- Born
- Died
- Birth nameZeinab Ali Khalil Ibrahim Mahfouz
- Her career began with "Badia Masabni" band where she was involved in dancing in groups, and in 1943 began working in the field of cinema where she formed a successful dual team with the artist "Farid al-Atrash" in several movies and did the most famous dances with him. Her dance was characterized by combining Eastern dancing and Western dances, as Samia Gamal focused in her dance in providing a state of fascination for the spectators through clothing, music and lighting.
- IMDb mini biography by: Waleed El Kady
- SpousesRushdy Abaza(September 21, 1960 - 1977) (divorced)Shepard King(November 29, 1951 - September 10, 1953) (divorced)
- ChildrenNo Children
- Bellydancer
- She participated in a dancing scene for three minutes in Valley of the Kings (1954).
- Her mother died when she was only eight years old.
- Enjoyed an 11 year relationship with Farid al-Atrash but the couple never legally married.
- Retired in the early 1970s but later returned again to dancing in the mid-1980s. She retired again until her death on December 1, 1994.
- Had a starring role in the French film Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves (1954).
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