Shadia, an Egyptian actress and singer who captivated Arab audiences for decades, died on Tuesday. She was in her late 80s.

Her death was announced on Egypt’s State Information Service website, which did not say where she died. A stroke had left her in a coma at a Cairo military hospital earlier this month.

Shadia, who was known for her silky and playful voice, had roles in more than 100 films and recorded hundreds of singles in a career that began in the late 1940s. She belonged to an era in the Egyptian entertainment industry that critics and entertainers called the “beautiful” or “golden” age, a time that stretched from the 1940s to the ’70s, when some of Egypt’s most highly regarded movies were produced.

Her fan base reached across the Arab world. Her roles ranged from willful country girls and city career women to emotionally disturbed women and hopeless romantics.