Leon Angel
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{{Short description|Egyptian actor and filmmaker}} |
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'''Leon Angel''' (15 May 1900 – 12 July 1973),{{cite encyclopedia |url=https://referenceworks.brill.com/display/entries/EJIO/SIM-000881.xml?language=en |title= Angel, Leon Victor |first=Racheline |last=Barda |date=26 October 2023 |encyclopedia=Encyclopedia of Jews in the Islamic World Online |publisher=Brill |access-date=13 January 2026 |doi=10.1163/1878-9781_ejiw_SIM_000881|url-access=subscription }} was an Egyptian actor who was best known in the 1930s. Leon appeared in a series of Muslim–Jewish buddy films in which he played a comic Jewish character. Among [[Jews of Egypt]] involved in the [[Egyptian cinema]] industry, Leon was the only Jewish star to headline an Egyptian movie playing a Jewish character. Leon later immigrated to Australia, where he participated in founding the first Sephardic synagogue in Australia. |
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Leon was born on 15 May 1900, in Alexandria, Egypt to Olga |
'''Leon Angel''' (15 May 1900 – 12 July 1973),{{cite encyclopedia |url=https://referenceworks.brill.com/display/entries/EJIO/SIM-000881.xml?language=en |title= Angel, Leon Victor |first=Racheline |last=Barda |date=26 October 2023 |encyclopedia=Encyclopedia of Jews in the Islamic World Online |publisher=Brill |access-date=13 January 2026 |doi=10.1163/1878-9781_ejiw_SIM_000881|url-access=subscription }} was an Egyptian actor who was best known in the 1930s. Leon appeared in a series of Muslim–Jewish buddy films in which he played a comic Jewish character. Among [[Jews of Egypt]] involved in the [[Egyptian cinema]] industry, Leon was the only Jewish star to headline an Egyptian movie playing a Jewish character. Leon later immigrated to Australia, where he participated in founding the first Sephardic synagogue in Australia. Leon was born on 15 May 1900, in Alexandria, Egypt to Olga Angel and Victor Angel.{{cite web |last1=Angel |first1=Leon |title=Death Certificate |url=https://my.rio.bdm.vic.gov.au/efamily-history/609abfc74feabe1bebad5ac2/record/5c654dcc4aba80ac311b5d58?q=efamily&givenName=Leon%20Victor&familyName=ANGEL |website=Births Deaths and Marriages, Victoria, Australia}} His father smuggled hashish along the Nile and left his family impoverished, so Leon had to work to support his family from a young age.{{cite book |last1=Starr |first1=Deborah |title=Togo Mizrahi and the Making of Egyptian Cinema |date=2020 |publisher=University of California |doi=10.1525/luminos.91 |isbn=9780520366206 |s2cid=224941664 |url=https://www.luminosoa.org/site/books/m/10.1525/luminos.91/}}{{rp|35}} |
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Leon had no prior acting experience when he began collaborating with [[Togo Mizrahi]] in 1930 on a script for a feature film about the dangers of drug use.{{rp|34–35}} Leon drew on his family's experience in writing the script. The film ''Cocaine, The Abyss'' premiered in Alexandria, Egypt on 19 November 1930. |
Leon had no prior acting experience when he began collaborating with [[Togo Mizrahi]] in 1930 on a script for a feature film about the dangers of drug use.{{rp|34–35}} Leon drew on his family's experience in writing the script. The film ''Cocaine, The Abyss'' premiered in Alexandria, Egypt on 19 November 1930. |
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