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Yıldız Kenter was born in Istanbul in 1928. After her graduation from the Ankara State Conservatory, she worked in the Ankara State Theatre for 11 years. She won a Rockefeller Scholarship and studied new techniques in acting and acting education at the American Theatre Wing, Neighborhood Play House and Actor’s Studio. Kenter was appointed to the Ankara State Conservatory as a lecturer. She left Ankara State Conservatory in 1959 and worked with Muhsin Ertuğrul for a year. She founded Kent Oyuncuları (Kent Actors) with her brother Müşfik Kenter and her husband Şükran Güngör. Later, they consistently played “Değişen Eğitim Metotları” and “Oyunculuk Metotolar” in the US and England. In 1962, Kenter was awarded as “the woman of the year” by the Theater Services. She was also awarded Altın Portakal three times. Kenter has acted in many plays in Russia, the US, England, Germany, Holland, Denmark, Canada, Yugoslavia and Cyprus in English and Turkish. She has performed more than 100 plays of famous dramatists such as Shakespeare, Chekhov, Brecht, Ionesco, Pinter, Albee, Tennessee Williams, Alan Ayckbourn, Arthur Miller, Brian Dreil, Neil Simon, Athol Dugard, Serfey Koovkin, Melih Cevdet Anday, Necati Cumalı, Güner Sümer, Adalet Ağaoğlu, Zeki Özturanlı, Güngör Dilmen and Muzaffer İzgü. Kenter had taught acting for 37 years. She received “the best actress” in the Ulvi Uraz Prize two times and Avni Dilligil award three times. she was honored as one of the most successful 100 women in the 21st century by the Central Organization of Women′s Associations in Finland. In 2010, she received the "Best Successful Actress of the Year" in the 15th Sadri Alışık Film and Theater Awards for the play "Kraliçe Lear" she acted with the Kent Oyuncuları.
Awards:
1981, award "the state artist"
1984, award "Adalaide Ristori" by the Italian Cultural Union in Rome
1989, award "the best actress" for the role in the film “Hanım” in the Bastia Film Festival in Corsica
1991, award for the “the Melvin Jones” by Lions Club
1994, award "the Olağanüstü Yorum" (extraordinary interpretation) for the role of Forsa in the theater “Konken Partisi”
1995, honorary prize from the Turkish Ministry of Culture and Tourism
1995, award "Mevlana Brotherhood and Peace" for her contribution to the Turkish Theater Art.
1996, “the best actress” for the role of Jülide in the theater “Ramiz and Jülide” by the Magazine Journalists Society
1997, honorary prize for her contribution to the Turkish Theater Art by the International Istanbul Festival
1998, award "the women artist of the year" by the Ankara Sanat Kurumu (the Ankara Art Association)
1998, honorary prize for her contribution to Muhsin Ertuğrul Yaşam Boyu Tiyatro Sanatı
1998, "Big Culture and Art Prize" for the role of Madam Arcadina in the theater “Martı”
1999, Afife Tiyatro Award "the best actress"
Filmography:
1951, Vatan İçin
1964, Ağaçlar Ayakta Ölür
1971, Anneler ve Kızları
1966, Pembe Kadın
1966, Isyancılar
1967, Yaşlı Gözler
1972, Fatma Bacı
1973, Ablam
1974, Kızım Ayşe
1977, Çöl Faresi
1988, Hanım
2000, Güle Güle
2001, Büyük Adam Küçük Aşk
2002, şk ve Gurur (TV series)
2005, Saklambaç (TV series)
2005, Sen Ne Dilersen
2007, Balıketi (TV)
2007, Beyaz Melek
Reference: wikipedia.org; images.google.com.tr; biyografi.info
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