Öztürk Serengil (2 May 1930 – 11 January 1999) was a
Turkish actor and comedian. He is mostly known as one of the famous comedians in
Turkish films.
Biography
He was born in
Artvin
Artvin (Laz language, Laz and ; ; ) is a List of cities in Turkey, city in northeastern Turkey about inland from the Black Sea. It is the seat of Artvin Province and Artvin District.[Turkey
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on 2 May 1930 as the son of a teacher. He started his acting career with a play ''Oğlum Edvard'' (My Son Edward). In 1958, he worked with Oda Theatre and since 1959, with Istanbul City Theatre. His first cinema film was ''Üçüncü Kat Cinayeti. In his early films, he played the role of the villain. He took up comedy which quickly became very popular among the filmgoing public. He appeared in a total of more than 400 films and theatre plays.
Öztürk Serengil died of
brain cancer
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on 11 January 1999 at the age of 68. He married four times and had four children. TV presenter
Seren Serengil is his daughter. Three of his children, Jussi, Timur and Seray, he had with Finnish nurse Seija Serengil () whom he had met in
Helsinki
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, Finland.
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1933 births
People from Artvin
Turkish male comedians
Turkish male film actors
Turkish male stage actors
1999 deaths
20th-century Turkish male actors
20th-century Turkish comedians
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