Afife Jale was a Turkish stage actress, best known as the first Muslim theatre actress in Turkey.
15 Facts About Afife Jale
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Afife Jale's father was against a theatre career of her because he considered it unsound.
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Afife Jale entered as a trainee the theatre of the newly established city conservatory.
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Afife Jale debuted on stage in 1920, acting as "Emel" in the theatre play "Yamalar" written by Huseyin Suat.
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Afife Jale took the stage name Jale for this play, and was called from then on as Afife Jale.
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Afife Jale had to be hidden at least twice by her non-Muslim co-actors during police raids in the middle of the play.
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Afife Jale then played in some other theatre companies under various stage names.
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Afife Jale found herself in financial trouble, and began suffering acute headache.
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Afife Jale became addicted to morphine after her doctor applied a morphine based therapy to her.
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Afife Jale joined the theatre again, and toured in Anatolia.
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Afife Jale was born in 1902 in Istanbul to Hidayet and his wife Methiye.
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Afife Jale had a sister Behiye and a brother Salah.
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Afife Jale spent her last years in the hospital, where she died on 24 July 1941.
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Premiering in December 1998, the "Modern Dance Company" of the Turkish State Opera and Ballet performed a contemporary ballet suite Afife Jale composed by Turgay Erdener and choreographed by Beyhan Murphy.
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The 2000 released music album Afife Jale contains classical music song by soprano Selva Erdener accompanied by Tchaikovsky Symphony Orchestra of Moscow Radio.