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Muhsin Ertuğrul
Constantinople, Ottoman Empire
Muhsin Ertuğrul (28 February 1891 – 29 April 1979), also known as Ertuğrul Muhsin Bey, was a Turkish actor and director. His mother, Fatma Dilruh Verdrich is of German descent. H…
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Muhsin Ertuğrul (28 February 1891 – 29 April 1979), also known as Ertuğrul Muhsin Bey, was a Turkish actor and director. His mother, Fatma Dilruh Verdrich is of German descent. His father is Hüseyin Hüsnü Paşa. Muhsin Ertuğrul, who had important contributions to Turkish cinema and Turkish theatre's western style instead of traditional theater. He was born in Istanbul on 28 February 1892. His first performance in theatre was in 1909 with the role of "Bob" in Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle. He ran the Darülbedayi Theatre in Istanbul from its opening in 1914. In 1932, He directed in first Turkish sound film "Bir Millet Uyanıyor" alongside Atıf Kaftan, Naşit Özcan. He married in 1929 Neyyire Neyir (née Münire Eyüp), one of the first ever Turkish actresses, who debuted in the 1923 movie Ateşten Gömlek, directed by himself. The marriage lasted until Neyyire's death in 1943. Ertuğrul then married Handan Uran (born 1927) in 1950. A stage actress, she starred in her only movie, the 1953 Halıcı Kız which first Turkish colour film, once again directed by Ertuğrul himself. She survived her husband's death in 1979.
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1953
The Carpetmaker Girl
Movie Director
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1951
Married or Single
Movie Writer
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1950
Ateşten Gömlek
Movie
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1946
Kara Koyun
Movie Director
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1945
Yayla Kartalı
Movie Director
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1942
Kıskanç
Movie
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1941
Kahveci Güzeli
Movie Director
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1940
Akasya Palas
Movie Director
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1940
Victim of Lust
Movie Ahmet Barksever
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1940
Nasreddin Hodja at the Wedding Feast
Movie Director
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1939
Allah'ın Cenneti
Movie Director
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1939
Bir Kavuk Devrildi
Movie Director
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1939
Tosun Pasha
Movie Director
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1938
Aynaroz Kadısı
Movie Director
- 1934
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1934
The Chickpea Seller
Movie Director
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1934
The Million Hunters
Movie Director
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1933
Cici Berber
Movie Director
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1933
Naşit Dolandırıcı
Movie Director
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1933
Karım Beni Aldatırsa
Movie Director
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1933
Wrong Path
Movie Director
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1933
Söz Bir Allah Bir
Movie Director
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1932
Bir Millet Uyanıyor
Movie Director
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1931
The Streets of Istanbul
Movie Director
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1929
Smugglers
Movie Scenario Writer
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1928
Ankara Postası
Movie
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1928
Bir Sigara Yüzünden
Movie Director
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1927
Tamilla
Movie Director
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1926
Spartacus
Movie Director
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1924
So-Called Girls
Movie Scenario Writer
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1923
The Chickpea Seller
Movie Director
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1923
On the Path of Glory
Movie Director
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1923
Shirt of Fire
Movie İhsan
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1923
The Tragedy at Kizkulesi
Movie
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1922
The Mystery on the Bosphorus
Movie Director
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1922
A Love Tragedy in Istanbul
Movie Writer
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1920
The Black Tulip Festival
Movie Director
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1919
Samson
Movie
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1918
Die Fürstin von Beranien
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