The Biography

Lebanese actress and presenter, whose full name is Madeleine Tabar Al-Khoury. Born on February 26, 1958, in Beirut.

After graduating from the Faculty of Mass Communication in 1982, she worked as a journalist in the Lebanese Al-Shabaka magazine and as a presenter on Lebanese radio and television.

Then she began her artistic career by participating in a movie called “Women’s Game.” She continued to present many cinematic films in Lebanon and Syria, most notably the film “Kafroun” with the Syrian artist Duraid Lahham in 1990.

She then traveled to Egypt to appear as a guest star in Fawazir’s “Married People in History” by artist Samir Ghanem, in addition to some small roles in a group of series and films.

Until her real artistic breakthrough came by participating in the movie “The Road to Eilat,” which was the reason for her fame in Egypt and the Arab world.

After that, she participated in a group of films, including: “Mohtaram Ela Ruba’, Haram Street, Reklam, Bartita, and Nabil Al-Jamil, Beauty Specialist.”

Television drama also had the largest share of her artistic works, in which she presented series such as:

“Confused Hearts,” “Years of Misery and Love,” “The Face of the Moon,” “Zezinia,” “Mahmoud Al-Masry,” “The Vegetable Market,” “Hanan and Hanin,” “Rish Naam,” “Ahl al-Hawa,” “His Excellence,” “Afaret Mahrez.” Haq Min, One Thousand and One Nights, Al-Daher, The Other Side, A Secret File.

Madeline Tabar worked for a period of her life in dubbing animated series, including: “The Little Traveler, Lubna the Fast, Calimero, and The Adventures of Nils.”

Madeleine Tabar was selected as a jury member in many festivals, including Malmö Arab Film Festival 2016, Oran International Arab Film Festival 2017, Casablanca Arab Film Festival 2019, Cinemana Arab Film Festival 2021, Rakoda Asian Film Festival 2022.

Personal Life

At the beginning of er life, the artist Madeleine Tabar was married to the cameraman for Lebanon Television, Andre El Khoury. He was 15 years older than her, as she was eighteen years old at the time.

She broke up with him after she discovered that he was cheating on her with another artist. She then married Ali Fayyad, brother of the Lebanese journalist Jamal Fayyad, from whom she also separated. She did not have any children.

Artistical works

the movies

1982: Women's Game, Network, Explosion films.

1983: The film “The Hero Returns”.

1990: “Kafroun” movie.

1994: The film “The Road to Eilat”.

1997: “The Bridge” movie.

2010: The film “Respectable Except for a Quarter”.

2011: Films “Haram Street, Three Veils”.

2012: films “Rikalam, Bertita”.

Year 2016: “My Life’s Mix” movie.

Year 2021: “The Workshop” movie.

Year 2022: The movie “Nabil Jamil, Beauty Specialist.”

Year 2023: “Love in Its Details” movie.

Series

**Year of production** Finally

1983: “And It Rained One Summer, The Time of Love” series.

1984: “Black Salt, Listen, Hossam” series.

1988: “With Arab Doctors, Leave Alone” series.

1992: “Goodbye Cordoba” series.

1994: “Al-Fursan, Ayyam Al-Munira” series.

1995: “Housh Al-Mastab” series.

1996: Series “Inscriptions of Gold and Copper, Beyond the River, Confused Hearts.”

1998: “Years of Misery and Love” series.

1999: “The Prodigal Son” series.

Year 2000: Series “The Face of the Moon, Zizinia Part 2: The Night and the Lighthouse, Ibn Majah... Al-Qazwini, Cat and Far Five Star, The Wife of an Ambitious Man, an Ambitious Man.”

Year 2002: “Zaman Imad Al-Din” series.

2004: Series “Mahmoud Al-Masry, A Woman’s Journey, People of High Status.”

2005: Series “Land of Men, Winter Flowers, Dreams in the Gate.”

2006: “Vegetable Market, No One Sleeps in Alexandria” series.

2007: “Hanan and Hanin” series.

2009: “Tariq’s Adventures” series.

2010: “Ostrich Feathers, My Friend” series.

Year 2011: “We Are the Students” series.

Year 2012: “Fly, Fly, Fire and Mud” series.

Year 2013: “Ahl al-Hawa” series.

Year 2014: “His Excellency, Excellence, Goblins Mahrez, FIFA Atata, Operation Messi, Curtains of Fear” series.

Year 2015: Series “Haqq Mit, One Thousand and One Nights, Mulberry Leaves, Chess Part 2, The Fitna of Her Time.”

Year 2016: “Ah from Eve” series.

Year 2017: “The Sultan and the Shah” series.

Year 2019: “Al-Daher” series.

Year 2020: “The Other Side, The Moon at the End of the World” series.

Year 2022: “Secret File” series.

Year 2023: “Layl Umm al-Banat, Hidden Souls” series.

plays

1999: The play “The Blind’s Dinner”.

TV evenings

**Year of production** Little Hearts, a group of thieves

2003: “American Passport” evening.

Radio serials

2002: “Off-Side” series.

Year 2009: “Awam Ala Bar al-Hawa” series.

2012: “Sunset Oasis” series.

Year 2017: “Abu Zaiza Challenges Khufu” series.

Al-Fawazir

1993: Fawazir, “Married People in History.”

1996: Fawazir “The Writers”.

Year 2013: Fawazir “Masalliku”.

Awards and honors

Gold Award from the Tunis Radio and Television Festival for her role in the radio series “Sunset Oasis” in 2013.

Best Actress Award from the Hope and Creativity Festival for her role in the series “One Thousand and One Nights” in 2015.

Award for Best Actress in a Historical Role from the Al-Hayat Drama Festival for her role in the series “One Thousand and One Nights” in 2015.

Best Actress Award from the American International Academy for her role in the series “One Thousand and One Nights” in 2015.

Honorary shield from the Arab Stars Festival for her role in the series “One Thousand and One Nights” in 2015.

A shield of honor from the International Media Council on the anniversary of the victories of October 6, 2015.

A shield of honor from “Baheya” Hospital as part of the “You are the Most Important” campaign in 2017.

Shield of Honor from the Global Arab Peace Forum in 2017.

Honorary shield from the Faculty of Language and Media at the Arab Academy for Science and Technology in 2018.

Lebanon Oscar from the Beirut Golden Awards Festival in 2018.

Shield of honor from the Film and City Festival in Casablanca in 2019.

Shield of honor from the Young Men’s Christian Association in 2019.

A shield of honor from the Creativity Center at the Egyptian Opera in 2020.

Creativity Award from the Hamsa International Festival of Literature and Arts for her role in the series “The Moon is the End of the World” in 2020.

A shield of honor from the Forum of Ambassadors of the First Line of Defense and Volunteer Work in the Emirate of Dubai in 2020.

Best Actress Award and Best Social Program Presenter Award from Al Hayat Drama Festival for her role in the series “The Other Face” in 2021.

Honorary shield from the Arab Giants Festival in 2021.

Excellence Award from the Hamsa International Festival of Literature and Arts for her role in the series “A Secret File” in 2022.

A shield of honor from the Beautiful Time Festival in Beirut in 2022.

Honorary doctorate from the United Nations Arts Association in the “Father Role Model” celebration in 2022.

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