Acting

Mariam Al Ghadban

Born November 20, 1984 · Kuwait

Died June 3, 2004 · aged 19

A Kuwaiti actress, born on November 20, 1948. She was one of the first two Kuwaiti women besides Mariam Al Saleh to stand on stage in Kuwait. She acted while she was a school student in the play Obedience in the mid-fifties. She worked as a professional actress in the play Falcon of Koraish in the theatrical season 1960/1961. She also participated in many television and radio programs as a directo…

Known For

Bye Bye London

Bye Bye London · 1982

MovieComedyTV Movie

A comedy about an old married man that travels to London with his nephew who does his to save him from exposure to fraud, and being mugged in London, the play also covers some political aspects and projections in addition to social criticism of some of the Arab situations.

Khamsa Wa Khmisa

Khamsa Wa Khmisa · 1993

Khamsa Wa Khmisa

الإنسان هو الإنسان

الإنسان هو الإنسان · 1973

الإنسان هو الإنسان

Sadouh

MovieComedyFantasy

The events take place in a fantasy framework around a disassembled family whose members only care about money, a creature from the planet Mercury comes to it that meets the requests of each individual for the family individually on the condition that he is repaired and his family is circled to become an ideal family to follow.

Hababa wa Himarat Al Qayila

Hababa wa Himarat Al Qayila · 1987

Hababa wa Himarat Al Qayila

The events revolve around a grandmother who tells her grandchildren an ancient mythical story, through which many old and contemporary social issues are highlighted in order to give life lessons.

حاجز الوهم

حاجز الوهم · 1967

حاجز الوهم

Enlisted Obaid

Enlisted Obaid · 1992

A social comedy play that sheds light on conscription in Kuwait at the time of the presentation of the play, through the slaves of the fugitive from recruitment, who is arrested and introduced to conscription, and we see what the recruit is exposed to during his presence in the camp.

Also, Hello Dolly

Also, Hello Dolly · 1974

Also, Hello Dolly

Egyptian socialite Dalal is determined to win over Kuwaiti businessman Abdullah, who’s fallen for Dolly, a Lebanese seamstress. Dalal’s wild schemes to sabotage their romance lead to a hilarious clash of love and cultural quirks.

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Bye Bye London

Bye Bye London · 1982

MovieComedyTV Movie

A comedy about an old married man that travels to London with his nephew who does his to save him from exposure to fraud, and being mugged in London, the play also covers some political aspects and projections in addition to social criticism of some of the Arab situations.

سبيكه - سبكهاوا

Khamsa Wa Khmisa

Khamsa Wa Khmisa · 1993

Khamsa Wa Khmisa

أم سرور / بو خميس / ماريا

الإنسان هو الإنسان

الإنسان هو الإنسان · 1973

الإنسان هو الإنسان

Sadouh

MovieComedyFantasy

The events take place in a fantasy framework around a disassembled family whose members only care about money, a creature from the planet Mercury comes to it that meets the requests of each individual for the family individually on the condition that he is repaired and his family is circled to become an ideal family to follow.

ام منصور

Hababa wa Himarat Al Qayila

Hababa wa Himarat Al Qayila · 1987

Hababa wa Himarat Al Qayila

The events revolve around a grandmother who tells her grandchildren an ancient mythical story, through which many old and contemporary social issues are highlighted in order to give life lessons.

حبابة

حاجز الوهم

حاجز الوهم · 1967

حاجز الوهم

Enlisted Obaid

Enlisted Obaid · 1992

A social comedy play that sheds light on conscription in Kuwait at the time of the presentation of the play, through the slaves of the fugitive from recruitment, who is arrested and introduced to conscription, and we see what the recruit is exposed to during his presence in the camp.

Also, Hello Dolly

Also, Hello Dolly · 1974

Also, Hello Dolly

Egyptian socialite Dalal is determined to win over Kuwaiti businessman Abdullah, who’s fallen for Dolly, a Lebanese seamstress. Dalal’s wild schemes to sabotage their romance lead to a hilarious clash of love and cultural quirks.

فريال

عاصفة الصحراء

عاصفة الصحراء · 1991

عاصفة الصحراء

MovieComedyDrama

أم إبراهيم

The Silence

The Silence · 1980

MovieDramaRomance

The events take place in Kuwait in the 1940s before the advent of oil, and the story of a shy love in the conservative society between Mary and Khalifa, and the obstacles they face.

العصابة

العصابة · 1987

الزعيمة نعيمة

Early Bird Gets the Worm

Early Bird Gets the Worm · 1969

Early Bird Gets the Worm

A married man suffers from the tyranny and tyranny of his wife's mother and its great influence on her, so he tries in various ways to urge his wife to form her independent personality, and get rid of her mother's influence, which may negatively affect their relationship.

أم الزهور

Without You 2

Without You 2 · 1992

الجدة رنا

بخور ام جاسم

بخور ام جاسم · 1969

بخور ام جاسم

Adults do it

Adults do it · 1982

The adults do it, a Kuwaiti play that was shown in 1982.

هالو كايرو

هالو كايرو · 1994

هالو كايرو

أم عبيد

Be patient and you will see

Be patient and you will see · 1965

Be patient and you will see

wait and observe

Patience has limits

Patience has limits · 1980

Patience has limits

MovieFamilyComedy

An Old traditional Kuwaiti Family, facing and new wife comes to home from Egypt as home maid, this is when the jealousy start between the old wife and the new maid.

Ali Janah Al-Tabrizi and his follower Qaffa

Ali Janah Al-Tabrizi and his follower Qaffa · 1975

Ali Janah Al-Tabrizi and his follower Qaffa

MovieHistoryFamily

The play deals with two characters of the Thousand and One Nights, from which the author formulated a separate story to address a specific purpose

مربية الأميرة

مدير طرطور

مدير طرطور · 1972

مدير طرطور

ام خندريس

كازينو ام عنبر

كازينو ام عنبر · 1966

كازينو ام عنبر

صاحي وأربعة نايمين

صاحي وأربعة نايمين · 1979

صاحي وأربعة نايمين

فوضى

فوضى · 1974

With Apricots

With Apricots · 1983

A Kuwaiti family offered the upper floor of their house for rent, then later there was a housing crisis and the children of the family became of marriageable age, and from here the problem of acquiring the upper floor begins, first, with the solidarity of the family members to take out the lessor, and secondly, the conflict between the sons of the same family to acquire the upper floor

My Aunt Qumasha

My Aunt Qumasha · 1983

My Aunt Qumasha

SeriesComedyDrama

A controlling mother who spies on her children and their spouses by installing cameras in their rooms is caught in a web of problems when one of her daughters-in-law finds out.

نسمة

Bumutih Yush Mutih Yatish

Bumutih Yush Mutih Yatish · 1993

Bumutih Yush Mutih Yatish

SeriesFamilyComedy

A family comedy series, set in a social context, about the Bu Muteih family - Salem Al Muhtaraj - and his wife Moza, and the relationships between them and those around them.

موزة

Iftah Ya Simsim

Iftah Ya Simsim · 1979

Iftah Ya Simsim

(الخالة فوزية)

The Family

The Family · 1990

SeriesDramaComedy

Everyone in Hamad’s family has his own affairs: Taiba is a domineering wife who takes on the responsibilities of the house, Salem continues his studies abroad, Bashayer tries to work after graduation in the field of journalism, Nasser plays football without interest in studying, and Tahani wants to marry because she does not want to continue her studies.

Harassment

Harassment · 1988

Mansour marries Hayat, and he thinks that he will live a simple, decent life with her, but he is surprised by her mother’s interference in all their affairs, and debts control him, and every time he tries to overcome his problems, he falls into another problem.

أم حياة

daily life of a retierd man

daily life of a retierd man · 1995

daily life of a retierd man

The events revolve around Abu Saleh, the municipal controller who retires from Amma because of his desire to try entrepreneurship. He works with his friend Abu Ahmed on several projects, but they are all failed, and with the succession of events, Abu Saleh decides to return to his previous job.

Sulaiman Al-Tayeb

Sulaiman Al-Tayeb · 1993

Sulaiman Al-Tayeb

The story of Suleiman deals with the single 40-year-old man who lives with his misery mother and controls him and refuses his marriage so that his wife does not have children to inherit him, and the attempts of her speaking relative Umm Faisal to convince her to marry her son fail, until the speech decides to challenge Um Suleiman and cooperate with her relative, the widow Taiba, in order to marry her to Suleiman with trick.

ام فيصل

Means Well

Means Well · 1993

Abu Radh, a crafty and opportunistic mailman, projects an image of poverty to those around him. In reality, he's a silent partner in multiple lucrative ventures that have made him incredibly wealthy. As he juggles his secret fortune with his humble facade, the question remains: can he keep his hidden wealth under wraps, or will the truth eventually catch up to him?

حصة

Habbabah

Habbabah · 1978

The events revolve around the grandmother (Hababa), who tells her granddaughter Lulwa and Nadia every day a story from the stories of the Thousand and One Nights, so that the scenes follow between the grandmother and the events of the story she tells, and the stories shed light on human values and social issues.

A family Over A Hot Oven

A family Over A Hot Oven · 1987

A family Over A Hot Oven

A Kuwaiti series that takes place in a comedy setting, about the miser (Abu Saleh), his wife (Fatima), his daughter (Hayla), and his son (Saleh), arising between the mother of Fatima's mother and her husband Saleh many problems because of his sadness. While Hamdan lives with his sister Al-Ansabya, who is looking to marry anyone.

He Came Back, But

He Came Back, But · 1989

He Came Back, But

SeriesDramaFamily

Fouad Bukrouh leaves his wife Naima because of his many problems with her and her brothers Rami and Hanadi in order to live away from them simply and away from problems, but Naima does not leave him as she pursues him in order to bring him home by making plans with the help of her neighbor Laila, which aims through these plans to continue the problems between Naima and Fouad in order to She takes money from Naima.

رشا الضياء

Keep trying

Keep trying · 1972

The Kuwaiti comedy series حاور زاور, produced in 1972, features a series of humorous and socially reflective scenarios centered around everyday challenges and misunderstandings in Kuwaiti society. Each episode presents a standalone comedic plot that draws on interactions among neighbors, friends, and family, using humor to highlight social issues and relationship creating an engaging viewing experience that resonated with audiences of the time.