Lale Oraloğlu
Actor · died at 82
Profile
| Age at death | 82 |
|---|---|
| Birth date | August 15, 1924 |
| Birthplace | İzmir |
| Died | January 15, 2007 |
| Profession | Actor, Screenwriter, Film director |
| Zodiac sign | Leo |
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Simmer for 15 Minutes (Kısık Ateşte 15 Dakika)
- Beyond the Soul (Candan Öte) (translated)
- Son
- The Young Man (Delikanlı) (translated)
- Menekşe Koyu
- A Handful of Sky (Bir Avuç Gökyüzü) (translated)
- Ölüm Bebekleri
- Bir Kadın Tuzağı
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Hüdaverdi - Pirtik
- Kötü Tohum
- Utanmaz Adam
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The Broken Pots (Kırık Çanaklar)
- Karasu
- Bir Kadın Tuzağı
- Kara Talih
- Yavrularımın Katili
- Piç
- Kızımla Beraber Ağladık
- Meçhul Kadın
- Sevdiğim Sendin
- Leylaklar Altında
- İki Ateş Arasında
- Nilgün
- The Bloody Money
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Six Are Dead (Altı Ölü Var/İpsala Cinayeti)
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Yavuz Sultan Selim Is Crying (Yavuz Sultan Selim Ağlıyor) (translated)
Lale Oraloğlu — Biography
Lale Oraloğlu was an artist who built her own stage and film company and did not hesitate to go on hunger strike against censorship. As actress, screenwriter, director and theatre manager she is counted among Turkey's first female film directors; she died in Istanbul in 2007.
In her youth she placed in swimming and shot put and captained the Galatasaray women's rowing team; she graduated in English philology, trained in piano and voice and wrote newspaper columns. Muhsin Ertuğrul noticed her, and in 1951 she made her professional stage debut in Yarış. Between 1951 and 1960 she played leads in 35 films, among them Yavuz Sultan Selim Ağlıyor, Kanlı Para and Sevdiğim Sendin. Kırık Çanaklar, which she co-adapted and starred in, won her the best actress award at the Turkish Films Competition and was selected for the 11th Berlin Film Festival. In 1971-72 she directed four films, and through her company Alev Film she produced three.
From 1960 she ran Oraloğlu Theatre for 43 years, taking its plays on Anatolian tours. In 1967 she staged Aristophanes' Lysistrata as Kadınlar I-Ih Derse; when it was banned she went on hunger strike and the play was allowed to reopen. When the Censorship Board banned Ölüm Bebekleri, a 16-day hunger strike and a legal fight lifted the ban. She also went on hunger strike in 1974, when she was arrested on a smuggling charge; a law passed in 1978 erased the legal consequences of her sentence.
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