Muzaffer Tema (June 15, 1919 – October 4, 2011) was a Turkish
movie actor
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.
He was born on June 15, 1919 in
Istanbul
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. Following his education in
flute
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,
violin
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and piano playing at the Istanbul Municipality Conservatory, he served as a musician at the
Ankara State Conservatory
The Hacettepe University Ankara State Conservatory ( tr, Hacettepe Üniversitesi Ankara Devlet Konservatuvarı), the first conservatory to be founded in the Republic of Turkey, was established in 1936 by a directive of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk.
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and the Presidency Philharmonic Orchestra.
In 1949, Muzaffer debuted in acting in the movie ''Çığlık''. He became popular in the
Turkish cinema
Cinema of Turkey or Turkish cinema (also old known as ''Yeşilçam'' literally means ''The Green Pine'' in Turkish language), () or Türk sineması is the sobriquet that refers to the Turkish film art and industry. It is an important part of ...
during the 1950s. To try his luck in
Hollywood
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* Hollywood, Los Angeles, a neighborhood in California
* Hollywood, a metonym for the cinema of the United States
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, he divorced and went in 1956 to the USA, where he played in two movies, ''
A Certain Smile
''A Certain Smile'' was originally published in French as ''Un certain sourire'' by the Paris publisher Juillard in 1956. It was the second novel by Françoise Sagan and was written in two months. Two translations into English then followed in 195 ...
'' (1958) (''Acı Tebessüm'') and ''Twelve to the Moon'' (1960) (''Aya Giden 12 Adam''). He was also married to Zisan Tema and became so the first ever Turkish actor to play in a Hollywood movie. After two and half years, he returned home due to his father's illness.
He died in the morning of October 4, 2011 at the age of 92 in
Çeşme
Çeşme () is a coastal town and the administrative centre of the district of the same name in Turkey's westernmost end, on a promontory on the tip of the peninsula that also carries the same name and that extends inland to form a whole with the ...
,
İzmir Province
İzmir Province ( tr, İzmir ili) is a province and metropolitan municipality of Turkey in western Anatolia, situated along the Aegean coast. Its capital is the city of İzmir, which is in itself composed of the province's central 11 distri ...
, where he lived since 1999 with his wife İnci.
Selected filmography
References
External links
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Muzaffer Tema at Sinema Türk
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1919 births
Male actors from Istanbul
Turkish male film actors
Turkish film producers
2011 deaths