Leila Karam was a Lebanese

Lebanon

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 actress. Her major contributions were in the 1970s and 1980s in many Lebanese and Egyptian movies, plays and TV series of Tele Liban

Télé Liban

Télé Liban became the first Lebanese public television network, owned by the Lebanese government. Télé Liban was a result of the merger of two privately-owned stations, CLT and Télé Orient in 1977. Currently, it mainly broadcasts terrestrially throughout Lebanon. TL is the current Lebanese...

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Career

Karam began her career in broadcast media in 1956, at Near East Radio. Soon after television came to Lebanon in 1959, she starred as the mother in the series Abou Melhem.

Her last role was as a brothel madam in the 1998 film, West Beirut

West Beirut (film)

West Beirut is a 1998 Lebanese drama film written and directed by Ziad Doueiri.-Plot:In April 1975, civil war breaks out; Beirut is partitioned along a Muslim-Christian line and is divided into East and West Beirut. Tarek is in high school, making Super 8 movies with his friend, Omar...

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Personal life

Leila Karam was married, and has one son. Her elder sister Nabila Karam is also actress. She died on 2 December 2008 in a hospital in Beirut after a long illness.

Filmography

Film / Series Name	Year	Genre	Role
Abou Melhem show		TV Series	Um Melhem	Starring with Adeeb Haddad
Al akhrass		TV Series
Beirut bil Layl (Beirut by Night)		TV Series		Hassan el Miliji
Al Nahr (The River)		TV Series
Ibrahim Afandi		TV Series
Captain Bob		TV Series	Zarifeh	With Ibrahim Meraachli Ibrahim Meraachli Ibrahim Meraachli was a famous Lebanese actor known for Lebanese made TV series such as "Al mouaallima wal oustaz" , "Ibrahim Afandi" and "Captain Bob".-Career:... , Hind Abi-Llama
Al Mouaallima Wal Oustaz (The teacher and the professor) Al Mouaallima Wal Oustaz (The teacher and the professor) Al Mouaallima Wal Oustaz is a popular Lebanese TV series made during the 80s, Starring Ibrahim Meraachli, Hind Abi-Llama and Layla Karam.-General Description:...		TV Series	Zarifeh	With Ibrahim Meraachli Ibrahim Meraachli Ibrahim Meraachli was a famous Lebanese actor known for Lebanese made TV series such as "Al mouaallima wal oustaz" , "Ibrahim Afandi" and "Captain Bob".-Career:... , Hind Abi-Llama
Al Bou'asa' (Les Misérables)		TV Series
Abou 'lmarajel		TV Series
Fares w Njoud		TV Series
Hawl Ghourfati (Around my bedroom)		TV Series		With Hind Abi-Llama
Allo, Hayete (Allo, My Love)		TV Series
As Sarab		TV Series
Ghouroub		TV Series
Al Asira (The prisonier)	1980	TV Series
Eddouniya Heik (Life is like that)	1980	TV Series	Wardeh	Mouhammad Chamel
Al Amir al Ahmar (The Red Prince)	1973	Play
Mayss el Rim		Play		Rahbani brothers Rahbani brothers The Rahbani Brothers , Assi Rahbani and Mansour Rahbani , were Lebanese composers, musicians, songwriters, authors, playwrights/dramatists, philosophers, and poets...
Al Mouamara moustamirra	1980	Play		Rahbani brothers Rahbani brothers The Rahbani Brothers , Assi Rahbani and Mansour Rahbani , were Lebanese composers, musicians, songwriters, authors, playwrights/dramatists, philosophers, and poets...
Bint al Haress (The Guardian's Daughter)	1967	Film		Rahbani brothers Rahbani brothers The Rahbani Brothers , Assi Rahbani and Mansour Rahbani , were Lebanese composers, musicians, songwriters, authors, playwrights/dramatists, philosophers, and poets...
Safar Barlik (The Exile)	1967	Film	Zahia		ahbani brothers]
Nagham fi hayati (Melody in my life)	1975	Film
Houbbi lazi la yamout (My never dying Love)	1983	Film
Hamsat al shaytan (devils whisper)		Film
West Beirut West Beirut (film) West Beirut is a 1998 Lebanese drama film written and directed by Ziad Doueiri.-Plot:In April 1975, civil war breaks out; Beirut is partitioned along a Muslim-Christian line and is divided into East and West Beirut. Tarek is in high school, making Super 8 movies with his friend, Omar...	1998	Film	Oum Walid, Brothel Madam	Ziad Doueiri

Quotes

"They don't remember us except when we are dead, that is if they do, so why should we remember them or show our admiration."