Nour Al Hoda

Alexandra Nicolas Badran, also known as Nour Al Hoda (Arabic: نور الهدى; 24 December 1924 – 9 July 1998), was a Lebanese singer and actress, mostly known for her notable roles in Egyptian cinema.^[1][2] She recorded over one hundred songs and worked in over thirty films.^[3]

Nour Al Hoda
Nour Al Hoda in 1950
Born	Alexandra Nicolas Badran (1924-12-24)24 December 1924 Mersin, Turkey
Died	9 July 1998(1998-07-09) (aged 73) Beirut, Lebanon
Nationality	Lebanese
Occupation(s)	Singer, actress
Known for	Egyptian cinema
Notable work	Berlanti (1944)

Biography

She was born on 24 December 1924 in Mersin, Turkey to an Antiochian Orthodox family.^[1] She was a maternal first cousin to Lebanese singer Jeanette Feghali, known as Sabah, and her sister Lebanese actress Lamia Feghali.

Nour Al Hoda with Youssef Wahbi in a publicity still for Berlanti (1944)

In 1943, she moved to Egypt to work in the Egyptian cinema. She worked in her first film Gawhara, with director-actor Youssef Wahbi.^[4] Following the success of Gawhara, Hoda went on to work with Wahbi in the 1944 film Berlanti. Followed by Amirat al ahlam (1945) and Al-anissa Busa (1945), she also acted in Lastu Malakan (1946) with Mohammed Abdel Wahab and Laila Fawzi. Hoda worked in Egypt until the early 1950s.^[5]

Selected filmography

• Gawhara (1943)
• Al-sharaf ghali (1943)
• Berlanti (1944)
• Amirat al ahlam (1945)
• Al-anissa Busa (1945)
• Majd wa demoue (1946)
• Lastu malakan (1947)
• Matoulsh Lhad (1952)