LONDON (Reuters) - Acting legend Omar Sharif, best known for his title role as Doctor Zhivago in the Oscar-winning film, is suffering from Alzheimer's disease, his agent said on Tuesday. The ...

Legendary Egyptian actor Omar Sharif died today in Cairo, according to his agent. He was 83. Sharif hit it big starring in 1960s epic dramas such as Doctor Zhivago, and the movie that introduced him ...

Omar Sharif, the Egyptian-born actor with the dark, soulful eyes who soared to international stardom in movie epics, "Lawrence of Arabia" and "Doctor Zhivago," died Friday. He was 83. Sharif died of a ...

Lawrence Of Arabia’ and ‘Doctor Zhivago’, has died after suffering a heart attack in hospital in Cairo, aged 83.  The ...

Actor Shoukri Sarhan was recommended to star with Hamama in the film. But Hamama, who was still married to filmmaker Ezz Eddin Zulfikar at the time, suggested they find a new face. As a result, ...

Love Omar is fiction based on extensive research including conversations with Sharif’s real co-stars and former staff at the theatre. Peppered with anecdotes from their interviews, as well as from ...

Faten Hamama, who has died aged 83, was an enduring star of Egyptian cinema and the wife for nearly 20 years of the actor and celebrated roué Omar Sharif. The daughter of a civil servant, Faten Hamama ...

CAIRO (AP) — In “Lawrence of Arabia,” Omar Sharif first emerges as a speck in the distance in the shimmering desert sand. He draws closer, a black-robed figure on a trotting camel, until he finally ...

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