Yıldız Kenter
Actor · died at 91
Profile
| Age at death | 91 |
|---|---|
| Birth date | October 11, 1928 |
| Birthplace | Üsküdar |
| Died | November 17, 2019 |
| Place of death | Istanbul |
| Profession | Actor |
| Zodiac sign | Libra |
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Filmography / Projects
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The White Angel (Beyaz Melek)
- Balıketi
- Hotel of My Destiny (Kısmetim Otel) (translated)
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Whatever You Wish (Sen Ne Dilersen)
- Eylül
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Big Man, Little Love (Büyük Adam Küçük Aşk)
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The Raindrop (Güle Güle)
- Summer House (Yaz Evi) (translated)
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Woman (Hanım) (translated)
- The Uğurlu Family (Uğurlugiller) (translated)
- Zulüm
- We Have a Story (Bir Öykümüz Var) (translated)
- Bir Ana Bir Kız
- Eagle House (Kartal Yuvası)
- Kızım Ayşe
- My Older Sister (Ablam) (translated)
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Sister Fatma (Fatma Bacı) (translated)
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Wildflower (Vahşi Çiçek) (translated)
- Elmacı Kadın
- Anneler ve Kızları
- Yaşlı Gözler
- İsyancılar
- Pembe Kadın
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Trees Die Standing (Ağaçlar Ayakta Ölür) (translated)
Yıldız Kenter — Biography
Ayşe Yıldız Kenter was born in Istanbul on 11 October 1928; she graduated early from the Ankara State Conservatory, spent eleven years at the Ankara State Theatre, then took advanced acting training in the US on a Rockefeller grant before returning to teach at the conservatory. In 1959 she and her brother Müşfik Kenter, with her second husband Şükran Güngör, founded the Kent Oyuncuları company; over more than forty years she staged upward of a hundred plays, from Shakespeare and Chekhov to Turkish playwrights, and spent 37 years teaching stage acting.
On screen she appeared in Ağaçlar Ayakta Ölür, Fatma Bacı, Hanım, Güle Güle and Beyaz Melek, winning the Golden Orange three times and, in 1997, the International Istanbul Festival's lifetime achievement award, presented to her by Dame Diana Rigg. A State Artist and UNICEF Turkey Goodwill Ambassador, Kenter married Nihat Akçan in 1951 and had a daughter with him, then remained married to Şükran Güngör, who died in 2002, until her own death. After a long fight with lung illness, she died on 17 November 2019, and a cultural center now bears her and her husband's names.
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