Cahide Sonku | |
Birth Name: | Cahide Serap |
Birth Date: | 27 December 1919 |
Birth Place: | Sanaa, Yemen |
Death Place: | Istanbul, Turkey |
Occupation: | Actress, model, writer, film director |
Years Active: | 1929–1971 |
Spouse: | Talat Artemel (1936–1938; divorced) İhsan Doruk (1943–1954; divorced) |
Children: | Ender Doruk (daughter) |
Cahide Sonku (born Cahide Serap; 27 December 1919 – 18 March 1981) was a Turkish actress, model, writer and the first female film director in Turkey.[1] Sonku was the founder of her own movie production company, Sonku Film, in 1950. She was thrice married and divorced.
Şehvet Kurbani (1940)
Vatan ve Namık Kemal (1951)
2 Film Played
and Video All Unpublished Sorry
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.
1931 | Unpublished | |
1932 | Bir Millet Uyanıyor | |
1933 | Söz Bir Allah Bir | |
1934 | Aysel Bataklı Damın Kızı | |
1935 | Aysel Bataklı Damın Kızı | |
1936 | Unpublished | |
1937 | Unpublished | |
1938 | Aynaroz Kadısı | |
1939 | Taş Parçası | |
1940 | Şehvet Kurbanı | |
1940 | Akasya Palas | |
1941 | Kahveci Güzeli | |
1942 | Kıskanç | |
1942 | Sürtük | |
1943 | Dertli Pınar | |
1944 | Günahsızlar | |
1945 | Yayla Kartalı | |
1946 | Senede Bir Gün | |
1947 | Yuvamı Yıkamazsın | |
1948 | Damga | |
1949 | Fedakar Ana | |
1949 | Fato / Ya Istiklal Ya Ölüm | |
1950 | Istanbul Geceleri | |
1950 | Üçüncü Selim'in Gözdesi | |
1951 | Vatan ve Namık Kemal | |
1952 | Günahını Ödeyen Adam | |
1953 | Beklenen Şarkı | |
1954 | Sahildeki Kadın | |
1955 | İlk ve Son | |
1956 | Büyük Sır | |
1957 | Bir Avuç Toprak | |
1958 | Dokuz Dağın Efesi - Çakici Geliyor | |
1959 | Düşman Yollari Kestı | |
1960 | Taş Bebek | |
1961 | Yaman Gazeteci | |
1962 | Ayşecik Yavru Melek | |
1963 | Barut Fıçısı | |
1964 | Turist Ömer | |
1965 | Yahya Peygamber | |
1965 | Korkusuzlar | |
1965 | Düşman Kardeşler | |
1965 | Beyaz Atlı Adam | |
1965 | Sevgim ve Gururum | |
1966 | Sevda Çiçeğim | |
1966 | Kovboy Ali | |
1966 | Senede Bir Gün | |
1966 | El Kızı | |
1966 | Karaoğlan Camoka'nın Intikamı | |
1966 | Karaoğlan Baybora'nın Oğlu | |
1966 | Çalıkuşu | |
1966 | At Avrat Silah | |
1966 | Bir Millet Uyanıyor | |
1966 | Sokak Kızı | |
1967 | Serseriler Kralı | |
1967 | Bizansı Titreten Yiğit | |
1968 | Yara | |
1969 | Tarkan | |
1970 | Casus Kıran Yedi Canlı Adam | |
1971 | Mıstık | |
1971 | Senede Bir Gün |