The Unknown Woman (aliases: The Anonymous Woman, Egyptian Arabic: المرأة المجهولة, romanized: al-marʾa al-majhūla, El-Mara'a el-Maghola, El murra el maghoula) is a 1959 Egyptian film written and directed by Mahmoud Zulfikar.

It is based on the play Madame X. The film features an ensemble cast that includes Shadia, Shoukry Sarhan, Kamal El-Shennawi, Emad Hamdy and Zahrat El-Ola. It was the highest-grossing film in the Soviet Union for 1961, the only African film to ever achieve that.The film was remade in 1978 under the title Life is Wasted, My Son (ضاع العمر يا ولدي).