Macide Tanır
Macide Tanır | |
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Born | 1 January 1922 |
Died | 6 February 2013 | (aged 91)
Other names | "Tiyatronun Cadısı" (The Witch of the Theater) |
Education | Ankara State Conservatory Theater and Opera Departments |
Occupation | Actress |
Years active | 1943–2012 |
Awards | 1991 - State Artist |
Macide Tanır (1 January 1922 – 6 February 2013[1]) was a Turkish actress.
In 1943, she joined the Turkish State Theatres and continued her career on stage until 1985. In 1991, she was named a State Artist. Aside from her career on stage and cinema, she was also known for her roles as a voice actress.
Life and career[]
Tanır was born in 1922. His father, İbrahim Birmeç, was a veterinary officer who migrated from Ioannina to Istanbul.[2] She was raised in Pendik. After finishing her studies at Erenköy Girls High School she enrolled in the Ankara State Conservatory with her father's support. She started her education in the singing department. A year later, she switched to the theater department. She joined the State Theatres in 1943 after earning her master's degree. She first went on stage with a role in an adaptation of Molière's Le Bourgeois gentilhomme.[2] She appeared on stage in more than sixty works.[3] She left the State Theatres in 1985 and worked for Tiyatrokare for two years.
After ending her stage career, she was cast in the movies Yer Demir Gök Bakır, Yengeç Sepeti, and Cumhuriyet as well as the TV series and . She also became known for her roles in radio theatre adaptations and worked as a voice actress on the Turkish version of a couple of movies.
In 1991, she was named a State Artist and later published her memoire Tiyatronun Cadısı in 2000. She died of respiratory failure in the intensive care unit on 6 February 2013. Tanır's body was buried in Emirgan Cemetery.[4]
Awards[]
- 1961-62 Press poll among theater artists - Artist of the Year (Trees Die while Standing)
- 1964-65 Press-Workers Union - Artist of the Year (Order of the World)
- 1968-69 Art Lovers' Association - Best Actress (Hair Share)
- 1973-74 Art Lovers' Association - Best Actress (Mistake)
- Art Foundation - Best Actress (Shadow Master)
- 1988 Ministry of Culture - Special Jury Prize
- 1988 City Theaters - Artist of the Year
- 1988 Hürriyet Newspaper - Artist of the Year
- 1989 Women's Union - Most Successful Artist
- 1990 Mersin Culture and Art Festival - Honorary Award
- 1990 Art Institution - Artist of the Year
- 1991 State Artist
- 1992-93 Avni Dilligil Honor Award - Guests of the House Without Music
- 1992-93 Italian Ministry of Culture - Adelaide Ristari Prize
- 1993 Ses-Der Award
- 1993-94 Istanbul International Lions Club Award
- 1996 Half Century On Stage - Golden Needle
- 1996 Lions Board of Directors Award
- 1996-97 ÇASOD Award
- 1997 1st Afife Theater Awards - Nisa Serezli Aşkıner Special Award
- 1998 Women's Union Şişli Branch 75th Anniversary of the Republic Award
- 1998 Mimoza Magazine - Awards to 75 Women in 75 Years
Theatre[]
Some works are included not under their original title, but rather under the title used for their adaptation.
- Lost in Yonkers : Neil Simon - Tiyatrokare - 1992
- : Loleh Bellon - Ankara State Theatre - 1985
- On Golden Pond : Ernest Thompson - Ankara State Theatre - 1983
- : \ - Ankara State Theatre - 1982
- Lady Windermere's Fan : Oscar Wilde - Ankara State Theatre - 1977
- : Oktay Rifat - Ankara State Theatre - 1974
- The Misunderstanding : Albert Camus - Ankara State Theatre - 1973
- Becket : Jean Anouilh - Ankara State Theatre - 1971
- Blood Wedding : Federico Garcia Lorca - Ankara State Theatre - 1970
- : Abdülhak Hamit Tarhan - Ankara State Theatre - 1969
- : Edward Albee - Ankara State Theatre - 1968
- : Fyodor Dostoyevski\Albert Camus - Ankara State Theatre - 1966
- : Seán O'Casey - Ankara State Theatre - 1964
- : - Ankara State Theatre - 1963
- : Alejandro Casona - Ankara State Theatre - 1961
- Ghosts : Henrik Ibsen - Ankara State Theatre - 1960
- : Fernando Arrabal - Ankara State Theatre - 1960
- : Eugene O'Neill - Ankara State Theatre - 1959
- : Diego Fabbri - Ankara State Theatre - 1958
- : Albert Hackett\Frances Goodrich - Ankara State Theatre - 1957
- : Noël Coward - Ankara State Theatre - 1955
- Nora : Henrik Ibsen - Ankara State Theatre - 1955
- : Namık Kemal\Reşat Nuri Güntekin - Ankara State Theatre - 1955
- (Gilgamesh) : - Ankara State Theatre - 1954
- Othello : William Shakespeare - Ankara State Theatre - 1954
- : Ugo Betti - Ankara State Theatre - 1954
- : Schiller - Ankara State Theatre - 1954
- : Turgut Özakman - Ankara State Theatre - 1954
- : - Ankara State Theatre - 1953
- : Oliver Goldsmith - Ankara State Theatre - 1952
- : - Ankara State Theatre - 1952
- : - Ankara State Theatre - 1952
- : Thornton Wilder - Ankara State Theatre - 1952
- : - Ankara State Theatre - 1952
- Elektra : Sophocles - Ankara State Theatre - 1952
- : Adalet Ağaoğlu - Ankara State Theatre - 1952
- : Sutton Vane - Ankara State Theatre - 1951
- : Augustus Goetz - Ankara State Theatre - 1951
- : Ahmet Kutsi Tecer - Ankara State Theatre - 1951
- : - Ankara State Theatre - 1951
- : - Ankara State Theatre - 1951
- : Turgut Özakman - Ankara State Theatre - 1950
- The Old Tune : Reşat Nuri Güntekin - Ankara State Theatre - 1950
- Peer Gynt : Henrik Ibsen - Ankara State Theatre - 1949
- : - Ankara State Theatre - 1949
- : Oktay Rıfat\Melih Cevdet Anday - Ankara State Theatre - 1949
- : Jules Romains - Ankara State Theatre - 1949
- Mercator : Plautus - Ankara State Theatre - 1949
- : Charles Vildrac - Ankara State Theatre - 1949
- Scapin the Schemer : Molière - Ankara State Theatre - 1949
- Antigone : Sophocles - Ankara State Theatre- 1949
Filmography[]
- 1987
- 1989 Baharın Bittiği Yer
- 1994 Cadı Ağacı
- 1994 Yengeç Sepeti
- 1996 (TV series)
- 1996 Kurtuluş
- 1998 Cumhuriyet
Voice acting[]
- Goodbye Again - as Paula Tessier (portrayed by Ingrid Bergman)
- Gilda - as Gilda Mundson Farrell (portrayed by Rita Hayworth)[5]
- Titanic
- Murder, She Wrote (TV series)[6]
Radio theatre[]
- 1966: Brahms'ı Sever misiniz? (from the series Arkası Yarın, an adaptation of a novel by Françoise Sagan)
Books[]
- "Tiyatronun Cadısı", Macide Tanır, Bilgi Yayınevi (autobiography/memoire), Ankara, 2000.
References[]
- ^ "Macide Tanır hayatını kaybetti" (in Turkish). radikal.com.tr. Archived from the original on 12 March 2013. Retrieved 6 February 2012.
- ^ Jump up to: a b Armutçu, Emel. "Herkese Gücenikti". Hürriyet, 7 February 2013. Archived from the original on 2 April 2018. Retrieved 1 April 2018.
- ^ "Macide Tanır, son yolculuğuna uğurlandı". Cumhuriyet, 8 February 2013. Archived from the original on 2 April 2018. Retrieved 1 April 2018.
- ^ "Arşivlenmiş kopya". Archived from the original on 18 February 2015. Retrieved 18 February 2015.
- ^ Engin Ardıç. "Ankaralı" (in Turkish). sabah.com.tr. Archived from the original on 3 November 2014. Retrieved 8 February 2013.
- ^ "Macide Tanır" (in Turkish). sinematurk.com. Archived from the original on 22 October 2014. Retrieved 8 February 2013.
External links[]
- Macide Tanır at IMDb
- Interveiw with Macide Tanır, TRT, 1991
- 1922 births
- 2013 deaths
- Turkish film actresses
- Turkish stage actresses
- Erenköy Girls High School alumni
- State Artists of Turkey