Jeyan Mahfi Tözüm
Fatma Mesanet Jeyan Mahfi Ayral Tözüm (born 6 August 1928) is a Turkish actress and voice actress.
Jeyan Mahfi Ayral Tözüm | |
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 Tözüm in 2020 | |
| Born | Fatma Mesanet Jeyan Mahfi Ayral 6 August 1928 Istanbul, Turkey |
| Education | Beşiktaş Atatürk Anatolian High School |
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| Years active | 1931–present |
| Spouse |
Rauf Tözüm
(m. 1954; died 1978) |
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Life and career
Jeyan was born on August 6. 1928[1] in Istanbul. She started her artistic career with the encouragement of her father, Necdet Mahfi Ayral,[2] when she was only three years old, by being played by Muhsin Ertuğrul in the play "Peer Gynt", a work of Henrik Ibsen.[3] At Istanbul City Theatres; she acted in many plays such as "Happy Days", "Dressing the Nude", "Roots", "Half" and "Kezban" and retired from there.[4]
She started dubbing at the age of 10 with the voice of the TV Show Happy Days. She has voiced many actresses such as Belgin Doruk, Türkan Şoray, Filiz Akın, Hülya Koçyiğit, Fatma Girik, Müjde Ar, Hale Soygazi, Emel Sayın, Gülşen Bubikoğlu, Ahu Tuğba and Hülya Avşar. She decided to leave the cinema with her husband in 1954 and devoted herself to theater plays and dubbing for many years. She also worked as a radio commercial speaker for 3 years. In addition to theater, she acted in movies and television series.[5]
In 2005 she was awarded with Bilge Olgaç Achievement Award at the 8th Flying Broom International Women's Film Festival.[6]
Personal life
She was married to composer Rauf Tözüm who passed away in a traffic collision in 1978.[7]
Filmography
- 1939: Allahın Cenneti
- 1947: Gençlik Günahı
- 1947: Seven Ne Yapmaz
- 1949: Efsuncu Baba
- 1949: Uçuruma Doğru
- 1953: Beklenen Şarkı
- 1954: Bozkurt Obası
- 1972: Falcı
- 1996: Gurbetçiler
- 1996: Şehnaz Tango
- 2000: Dadı
- 2001: Tatlı Hayat
- 2002: Ekmek Teknesi
- 2004: Sahra
- 2004: Yadigar
- 2005: Belalı Baldız
- 2006: Yaprak Dökümü
- 2006: Hayırdır İnşallah
- 2007: Hayat Apartmanı
- 2010: Çığlık Çığlığa Bir Sevda
- 2014: Deliha
- 2018: Deliha 2
References
- "Görsel Hafıza Projesi". gorselhafiza.org.tr. Retrieved 2023-03-10.
- "Jeyan Mahfi Tözüm kimdir?". www.biyografi.info (in Turkish). Retrieved 2023-03-10.
- "Jeyan Mahfi Tözüm Kimdir? - Güncel Jeyan Mahfi Tözüm Haberleri". www.sabah.com.tr. Retrieved 2023-03-10.
- Varlık yıllığı (in Turkish). Varlık Yayınevi. 1981.
- Türkischer Biographischer Index (in Turkish). Walter de Gruyter. 2011-11-10. ISBN 978-3-11-096577-3.
- "Jeyan Mahfi Ayral Tözüm - TSA Türk Sineması Araştırmaları - Beta". 2017-05-18. Archived from the original on 2017-05-18. Retrieved 2023-03-10.
- Ofluoğlu, Mücap; Dikeç, Nuri (2008). Silinmiş alkışlar içinde: Mücap Ofluoğlu kitabı (in Turkish). Türkiye İş Bankası Kültür Yayınları. ISBN 978-9944-88-348-1.