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Known for his creative stage direction, Elia Kazan was born Elias Kazantzoglou on September 7, 1909 in Constantinople, Ottoman Empire (now Istanbul, Turkey). Noted for drawing out the best dramatic performances from his actors, he directed 21 actors to Oscar nominations, resulting in nine wins. He directed a string of successful films, including A Streetcar Named Desire (1951), On the Waterfront (1954), and East of Eden (1955). During his career, he won two Oscars as Best Director and received an Honorary Oscar, won three Tony Awards, and four Golden Globe Awards.
His films were concerned with personal or social issues of special concern to him. Kazan writes, "I don't move unless I have some empathy with the basic theme." His first such "issue" film was Gentleman's Agreement (1947), with Gregory Peck, which dealt with anti-Semitism in America. It received 8 Oscar nominations and three wins, including Kazan's first for Best Director. It was followed by Pinky (1949), one of the first films in mainstream Hollywood to address racial prejudice against black people. A Streetcar Named Desire (1951), an adaptation of the stage play which he had also directed, received 12 Oscar nominations, winning four, and was Marlon Brando's breakthrough role. In 1954, he directed On the Waterfront (1954), a film about union corruption on the New York harbor waterfront. In 1955, he directed John Steinbeck's East of Eden (1955), which introduced James Dean to movie audiences.
A turning point in Kazan's career came with his testimony as a witness before the House Committee on Un-American Activities in 1952 at the time of the Hollywood blacklist, which brought him strong negative reactions from many liberal friends and colleagues. His testimony helped end the careers of former acting colleagues Morris Carnovsky and Art Smith, along with ending the work of playwright Clifford Odets. Kazan later justified his act by saying he took "only the more tolerable of two alternatives that were either way painful and wrong." Nearly a half-century later, his anti-Communist testimony continued to cause controversy. When Kazan was awarded an honorary Oscar in 1999, dozens of actors chose not to applaud as 250 demonstrators picketed the event.
Kazan influenced the films of the 1950s and 1960s with his provocative, issue-driven subjects. Director Stanley Kubrick called him, "without question, the best director we have in America, and capable of performing miracles with the actors he uses." On September 28, 2003, Elia Kazan died at age 94 of natural causes at his apartment in Manhattan, New York City. Martin Scorsese co-directed the documentary film A Letter to Elia (2010) as a personal tribute to Kazan.- Director
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Henri Verneuil was born on 15 October 1920 in Rodosto, Ottoman Empire [now Tekirdag, Turkey]. He was a director and writer, known for I... For Icarus (1979), The Sheep Has Five Legs (1954) and Mother (1991). He was married to Françoise Bonnot and Véronique Sedro. He died on 11 January 2002 in Bagnolet, Seine-Saint-Denis, France.- Mother Teresa also known as Saint Teresa of Calcutta, was an Albanian-Indian Roman Catholic nun who in 1950 founded and was an active member of the Missionaries of Charity. Although her passport name was Mary Teresa Bojaxhiu, she was born Anjezë Gonxhe Bojaxhiu (Skopje, capital of North Macedonia. After living in Skopje for eighteen years, she moved to Ireland and then to India, where she lived for most of her life.
- Steve Plytas was born on 9 January 1913 in Constantinople, Ottoman Empire [now Istanbul, Turkey]. He was an actor, known for Superman IV: The Quest for Peace (1987), Batman (1989) and The Young Lady from London (1959). He was married to Amy Doris Foxell. He died on 27 December 1994 in Surrey, England, UK.
- Aristole Onassis was an ethnic Greek born in Smyrna in the Ottoman Empire in what is now Turkey, who became a billionaire shipping tycoon when the number of billionaires could be counted on one hand. He is known to history as the second husband of Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy.
He was the son of Socrates Onassis, a ship owner with a modest fleet of 10 ships manned by 40 sailors. The relative wealth of his father got the young Ari a good education, and he became fluent in English, Spanish and Turkish. In the aftermath of World War One, when the Ottoman Empire was broken up by the victorious Allies and modern Turkey was created by Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, many ethnic Greeks were expelled from the new country. The Onassis family fled to Greece as refugees.
Aristotle Onassis emigrated to Argentina in 1923 with 60 dollars (approximately $800 in 2011 dollars, when factored for inflation). He became an importer of Turkish tobacco and eventually became an owner of ships. Eventually, he held Argentine and Greek passports and dual citizenship.
Onassis switched to transporting oil for the major petroleum companies, who could save money by not owning their own fleets. It was the introduction of the supertanker to transport Middle Eastern oil that made Onassis one of the richest men in the world. A supertanker could be paid for with one six-month lease, meaning that the majority of the 20-year life-span of a tanker could result in extraordinary profits. Onassis invested his vast fortune wisely, including in the petroleum industry itself, transportation, and other businesses.
Outside of the business world, Aristole Onassis was little known, and if he was known at all, it was for his romance with the opera singer Maria Callas. However, his 1968 marriage to the widow of the late President John F. Kennedy made him a world-wide figure whose life was chronicled in newspapers around the globe. - Actor
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Grégoire Aslan was born on 28 March 1908 in Constantinople, Ottoman Empire. He was an actor and writer, known for Cleopatra (1963), The Return of the Pink Panther (1975) and King of Kings (1961). He was married to Denise Noël and Jacqueline Dumonceau. He died on 8 January 1982 in Breage, Cornwall, England, UK.- Producer
- Director
- Actor
Turkish football player, film director, actor, editor, screenwriter, producer, lecturer and Honorary Professor.
He graduated from Vefa Lisesi in 1937. In 1938, he dropped out of Istanbul University Faculty of Medicine in the third year of his education.
Ün changed the language of cinema by going beyond the melodrama mould with the film Üc Arkadas in 1958. The film was considered one of the best films of Turkish cinema. Thanks to his success in this film, he was invited to the Film Friends Association and became one of the important directors of Turkish cinema. During this period, he started to live with Fatma Girik and the couple's relationship continued for life.
In 1960, he started the era of child stars in Turkish cinema history with the film Aysecik. After his success with Aysecik, his partnership with Arsavir Alyanak at Yakut Film ended and he founded Ugur Film.
In 1990, he made his first self-financed film, Tüm Kapilar Kapaliydi, in which he turned to a subject and cinematography not seen in his previous films. This was followed by the films Gün Ortasinda Karanlik and Zikkimin Kökü, which received many awards. The last film he directed was Sinema Bir Mucizedir (2005), but due to his illness he could not complete the film and handed it over to Tunc Basaran.
He worked as a lecturer at Mimar Sinan University Cinema-TV Department.
Film worker Memduh Ün died on 16 October 2015 at the age of 95 in Bodrum where he was being treated.- Writer
- Actor
A.I. Bezzerides was born on 9 August 1908 in Samsun, Ottoman Empire [now Turkey]. He was a writer and actor, known for Kiss Me Deadly (1955), Beneath the 12-Mile Reef (1953) and They Drive by Night (1940). He was married to Von Gorne, Yvonne and Silvia Richards. He died on 1 January 2007 in Los Angeles, California, USA.- Mustafa was born in 1881 in Salonica, then an Ottoman Turkish city, in modern day Greece. His father, Ali Riza, a customs official-turned-lumber merchant, died when Mustafa was still a boy. His mother, Zubeyde, a devout and strong-willed woman, raised him and his younger sister by herself. First enrolled in a traditional Islamic religious school, he soon switched to a modern school. In 1893, he entered a military high school where his mathematics teacher gave him the second name Kemal (meaning perfection in Turkish) in recognition of young Mustafa's superior achievement. He was thereafter known as Mustafa Kemal.
In 1905, Mustafa Kemal graduated from the War Academy in Istanbul with the rank of Staff Captain. Posted in Damascus, Syria, then a part of the Ottoman Empire, he started with several colleagues a clandestine society called "Homeland and Freedom" to fight against the Sultan's despotism. In 1908, he helped the group of officers who toppled the Sultan. Mustafa Kemal's career flourished as he won his heroism in the far corners of the Ottoman Empire during the Italo-Turkish War of 1911-12 as well as the Balakan Wars of 1913 in which he saw action in Albania and Tripoli, Libya. He also briefly served as a staff officer in Salonica and Istanbul and as a military attache in Sofia, Bulgaria.
In October, 1914, the Ottoman Empire offically entered World War I alongside Germany and Austria as part of the Central Powers fighting the Allies of Great Britian, France, Italy and Russia. In 1915, when the Dardanelles/Galipoli campaign was launched, Mustafa Kemal, recently premoted to Colonel, became a national hero by winning successive victories against the landing British French and ANZAC armies, pinning them down at their beacheads, which finally forced the invaders to evacuate Galipoli in January 1916. Promoted to General later that year, at age 35, he liberated two major provinces in eastern Turkey against the Russian armies. In the next two years, from 1917 to 1918, he served as commander of several Ottoman armies in Palestine, Aleppo, and elsewhere, achieving another major victory by stopping the British advance at Aleppo just before the war-weary Turkish armies agreed to an armistice with the British on October 31, 1918 which ended World War I in the Middle East. As a result of the Ottoman Empire's defeat, the Turks lost all of their Middle East territories with the exception of the traditional Turkish area around the region of Asia Minor.
On May 19, 1919, Mustafa Kemal Pasha landed in the Black Sea port of Samsun to start the Greco-Turkish War, (known to the Turks as the War of Independence.) In defiance of the Sultan's government, he rallied a liberation army in Anatolia and convened the Congress of Erzurum and Sivas which established the basis for the new national effort under his leadership. On April 23, 1920, the Grand National Assembly was inaugurated. Mustafa Kemal Pasha was elected as its President. Fighting on many fronts, he led his forces to victory against rebels and the invading Greek armies. Following the Turkish triumph at the two major battles at Izunu in Western Turkey, the Grand National Assembly conferred on Mustafa Kemal Pasha the title of Commander-in-Chief with the rank of Marshal. At the end of August 1922, the Turkish armies won their ultimate victory. Within a few weeks, the Turkish mainland was completely liberated, an armistice with Greece was signed, and the rule of the Ottoman dynasty was abolished.
In July 1923, the national government signed the Lausanne Treaty with Great Britain, France, Greece, Italy, and others countries which regonized the new country of Turkey. In mid-October, Ankara became the capital of the new Turkish State. On October 29, the Republic was proclaimed and Mustafa Kemal Pasha was unanimously elected President of the Republic. Kemal married Latife Usakligil in early 1923. The marriage ended in divorce in 1925.
The account of Kemal Atatürk's fifteen year Presidency (1923-1938) is a saga of dramatic modernization. With indefatigable determination, he created a new political and legal system based on a Swiss Civil Code, abolished the Islamic Caliphate and made both government and education secular, gave equal rights to women, changed the Turkish language by transfering the written language from the Arabic script to the Roman alphabet, and the attire from Islamic to Western, and advanced the arts and the sciences, agriculture and industry.
In 1934, when the surname law was adopted, the national parliament gave him the name "Atatürk" (Turkish for Father of the Turks). A heavy drinker most of his life, Atatürk developed liver and kidney problems durng the last year of his life. He died on November 10, 1938, at age 57. The "national liberator" and the "Father of modern Turkey" was dead. But his legacy to his people and to the world endures to this very day. - Director
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- Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Vassilis Georgiadis was a Greek director, film producer and actor. Two of Georgiadis's films, "The Red Lanterns" and "Blood on the Land", were nominated by the American Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in the final five for the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film. Also in 1970 his film "Girls in the Sun" was nominated by the Foreign Correspondents' Association in Los Angeles for a Golden Globe for Best Foreign Language Film.- Actor
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Darío Moreno was born on 3 April 1921 in Smyrna, Ottoman Empire [now Izmir, Turkey]. He was an actor, known for The Wages of Fear (1953), Kill Me Gently (1967) and Le Bal (1983). He died on 1 December 1968 in Istanbul, Turkey.- Actor
- Make-Up Department
- Director
Aram Katcher was born on 5 July 1921 in Constantinople, Ottoman Empire [now Istanbul, Turkey]. He was an actor and director, known for The Girl in the Kremlin (1957), The Right Hand of the Devil (1963) and The Female Animal (1958). He died on 20 April 1998 in Los Angeles, California, USA.- Actress
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Alice Sapritch was unattractive and she knew it for a fact. She nevertheless decided to become an actress, aware that she would never be the love interest of the handsome hero or play the blushing ingénue. That's the reason why she set about emphasizing her lack of glamor instead of concealing it. In these conditions, two main categories were available to her, either obnoxious monsters (Folcoche in TV made 'Vipère au poing') or foolish eccentrics (the crazy actress in 'L'événement le plus important depuis que l'homme a marché sur la lune'). In 1971, with 'La folie des grandeurs', Gérard Oury gave her the opportunity to combine monstrosity and ridicule in a single character, the duenna of the Queen of Spain who, although as ugly as sin, indulges in what may well be the most comical striptease ever filmed. Unforgettable! And not being a beauty queen also happened to be an advantage. Didn't she play Hamlet's mother at the age of twenty-three? And when she was older, the beauty factor having become irrelevant, she was able to embody the poignant 'Mère russe' (Russian Mother) in the TV film of the same title. The real trouble is her film career for, in spite of one or two satisfying roles, she appeared in an endless series of particularly inept vulgar French 'comedies'. By her own admission, she would have dreamed of being directed by Bergman, Schlöndorff or Herzog and she wound up working for Philippe Clair, Michel Gérard, Jean Luret and co! Of course there were a few exceptions to this rule, for instance when she played Aunt Elizabeth in Téchiné's 1978 'Les soeurs Brontë' and a few appearances in good quality films at the beginning of her career but all in all her performances on the silver screen are a real disappointment compared with what she did on TV and on the boards.- Feridun Çölgeçen was born on 10 May 1911 in Constantinople, Ottoman Empire [now Istanbul, Turkey]. He was an actor, known for Kilink uçan adama karsi (1967), Süt Kardesler (1976) and Daglari Bekleyen Kiz (1955). He died on 19 January 1978 in Istanbul, Turkey.
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- Actor
Stelios Tatasopoulos was born in 1908 in Constantinople, Ottoman Empire. He was a director and producer, known for Social Decay (1932), Women Without Men (1954) and O megalos orkos (1965). He died on 13 July 2000 in Greece.- Henry Leone was born on 30 March 1858 in Constantinople, Ottoman Empire [now Istanbul, Turkey]. He was an actor, known for The Heart of the Hills (1916), Tangled Lives (1917) and Fair Lady (1922). He was married to Elizabeth and Anne Dale. He died on 9 June 1922 in Mount Vernon, New York, USA.
- Ahmet Tarik Tekçe was born on 15 December 1920 in Constantinople, Ottoman Empire [now Istanbul, Turkey]. He was an actor, known for Daglari Bekleyen Kiz (1955), Güzeller resmigeçidi (1960) and Iki çalgicinin seyahati (1963). He died on 4 October 1964 in Ankara, Turkey.
- Actress
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Lank and plain-looking, poker-faced and a bit starchy but looking all the more mysterious for that, Margo Lion will forever remain Jenny, the "brothel queen', in Pabst's adaptation of Bertold Brecht and Kurt Weill's immortal 'Dreigroschen Oper', singing their unforgettable song 'La fiancée du pirate'. A great film debut for this French actress born in Istanbul, who was then a successful cabaret performer in Berlin. And yet, although she was kept very busy working for the cinema and later on for television, Margo Lion never became an idol or a star or even a leading lady. On the other hand, she worked with talented directors (Carné, Chenal, Duvivier, Pabst as well as creators of the next generation such as Demy, Chabrol or Franju) and proved how versatile and talented a character actress she was. She could indeed play any type of role: a prostitute ('L'alibi') or a nun ('Le dialogue des carmélites'), a peevish maid ('La danse de mort') or a petty bourgeois ('L'affaire Lafarge'). If there was a common point between such varied characters, it was the elegant distance and the distinguished iciness she brought to the characters she embodied. A derelict woman played by Margo Lion was not a wreck but a lady who seemed to go through temporary trouble. Margo Lion is almost forgotten, which is a pity. She deserves better.- Osman Yusuf was born on 23 May 1920 in Ottoman Empire [now Turkey]. He was an actor, known for King Kong vs. Godzilla (1963), Submersion of Japan (1973) and Mothra (1961). He died on 29 August 1982 in Japan.
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Born in Constantinople in 1908, Paul Misraki composed from the age of 7 years a waltz his mother notes on music paper.
He completed his studies at the "Lycée Janson de Sailly" where he met Ray Ventura who already created a small amateur jazz band.
Paul Misraki consolidates his musical knowledge with Charles Koechlin and soon joined his fellow Ray Ventura who, with "Les Collégiens" begins an original career as a conductor where skits and entertainment interpreted by the musicians themselves to succeed a breakneck pace. He joined the company as second pianist and especially as composer and arranger-orchestrator.
In 1935 he composed the famous song "Tout va très bien, Madame la Marquise". Follow "Ca vaut mieux que d'attraper la scarlatine", "Qu'est-ce qu'on attend pour être heureux", "Comme tout le monde", "Insensiblement" and "Sur deux notes". The composer wrote many songs for Ray Ventura, including those of several musical films starring the "Collégiens" : "Feu de joie" (1938), "Tourbillon de Paris" (1941), "Mademoiselle s'amuse" (1947), "Nous irons à Paris" (1949) and "Nous irons à Monte-Carlo" (1951).
If a first operetta youth, "Amandine", has remained in a drawer, the second, "Normandie" (1936), was a great success at the Bouffes-Parisiens.
During the years of occupation, Paul Misraki, born into a family of Jewish origin, emigrates to South America and then to Hollywood, where he tries to popularize the French song.
In 1942, in Rio de Janeiro, he wrote incidental music for a new presentation of "On ne badine pas avec l'amour" that asks Louis Jouvet while on tour in South America. The following year, he composed "Si Eva se hubiese vestido", a musical that gets a big impact in Argentina, where it is created.
When peace returned, Paul Misraki found France where he soon composed the music for "Chevalier Bayard," operetta which brings particular Yves Montand, Ludmilla Tchérina, Félix Oudart and Henri Salvador. The texts are Bruno Coquatrix and André Hornez. Yet this beautiful production does not take long poster showing the Alhambra theater.
It's like film music composer melodic gifts Paul Misraki did wonders. He was responsible for the music of more than 160 feature films for more great directors.
Paul Misraki also has to its credit an important literary work to which he devoted all his time in recent years of its existence.
In 1990, he was made "Chevalier de la Légion d'Honneur".- Turan Seyfioglu was born on 14 September 1921 in Constantinople, Ottoman Empire [now Istanbul, Turkey]. He was an actor, known for The Conquest of Constantinople (1951), Görünmeyen adam Istanbul'da (1955) and Alli yemeni (1958). He died on 18 August 1961 in London, England, UK.
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Jacques Rémy was born on 21 June 1911 in Constantinople, Ottoman Empire [now Istanbul, Turkey]. He was a writer and assistant director, known for La fruta mordida (1945), The Damned (1947) and La chatte (1958). He was married to Catherine de Károlyi. He died on 1 December 1981 in Paris, France.- Actor
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Muzaffer Tema was born on 15 June 1919 in Constantinople, Ottoman Empire [now Istanbul, Turkey]. He was an actor and producer, known for Vahsi kedi (1962), 11 Uhr 20 (1970) and Disi yilan (1956). He was married to Ayten Çankaya. He died on 4 October 2011 in Çesme, Turkey.- Andrew Hughes was born on 1 January 1908 in Ottoman Empire. He was an actor, known for Kureji no daiboken (1965), Esupai (1974) and King Kong Escapes (1967). He died on 1 September 1996.
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- Music Department
Nazim Hikmet was born on 15 January 1902 in Salonica, Ottoman Empire [now Thessaloniki, Greece]. He was a writer and director, known for Wings of Desire (1987), Günese dogru (1937) and Dügün gecesi (1933). He was married to Wera Tuljakowa, Münevver and Piraye. He died on 3 June 1963 in Moscow, USSR [now Russia].- Actor
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Charles Gérard was born on 1 December 1922 in Constantinople, Ottoman Empire [now Istanbul, Turkey]. He was an actor and director, known for L'homme qui trahit la mafia (1967), Daggers Drawn (1964) and La loi des hommes (1962). He died on 19 September 2019 in Versailles, Yvelines, France.- Actor
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Kenan Pars was born on 10 March 1920 in Constantinople, Ottoman Empire [now Istanbul, Turkey]. He was an actor and producer, known for Oglum (1961), Bir atesim yanarim (1966) and Cinayet gecesi (1963). He died on 10 March 2008 in Istanbul, Turkey.- Art Department
Armenian painter and draftsman. Born in Khorkom Van, Hayotz Dzore, a village in now Turkish Armenia. Emigrated to the USA in 1920, lived first in Boston and studied at Rhode Island School of Design, Providence Technical High School and the New School of Design, Boston. Changed his name from Vosdanig Manoog Adoian to Arshile Gorky. Moved in 1925 to New York and studied and taught at Grand Central Art School 1925-31. Painted pictures strongly influenced by Picasso. Friendships 1929-34 with Stuart Davis and from c. 1933 with De Kooning. First one man exhibition at the Mellon Galleries, 1934 Philadelphia. Worked 1935-39 on the WPA Federal Art Project as a mural painter. Developed an increasingly personal style from 1941-2, with hybrid biomorphic imagery and a more fluid handling of paint. Spent much time in the countryside from 1942, especially at Sherman, Connecticut. Died by suicide at Sherman after a succession of misfortunes, including a fire in his studio and being severely injured in a car accident.- Actor
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Vahi Öz was born on 3 November 1911 in Constantinople, Ottoman Empire [now Istanbul, Turkey]. He was an actor and director, known for Kan kardesler (1952), Haci Baba (1965) and Çalikusu (1966). He was married to Jale Öz. He died on 12 February 1969 in Istanbul, Turkey.- Actor
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Talat Artemel was born on 24 April 1901 in Constantinople, Ottoman Empire [now Istanbul, Turkey]. He was an actor and director, known for Hürriyet Apartmani (1944), Sonsuz aci (1946) and Nasreddin Hoca (1954). He was married to Cahide Sonku. He died on 4 August 1957 in Bolu, Turkey.- Actor
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Süha Dogan was born on 8 February 1920 in Yozgat, Ottoman Empire [now Turkey]. He was an actor and director, known for Hiç mi beni sevmedin (1963), Devlerin aski (1969) and Melekler sahidimdir (1961). He died in February 1979 in Istanbul, Turkey.- Rudolph Schildkraut was born on 27 April 1862 in Constantinople, Ottoman Empire [now Istanbul, Turkey]. He was an actor, known for His People (1925), The King of Kings (1927) and Pals in Paradise (1926). He was married to Ernestine Weinstein. He died on 15 July 1930 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
- Tamer Balci was born on 12 February 1918 in Constantinople, Ottoman Empire [now Istanbul, Turkey]. He was an actor, known for Tarzan in Istanbul (1952), None But the Lonely Spy (1964) and Babacan (1975). He died on 10 April 1993 in Istanbul, Turkey.
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John P. Livadary was born on 20 May 1896 in Constantinople, Ottoman Empire [now Istanbul, Turkey]. He is known for Pal Joey (1957), The Men in Her Life (1941) and The Eddy Duchin Story (1956). He died on 7 April 1987 in Newport Beach, California, USA.- Actress
Sükriye Atav was born on 24 August 1917 in Constantinople, Ottoman Empire [now Istanbul, Turkey]. She was an actress, known for Emine (1971), Akrep Yuvasi (1977) and Yalniz Adam (1974). She was married to Niyazi Boratap. She died on 8 October 2000 in Antalya, Turkey.- Actor
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Talat Gözbak was born on 29 October 1918 in Sivas, Ottoman Empire [now Turkey]. He was an actor and director, known for Casus kardesler (1963), Hayat kasirgalari (1966) and Kaybolan yillar (1954). He died on 29 April 1986 in Istanbul, Turkey.- Actor
- Director
Cahit Irgat was born on 21 March 1915 in Lüleburgaz, Ottoman Empire [now Kirklareli, Turkey]. He was an actor and director, known for The Conquest of Constantinople (1951), Birakilan çocuk (1950) and Sahildeki kadin (1954). He was married to Mina Urgan and Cahide Sonku. He died on 5 June 1971 in Istanbul, Turkey.- Ulvi Uraz was born on 13 February 1921 in Constantinople, Ottoman Empire [now Istanbul, Turkey]. He was an actor, known for Yarin Bizimdir (1963), Disi kurt (1963) and Sehvet Uçurumlari (1962). He died on 25 May 1974 in Istanbul, Turkey.
- Bedia Muvahhit was born on 16 January 1897 in Constantinople, Ottoman Empire [now Istanbul, Turkey]. She was an actress, known for Kötü Tohum (1963), Çalikusu (1966) and Sevinç Gözyaslari (1965). She was married to Ferdi Statzer and Ahmet Muvahhit. She died on 20 January 1994 in Istanbul, Turkey.
- Resat Nuri Güntekin was born on 25 November 1889 in Constantinople, Ottoman Empire [now Istanbul, Turkey]. Resat Nuri was a writer, known for Çalikusu (1966), Bir Dag Masali (1967) and Dudaktan kalbe (1951). Resat Nuri died on 7 December 1956 in London, England, UK.
- Faik Coskun was born on 10 April 1914 in Kastamonu, Ottoman Empire [now Turkey]. He was an actor, known for Görünmeyen adam Istanbul'da (1955), Serseri (1967) and Kara Memed (1971). He died on 19 February 1978 in Istanbul, Turkey.
- Kostas Doukas was born in 1895 in Izmir, Ottoman Empire [now Turkey]. He was an actor, known for Marina (1947), Ehei theio to koritsi (1957) and Menousis, o leventis tis Ipeirou (1969). He died in 1967 in Athens, Greece.
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Orhan Kemal was born on 15 September 1914 in Ceyhan, Adana, Ottoman Empire [now Turkey]. He was a writer, known for Anasi gibi (1957), Vukuat Var (1972) and Meyhanecinin kizi: Mapusane çesmesi (1958). He died on 2 June 1970 in Sofia, Bulgaria.- Kemal Tahir was born on 13 March 1910 in Constantinople, Ottoman Empire [now Istanbul, Turkey]. He was a writer, known for Iki gemi yan yana (1963), Batti Balik (1962) and Azrailin habercisi (1963). He died on 21 April 1973 in Istanbul, Turkey.
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Muharrem Gürses was born on 22 August 1913 in Amasya, Ottoman Empire [now Turkey]. He was an actor and writer, known for Malazgirt kahramani Alpaslan (1967), Bizansi titreten yigit (1967) and Zaloglu Rüstem (1966). He died on 7 April 1999 in Istanbul, Turkey.- Producer
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- Editor
Henri Langlois was born on 13 November 1914 in Smyrna, Ottoman Empire [now Izmir, Turkey]. He was a producer and director, known for Montage de films muets français (1974), Le métro (1934) and Spatiodynamisme (1958). He died on 13 January 1977 in Paris, France.- Rifat Ilgaz (1911-1993) was born in Cide, Kastamonu, Turkey. He was a teacher, a poet/writer. He started writing poetry during his junior school years and evolved into one of the prolific social-realist writers of 20th century Turkish Literature. His works are successful representations of the political clashes of mid-20th century and the coup d'etat period Turkey. While he has never really been a partisan of political ideologies, the fact that he has written about the sufferings of the people placed him at a left wing perspective. He has been arrested several times due to the critical content of his works and his works have been seized. He passed away in Istanbul due to lung failure and a little broken hearted. His works are: Apartiman Cocuklari, Cart Curt, Calis Osman Ciftlik Senin, Devam, Don Kisot Istanbul'da, Garibin Horozu, Gecmise Mazi, Guvercinim Uyur mu?, Hababam Sinifi (made into a movie), Hababam Sinifi Baskinda (made into a movie), Hababam Sinifi Icraatin Icinde, Hababam Sinifi Sinifta Kaldi (made into a movie), Hababam Sinifi Uyaniyor, Hoca Nasrettin Ve Comezleri, Karadeniz'in Kiyiciginda, Karartma Geceleri (made into a movie), Kirk Yil Once Kirk Yil Sonra, Kulagimiz Kiriste, Nerde Kalmistik, Nerde O Eski usturalar, Ocak Katiri Alagoz, Pijamalilar, Radarin Anahtari, Rusvetin Alamancasi, Sari Yazma, Sinif, Soluk Soluga/Karakilcik/Uzak Degil, Sosyal Kadinlar Partisi, Seker Kutusu, Uskudar'da Sabah Oldu, Yarenlik, Yasadýkca, Yildiz Karayel, Yokus Yukari.
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Viktor Starcic was born on 1 July 1901 in Ruse, Ottoman Empire [now Bulgaria]. He was an actor, known for Radjanje radnog naroda (1969), Ujka Vanja (1970) and Love and Rage (1978). He died on 1 June 1980 in Belgrade, Serbia, Yugoslavia.- Director
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Vedat Örfi Bengü was born on 14 October 1900 in Constantinople, Ottoman Empire [now Istanbul, Turkey]. He was a director and writer, known for Çildiran baba (1950), Düskünler (1948) and Bir firtina gecesi (1950). He died on 26 May 1953 in Istanbul, Turkey.- Kenan Büke was born on 10 May 1918 in Constantinople, Ottoman Empire [now Istanbul, Turkey]. He was an actor, known for Öp babanin elini (1955), Toto Ali milyoner (1961) and Siralardaki heyecanlar (1963). He died in 1993 in Istanbul, Turkey.