie that was black and white and I only had one scene in it, but everyone said that there was charisma between us because of this scene.” She continued: “We made many successful films together, such as (Beware of the Line, Hamada Gang, and Toto), until we stopped for a while, and Adel Imam began to change the format of his films.
One time we were together in a place and he said, “You have cheated a little,” and he said, “You have lost a little because I want you in the movie (A Groom from a Security Side).” It is noteworthy that the artist Lebleba has a long career in art, as she presented more than 80 films in cinema, in which she participated with all the big stars such as Ahmed Zaki, Nour El Sherif, and Mahmoud Hamida.
She formed a film and television duo with the leader Adel Imam, where she presented many works with him, including “The Hamada and Toto Gang,” “Beware of the Line,” “A Groom from a Security Side,” and “Some Go to the Authorizer Twice.” As for the theater, she has a credit of 7 plays.
She also sang to children many songs that generations were brought up on, such as “Mama, My Love, My Daddy, My Love,” and “My Money Has a Crush.” Her most recent work was the movie “Casablanca,” for which she won an award from the Deir Guest Festival.
