Azima Tawfiq

Acting

Personal Info

gender

Female

place of birth

Baghdad, Iraq

also known as

عزيمة توفيق

total credits

2 movies

Biography

Iraq's first leading lady. She played the role of 'Aliya' in the Iraqi film 'Aliya and Issam' in 1949 alongside Salima Murad. In the 1950s, she opened a nightclub in Al-Karrada and focused on singing there, distancing herself from radio and television. Her artistic news faded away in the late 1950s.

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Azima Tawfiq — Timod