Biography
Turkan Shoray - Turkish actress, director and writer, which has become a legend of cinema. Her name is in the Guinness Book for the greatest number of role executed. In his youth, the artist was called Turkish Sophie Lauren and Elizabeth Taylor East, it was so attractive. Talent was confirmed by regular invitations to the shooting.Childhood and youth
Turkan Shoray was born on June 28, 1945 in Istanbul in the official of the official. Father was a Circassian by nationality, and the mother is an emigrant from Thessaloniki. The girl was the youngest of three sisters. Some time after the appearance of her daughter, his parents divorced. Raising children fell on the shoulders of the mother. A woman took an apartment in the Karagumery district, where the Skorah family settled.
Turkan graduated from Fatikh Lyceum for girls. She did not dream to tie a biography with cinema, but the fate itself was led to becoming an actress. The hostess leased apartment where Shorah lived, turned out to be the popular Turkish performer Emel Yyldyz. The artist led the tenant to the set, where she noted the actor and director Memduh Un.
Subsequently, acquaintance with the director and producer named songs, which suggested Turkan Shurah cooperation. So at 15 years old girl made his debut in the film "Windy Love".
Personal life
Shoray was married once. In 1983, a wedding with a film director Jihan Yunalem took place. The actress gave birth to her husband daughter - Yagmur appeared in the 1984th. She went in footsteps of parents and tied life with cinema, becoming an artist.The joint life of Turkan and Jihana failed. 4 years after marriage, the spouses divorced, and the celebrity was repeatedly not married. In an interview, she admitted that the beauty was partly a bear service, because attractive women are never deprived of attention, but it is often difficult for them to meet real love.
Now Turkan Shoray with joy communicates with media representatives, and also leads a profile in the social network "Instagram". In the actress account, it is divided into fans of details of a personal life, a photo from the set of different years, pictures from recreation and personnel from the film.
A Turkish star is still attracting glances: well-groomed and feminine artist everywhere is in the center of attention. Time imposed an imprint on the appearance of Shoray, but it refrains from plastics and surgical interventions, preferring naturalness.
According to the agent, the actress suffers from Cushing syndrome. The disease provokes not only the appearance of excess weight, but also excessive synthesis of cortisol. Shoray made an operation on one kidney, and subsequently the sign of the ailment was found in the second body. Turkan began treatment.
The growth of celebrities is 164 cm, and the weight remains secret.
Films
A few months after the debut, Turkan received a new invitation to the shooting. She got the main role in the tape "Torvan", which was successful. A beginner artist has become in demand, and the proposals on cooperation began to come from many directories. For the first 5 years of work, Shoray starred in 60 pictures.
In 1964, the performer for the first time received the Golden Orange Prize for the image embodied in the project "bitterness of life." Subsequently, actresses handed this award in 1968, as well as in 1987 and 1994.
In the 1960s, Shoray was on the filmology, demonstrating drama potential and professional skills. It was equally organic in tragic and comedy images.
In 1965, Tyurkan entered the fourth of the most sought-after and popular Turkish actresses, but for the filmography this period was not the most successful. The performer was offered to work on monotonous roles: the directors saw it in the same typical role. Gradually, the spectators stopped experiencing great interest in the work of the artist, and the director began to give preference to the rivers.
Turkan went to the trick, having put forward harsh requirements for those who wanted to work with her. The conditions of Shoray were as follows: Acquaintance with the scenario should occur no later than a month before the start of work, and all changes in its role are made according to personal wishes. The actress was removed only in Istanbul, did not work on Sundays and was not kissed with partners in the frame.
It would seem, after such a statement, the performer would refuse many directors, but her trick worked, and again paid attention to the artist. In the second half of the 1960s, Shoray starred in 48 tapes, among which both the famous "kings - the pouring bird". This film introduced Turkan among the most successful women in the country. Fans called her no other than the Sultan. The partner of the star on the set became Catal Tibet.
In 1972, Shoray released the first film as a director. The picture "Return" is curious and the fact that the director performed the main role in it. The second work of Turkan was called "suffering." It was also involved in the filming as an actress. In 1976 released the "Asla and Daima" tape.
Celebrity combined directorial and acting. Movies with her participation have now had more realistic topics. A frequent partner of the artist in the frame was Kadir Inani. In 1987, Turkan starred in the ribbon "Dreams, Love and You", in which three screen images were embodied at once.
The actress was popular in his homeland and abroad. In the USSR, she gained the love of the audience after the release of the painting "My love, sorrow" on the work of the Nazima Hikmet. Shoray was marked by the audience and in the film "My Topolak in the Red Kosynka" on the novel of Chingiza Aitmatov. Russian fans remember her by the series "Forbidden Love".
On the account of the Turkan honorary awards received by her as an actress, as well as the prize of the Moscow Film Festival for the directorial debut and the award for achievements in the field of culture and art.
Turkan Shoray now
In 2020, Shoray continues creative activities as director and actress. She is filmed in the series and movies, and also produces copyright projects. Turkan regularly receives invitations to participate in Turkish and international film festivals as an honorary guest and a jury member.Filmography
- 1961 - "Threat"
- 1962 - "Gorky Life"
- 1963 - "Coquette"
- 1965 - "Woman selling bread"
- 1965 - "Goodbye, my dear"
- 1966 - "Korolev - Hanging Bird"
- 1967 - "Mom"
- 1970 - "Nest Solovya"
- 1971 - "Time to love and die"
- 1972 - "Test"
- 1973 - Sultan Gelin
- 1977 - "Girl in a red scarf"
- 1982 - "Mine"
- 1989 - "Dead Sea"
- 1998-2001 - "Second Spring"
- 2009 - "Golden Girls"
- 2012 - "Once in the Ottoman Empire: University"