Thanaa Debsi

Thanaa Debsi
ثناء دبسي
Born(1941-06-22)22 June 1941
Aleppo, Syria
Died20 February 2024(2024-02-20) (aged 82)
Damascus, Syria
NationalitySyrian
OccupationActress
Years active1963–2024
Spouse
Salim Sabri
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(m. 1964)​
Children3

Thanaa Debsi (Arabic: ثناء دبسي; 22 June 1941 – 20 February 2024) was a Syrian actress.[1]

Biography

Born in Aleppo, on 22 June 1941,[2] Debsi began acting in films from 1963 and joined the Syrian Order of Artists in 1968. She then married the Syrian actor Salim Sabri. The couple had three children, the eldest is Reem born in 1965, the second is Yara, who is working in the film industry and the third is the only son Thayer. She was the sister of Saraa Debsi and the great-aunt of the Syrian actress Hanouf Kharboutli.

Debsi died in Damascus on 20 February 2024, at the age of 82.[3][4]

Filmography

On television

  • الشمس تشرق من جديد (The Sun shines again)
  • سيرة آل جلالي (Biography of Al-Jalil)
  • البيت القديم (The old house)
  • القناع (The mask)
  • غزلان في غابة الذئاب (Deer in the Forest of Wolves)
  • قوس قزح (Rainbow)
  • الميراث (Inheritance)
  • الواهمون (Al-Wahmon)
  • عشاء الوداع (Farewell dinner)
  • عصي الدمع (Hard Tears)
  • زمن العار (Time of Shame)
  • وراء الشمس (Behind the Sun)
  • الزعيم (The leader)
  • بنات العيلة (Daughters of Eila)

Theatre

  • الأشجار تموت واقفة (Trees die standing)
  • الأشباح (The Ghosts)
  • التنين (The Dragon)
  • رجل القدر (Man of Fate)

References

  1. ^ "Thanaa Debsi Biography". IMDB. Retrieved 29 July 2017.
  2. ^ "وفاة الفنانة السورية ثناء دبسي عن 83 عاما" (in Arabic). aljazeera.net. 21 February 2024.
  3. ^ "Syrian actress Thanaa Debsi dies aged 83". The National News. 21 February 2024.
  4. ^ "وفاة ثناء دبسي عن عمر يناهز الـ83 عاماً". ET بالعربي. 20 February 2024.