Ouardia Hamtouche

Ouardia Hamtouche Arabic وردية حمتوش born Ouardia Annab on February 18 1930 in Algiers and who passed away on January 2 1991 in Épernay France was an Algerian actress She was the maternal grandmother of the French rapper of Algerian descent Karim Zenoud known by the stage name Lacrim Ouardia Hamtouche was born in 1930 in Algiers into a Kabyle family originally from Akbou Béjaïa Married at a young age she worked as a cleaner at the Mustapha Pacha Hospital in Algiers while pursuing her studies Her career as a performer began when she started participating in radio broadcasts all while continuing her nightshift cleaning job at the hospital A few years later she began acting in comedies taking on various roles in television theater and cinema She appeared in major popular Algerian films of the 1980s and 1990s such as Hassan Niya by Ghaouti Bendedouche starring Rouiched 1982 De Hollywood à Tamanrasset 1991an Algerian comedy classic that brought together the finest actors of the era Le Mariage des Dupes by Hadj Rahim alongside Mustapha ElAnka Taxi El Makhfi Le Clandestin with Athmane Ariouet and Yahia Benmabrouk and Sombrero by Rabah Bouberas among many others Her talent extended to French productions including Bernard Nauers Nuit divressealongside Josiane Balasko Thierry Lhermitte and Michel Blancand Mahmoud Zemmouris Les Folles Années du Twist featuring Malik LakhdarHamina Jacques Villeret and Richard Bohringer Quickly becoming a popular figure Ouardia Hamtouche won over audiences with her simple natural Algerian mother personawhich fostered a close bond with the publicand a satirical wit reminiscent of performers like Rachid Ksentini or Mohamed Touri She died of a heart attack on a train on January 1 1991 while traveling to visit her daughter in Metz France In 2012 a twoday tribute was held in her honor at the El Mouggar cinema in Algiers featuring screenings of films in which she had appeared