Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Place of Birth
Baghdad, Iraq
Azima Tawfiq
Biography
Iraq's first leading lady. She played the role of 'Aliya' in the Iraqi film 'Aliya and Issam' in 1949 alongside Salima Murad. In the 1950s, she opened a nightclub in Al-Karrada and focused on singing there, distancing herself from radio and television. Her artistic news faded away in the late 1950s.
