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Fatoş Sezer
Acting
Biography
Fatoş Sezer (31 January 1958 – 1 June 2011) was a Turkish actress. Fatoş Sezer was born in 1958 in Gölcük, Kocaeli, Turkey as the youngest of three children in her family. Her parents were Polish immigrants who had escaped to Turkey during World War II. Sezer's father died when she was 6 years old; her mother died four years later. She married her first husband at the age of 17. In 1980, she began modelling and in the same year started to take acting, dance and custom designing lessons at Bilsak Theatre. She made her cinematic debut four years later with a role in Gönlüm ve Ben. She then started a relationship with stage actor Beklan Algan, before moving to Paris to continue her studies. She studied French language and literature at the College of Sorbonne. In 1986, Sezer married director Mehmet Ulusoy in Paris. She then joined the crew of Theatre de Liberte, founded by Ulusoy. In the second half of 1980s, Sezer was cast in a number of movies directed by Halit Refiğ. With her role in Refiğ'is 1987 movie Kurtar Beni, she was awarded as the Best Supporting Actress at the 25th Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival. In early 1990s, she again shifted her attention towards theatre and appeared in plays directed by her husband Mehmet Ulusoy. In 1994, she divorced Mehmet Ulusoy and began a relationship with Hüsrev Gerede's son Selçuk Gerede. Towards the end of her career, Sezer took part in different television productions and worked as an art director for magazines such as Rugby Türkiye and Auto Türkiye. Fatoş Sezer died at the age of 53 after suffering a heart attack in her sleep on 1 June 2011 at her house in Kurtuluş. The next day her funeral was held at Şişli Mosque and her body was buried at Edirnekapı Sakızağacı Cemetery.
Filmography Movies
Acting
How to Save Asiye
After receiving a letter from a woman named Asiye asking for help to save her, the President of the Associations Against Prostitution visits the brothel to save Asiye. However, she finds herself in a strange musical show.
One Woman One Life
Learning that her husband is cheating on her with a woman who is her family friend, Nuran starts to struggle to save her marriage even though she is very upset.
Patron Duymasın
A fun comedy about two young people working at the same place who fight back against their boss who treats his employees badly.
Madame
An elderly piano teacher recently diagnosed with terminal cancer lives in fear of death. But her real fear is who will take care of her cat, her only friend, after her death. As she tries to find someone to take care of her cat, the generational clash of the times and the drastically changing urban identity of Istanbul confront her with an unpleasant prospect.
Yoksul
A kind-hearted tea maker works in a bustling commercial inn, where his good nature makes him an easy target. The business owner takes advantage of his generosity, while the woman he loves manipulates him for money, playing on his trust. As he faces these challenges, his simple routine slowly begins to shift, leading to unexpected turns that force him to rethink his place in the world.
Poor
Kemal is a young man who does all kinds of work to make ends meet and is passionate about football. The young man who makes his living from the hardest, one day finds a baby abandoned on the side of the road. Kemal, who adopted the orphaned baby, raises and takes care of the girl like the baby's father.
My Dreams, My Love, and You
Coşkun has been in love with the famous star Derya Altınay since his childhood. So much so that the fictional melodrama film heroines, who have opposite characters, have infiltrated the young man’s life. Coşkun has the opportunity to meet Derya; he pens an imaginary love story with her in mind. This script is eventually made into a film, and Derya plays the lead role, but the resulting film is far from his expectations.
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