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Yıldız Kenter
Acting

Yıldız Kenter
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1928-10-11,Istanbul, Turkey
Gender
Female
Biography
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

Filmography

Sen Ne Dilersen

5.8

Sen Ne Dilersen
2005-12-02

What Is Theatre Anyway?

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What Is Theatre Anyway?
1999-06-16

The Eagle's Nest

5

The Eagle's Nest
1974-04-01

6.7

Madame
1988-03-03

0

Zulüm
1983-04-02

Ağaçlar Ayakta Ölür

8

Ağaçlar Ayakta Ölür
1964-01-01

Big Man, Little Love

6.6

Big Man, Little Love
2001-10-19

6

Fatma Bacı
1972-01-02

0

İsyancılar
1966-01-01

0

Pembe Kadın
1966-06-01

0

Ablam
1974-01-01

0

Elmacı Kadın
1971-01-01

0

Yaşlı Gözler
1967-01-01

7.2

Sweetie
2022-06-20

6.9

Güle Güle
2000-02-04

6.4

Beyaz Melek
2007-11-14

5

Kızım Ayşe
1974-09-01

Bir Ana Bir Kız

6

Bir Ana Bir Kız
1975-03-01

0

Balıketi
2007-02-17

Mothers and Daughters

6

Mothers and Daughters
1971-10-01

0

Eylül
2005-02-14

0

Yaz Evi
1993-01-04

0

Uğurlugiller
1988-06-26

0

Kısmetim Otel
2007-06-11