Yıldız Kenter

Yıldız Kenter

Ayşe Yıldız Kenter (11 October 1928 – 17 November 2019) was a Turkish actress and lecturer. Kenter was also a UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador. Kenter graduated from Ankara State Conservatory. She worked for eleven years at the Ankara State Theatre. She obtained a fellowship from the Rockefeller Foundation, and went to the United States, where she attended American Theatre Wing, Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theatre and Actors Studio to study advanced drama education. After returning home, she was appointed instructor at the Ankara State Conservatory. On 1959, she resigned from her post at the State Theatre. After working one year with Muhsin Ertuğrul, she co-founded the "Kent Theatre Company" with her brother Müşfik Kenter and husband Şükran Güngör. In later years, she conducted studies on "Changing Education Methods" and "Acting Methods" in the U.S. and United Kingdom. The construction of the Kenter Theatre building in Istanbul was completed in 1968. She played in English and Turkish language in the Soviet Union, United States, United Kingdom, Germany, the Netherlands, Denmark, Canada, Yugoslavia and Cyprus. She staged and played more than hundred works of foreign playwrights such as Shakespeare, Chekhov, Brecht, Ionesco, Pinter, Albee, Tennessee Williams, Alan Ayckbourn, Arthur Miller, Brian Friel, Neil Simon, Athol Fugard, Sergei Kokovkin and also of Turkish dramatists like Melih Cevdet Anday, Necati Cumalı, Güner Sümer, Adalet Ağaoğlu, Zeki Özturanlı, Güngör Dilmen, Muzaffer İzgü. She served 37 years as a professor of stage acting. On 1962, Kenter was honored with the "Woman of the Year Award" for her service in theatre. She received three times the Golden Orange Award for "Best Supporting Actress". In 1984, the Italian Cultural Institute in Rome awarded her the "Adelaide Ristori Prize". For her role in the Turkish drama movie Hanım, she received the "Best Actress Award" at the "1989 Bastia Film Festival" in Corsica. The Lions Clubs International honored her in 1991 for her service to theatre art with the "Melvin Jones Award". She received twice the "Ulvi Uraz Best Actress Award" and three times the " Avni Dilligil Award" in the same category. The 1World Women Organization of Finland" named her one of the "Most Successful 100 Women of the Century". In 1995, Kenter was awarded the "Honor" title by the Ministry of Culture for her contribution to the theatre art. The same year, she received the "Brotherhood and Peace Award of Mevlana". In 1996, the "Tabloid Journalists Association" (Turkish: Magazin Gazetecikeri Derneği) awarded her the "Best Actress Prize" for her role as "Jülide" in the theatre play "Ramiz ile Jülide" ("Ramiz and Jülide"). She received the "Lifelong Achievement in Theatre Award" of the International Istanbul Festival in 1997, bestowed by Dame Diana Rigg. In 1998, she was named the "Best Actress of the Year" by Ankara Culture Society, she received the "Lifelong Achievement in Theatre Prize of Muhsin Ertuğrul" and she was honored with the "Presidential Grand Culture and Arts Award". The next year, she received the "Best Actress Prize" of "Afife Jale Drama Awards" for her role as Madame Arcadina in The Seagull

  • Title : Yıldız Kenter
  • Popularity : 1.186
  • Known For : Acting
  • Birthday : 1928-10-11
  • Place of Birth : Istanbul, Turkey
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Yıldız Kenter Movies

  • 2005
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    Sen Ne Dilersen

    Sen Ne Dilersen

    6 2005 HD

    "Sen ne dilersen" is proving, Turkish movie sector is working and rising..

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  • 1999
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    What Is Theatre Anyway?

    What Is Theatre Anyway?

    1 1999 HD

    History of Turkish theatre

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  • 1974
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    The Eagle's Nest

    The Eagle's Nest

    5 1974 HD

    A Turkish version of Straw Dogs (1971), set in a small Cypriot village in the days before the 1974 Turkish invasion.

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  • 1988
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    Madame

    Madame

    6.9 1988 HD

    An elderly piano teacher recently diagnosed with terminal cancer lives in fear of death. But her real fear is who will take care of her cat, her only...

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  • 1983
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    Zulüm

    Zulüm

    1 1983 HD

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  • 1964
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    Ağaçlar Ayakta Ölür

    Ağaçlar Ayakta Ölür

    8 1964 HD

    Turkish adaptation of Alejandro Casona's classic play Los Árboles Mueren De Pie.

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  • 1972
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    Fatma Bacı

    Fatma Bacı

    6 1972 HD

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  • 2001
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    Big Man, Little Love

    Big Man, Little Love

    6.6 2001 HD

    An orphaned Kurdish child (Hêjar) and a Turkish pensioner (Rıfat) are thrown together by circumstance. Rıfat, a widowed retired judge,...

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  • 1966
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    İsyancılar

    İsyancılar

    1 1966 HD

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  • 1966
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    Pembe Kadın

    Pembe Kadın

    1 1966 HD

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  • 1974
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    Ablam

    Ablam

    1 1974 HD

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  • 1971
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    Elmacı Kadın

    Elmacı Kadın

    1 1971 HD

    A beggar woman has to pretend to be a society woman to fool her daughter's wealthy prospective in-laws.

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  • 1967
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    Yaşlı Gözler

    Yaşlı Gözler

    1 1967 HD

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  • 2022
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    Sweetie

    Sweetie

    6.8 2022 HD

    ‘Theatre is my life,’ Yıldız Kenter admits in her biography written by Dikmen Gürün. This is the story of a star, who has...

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  • 2000
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    Güle Güle

    Güle Güle

    6.9 2000 HD

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  • 2007
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    Beyaz Melek

    Beyaz Melek

    6.4 2007 HD

    Beyaz Melek’ filmi; bir aşkın öyküsüdür.Bu aşk öyküsü, iki insanın birbirine duyduğu aşk değil, bir...

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  • 1975
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    Bir Ana Bir Kız

    Bir Ana Bir Kız

    6 1975 HD

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  • 1974
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    Kızım Ayşe

    Kızım Ayşe

    5 1974 HD

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  • 2007
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    Balıketi

    Balıketi

    1 2007 HD

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  • 1971
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    Mothers and Daughters

    Mothers and Daughters

    6 1971 HD

    A tricotage worker Nese who becomes very popular singer and Anatolian woman, Fatma. The story of them and their daughters.

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  • 2005
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    Eylül

    Eylül

    1 2005 HD

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  • 1993
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    Yaz Evi

    Yaz Evi

    1 1993 HD

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  • 1988
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    Uğurlugiller

    Uğurlugiller

    1 1988 HD

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  • 2007
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    Kısmetim Otel

    Kısmetim Otel

    1 2007 HD

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