Munir Özkul
Master actress Münir Özkul received many important awards during her acting career, which she started professionally with "The Bridge of Love" staged at the Sound Theater in 1948. Master actress Münir Özkul, who has a place in the heart of the Turkish audience with her characters "Mahmut Hoca" and "Yaşar Usta".
Master actress Münir Özkul received many important awards during her acting career, which she started professionally with "The Bridge of Love" staged at the Sound Theater in 1948. Master actress Münir Özkul, who has a place in the heart of the Turkish audience with her characters "Mahmut Hoca" and "Yaşar Usta". is remembered in the 3rd year of his death. Born in Istanbul on 15 August 1925, the artist was educated at Istanbul Boys' High School. While he was still a high school student, the artist, who first appeared on the stage in Bakırköy Secondary School in 1937, later made a name for himself with his success in the play "Erkek Güzeli" in Bakırköy Community Center, which was established in 1940. Muhsin Ertuğrul, in one of his memoirs in his book "I saw on the people and the theater", stated that Mustafa Kemal Atatürk watched a theater play in Ankara where the master actor took the stage when he was 12, and he introduced Özkul, who showed an effective acting, to Atatürk, Ataturk told Ozkul, "Boy, you will be a great actor." The artist, who stepped into acting professionally with "Aşk Bridge" staged at the Sound Theater in 1948, later moved to Küçük Sahne under Muhsin Ertuğrul.
TAKES A ROLE IN IMPORTANT WORK
The master actor, in addition to John Steinbeck's "Mice and People" in 1951, "Babayigit" by John Millington Synge, "Summer Bachelor" by George Axelrod in 1954, "Teahouse" by John Patrick in 1955 He took part in important works including "Don't Send Me Flowers", "The General's Love", "Yağmurcu" and "Waiting for Godot". The artist, who also worked in Istanbul City Theaters, Ankara State Theater and private theaters, won the Ilhan Iskender Award in 1968 for his role in Sadık Şendil's play "Kanlı Nigar". İsmail Hakkı Dümbüllü, the last representative of traditional Turkish theater, handed over his 50-year-old symbolic turban, which he inherited from Kel Hasan, to Özkul in 1968. Münir Özkul received the "Avni Dilligil", "Ulvi Uraz", "İsmet Küntay" and "İsmail Dümbüllü" awards in 1978 for her role in Haldun Taner's play "Sersem Husband's Crafty Wife". The artist, who started to appear in cinema since the 1950s, gained great acclaim with the characters he played. Especially in the 1970s, he played important roles in Ertem Eğilmez films with a large staff. The artist became one of the unforgettable ones with the character "Kel Mahmut", the sweet tough deputy principal of Private Çamlıca High School in the Hababam Class series. Özkul, who shared the leading role with Adile Naşit in the family films "Mavi Boncuk", "Our Family", "Family Honor", "Smiling Eyes", "Happy Days", "Gırgıriye" and "Görgüsüzler", was engraved in the memory of the Turkish audience with the characters she played. The artist was awarded the title of "state artist" in 1998 by the Ministry of Culture and Tourism. The master actor, who died on January 5, 2018, was buried in the family cemetery in Bakırköy Cemetery after the ceremony held at the Harbiye Muhsin Ertuğrul Stage.
