Monday, March 25, 2019

Adile Nasit, Funny Lady of Turkish Cinema

Adile Naşit (17 June 1930 – 11 December 1987) was a Turkish actress, who is best known for being the partner of Münir Özkul in movies like Happy Days and in Hababam Sınıfı (Hababam Class). She also starred in many plays, movies, and a children's programme called Uykudan Önce (Before Sleep) as a storyteller.

Biography[edit]

She was the daughter of Turkish comedian Naşit Özcan and Turkish-Armenian or Greek theater actress Amelya Hanım, and sister of theater actor Selim Naşit Özcan. The official website of the Women's Museum, Istanbul states that her grandmother was Küçük Virjin, a famous ethnic Greek dancer born in 1870, and was the first Greek canto dancer in the Ottoman Empire. Her husband, Yorgi, and two of her children-sons Andre and Niko-were all musicians, while her daughter, Amalia, Adile's mother, also became a canto dancer and stage actress.[1] She was married, twice, to Cemal Ince and Ziya Keskiner. She starred with Kemal SunalMünir Özkul and other prominent Turkish actresses and actors.[2]
In 2016, Google Doodle commemorated her 86th birthday.[3]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2017-04-22. Retrieved 2017-04-21.
  2. ^ "Sayfa Bulunamadi"Tiyatronline.com. Retrieved 2017-04-04.
  3. ^ "Adile Naşit's 86th birthday". Google.com. Retrieved 17 June 2016.

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https://www.google.com/doodles/adile-nasits-86th-birthday

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Today we celebrate Turkish actress Adile Naşit, who is remembered fondly as “the funny lady.” Naşit starred in the important Turkish films Neşeli Günler and Hababam Sınıfı (The Chaos Class) alongside her frequent co-star, Münir Özkul. She is best remembered for reading bedtime stories to the children of Turkey through her children’s program, Uykudan Önce or “Before Sleep.” On what would have been her 86th birthday, we remember Naşit and her infectious laugh.

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