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Cahide Sonku


Cahide Sonku

Birthday:

12/27/1919

Place of birth:

Sana'a, Yemen:

Biography:

Cahide Sonku (27 December 1912 – 18 March 1981) was a Turkish actress, model, writer and the first female film director in Turkey. Sonku was the founder of her own movie production company, Sonku Film, in 1950. Sonku' first theater and cinema experience was during her secondary school education. She was accepted into Darülbedayi when she was only 16 years old, and in time she took her place among the most popular actors of Istanbul City Theatres. She started acting with "Seven Village Zeynebi" first at the People's Houses Theater, then at the Istanbul Municipality Conservatory, and then at Darülbedayi (1932-City Theaters), discovered by Muhsin Ertuğrul who was an important figure in Sonku's career. Sonku founded the production company "Sonku Film" in 1950 and however went bankrupt in 1963 due to a fire that burned down the company building. She continued working at the City Theater through Muhsin Ertuğrul's influence, then left and struggled with alcohol addiction in the last years of her life. Sonku received the Turkish Film Critics Association service award in 1979 and died in 1981 at the Alkazar Cinema in Istanbul, at the age of 61. She was buried in Zincirlikuyu Cemetery. Cahide Sonku Prize is awarded in her memory at the annual Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival.


Credits

Yeşilçam Sokağı (1977)
as
Mıstık (1971)
as
Beyaz Atlı’nın Dönüşü (1968)
as
Serseriler Kralı (1967)
as
At Avrat Silah (1966)
as
Kovboy Ali (1966)
as Cahide
El Kızı (1966)
as Saime
Çalıkuşu (1966)
as
Sevgim ve Gururum (1965)
as Esma Hanım
Düşman Kardeşler (1965)
as
Yahya Peygamber (1965)
as
Beyaz Atlı Adam (1965)
as
Ayşecik Yavru Melek (1962)
as Büyükanne
İlk Ve Son (1955)
as
Beklenen Şarkı (1953)
as Seniha
Dağların Kızı Ruhsar (1952)
as
Vatan ve Namık Kemal (1951)
as Zekiye
Fedakar Ana (1949)
as Cavidan
Fato: Ya İstiklal Ya Ölüm (1949)
as
Yuvamı Yıkamazsın (1947)
as
Senede Bir Gün (1946)
as
Yayla Kartalı (1945)
as Nermin
Kıskanç (1942)
as
Akasya Palas (1940)
as Pakize
Şehvet Kurbanı (1940)
as
Aysel, Bataklı Damın Kızı (1934)
as Aysel
Söz Bir Allah Bir (1933)
as Leyla
İlk Ve Son (1955)
Producer
Beklenen Şarkı (1953)
Director
Kahpenin Kızı (1952)
Producer
Vatan ve Namık Kemal (1951)
Director
Vatan ve Namık Kemal (1951)
Writer
Fedakar Ana (1949)
Producer
Fedakar Ana (1949)
Director
Fedakar Ana (1949)
Writer