Meryem Gadhban

A Kuwaiti actress, born on November 20, 1948. She was one of the first two Kuwaiti women besides Mariam Al Saleh to stand on stage in Kuwait. She acted while she was a school student in the play Obedience in the mid-fifties. She worked as a professional actress in the play Falcon of Koraish in the theatrical season 1960/1961. She also participated in many television and radio programs as a director and actress. She joined the People Theater Troupe and the Kuwait Artists Association. She presented one of the most comedic roles in the play Bye Bye London with Abdul Husain Abdul Reda. Her last work was the series Diary of a Retiree (1995). Her fans among the Gulf fans called her "Hababa". She died on June 3, 2004.