Altan Karındaş was born on August 30, 1928 in Balıkesir. His father, Mahmut Bey, was a military veterinary captain and his mother was a housewife from Gallipoli; His father's interest in music and stage fueled young Altan's passion for art. He started his primary education in Istanbul and moved to Ankara due to his father's duty and completed it there.
Altan was introduced to music at a young age when his father started working as a musician at Ankara Radio. With Atatürk's suggestion of the surname "Karındaş", the family adopted this name. After completing her secondary education at Ankara Girls' High School, she enrolled in the classical western music department of the Istanbul Municipal Conservatory in 1946.
After three years of vocal training, she turned to this field when the theater department was opened and appeared on stage as Lanselot Gabo in the play "Merchant of Venice" at Bakırköy Theatre.
Karındaş, who started his professional career at Muhsin Ertuğrul's Küçük Sahne Theater in the 1951-1952 season, shared the leading role with Zeki Müren in the play "Çay ve Sempati" under the direction of Cüneyt Gökçer at the Arena Theater in 1966; This production remained on stage for a long time and became a turning point for him.
In the 1950s, he attracted great attention in the cinema by playing leading roles in films such as "Carpet Girl", "Yolpalas Cinayeti", "Song of My Heart", "A Dead Woman's Documents Abandoned", "As Mother" and "I Can't Leave Even If I Die". In the 1960s and 1970s, he worked on theater stages with companies such as Ulvi Uraz, Saim Alpago, Gen-Ar and Arena, usually playing supporting characters; He founded a theater under his own name for a while.
Karındaş, one of the pioneers of the art of voice-over, became known especially for his voice imitations of cartoon characters. He made his voice heard in roles such as Hüdaverdi in the movie "Hüdaverdi‑Pırtık", Simbad's crow in TRT's production "Simbad" and Miss Piggy in "The Muppet Show". In the 1990s, he brought the marriage program "Matchmaker" to the television screen and laid the foundations of the introduction-marriage format that would become popular in Turkey in the following years.
Karındaş, who spent his last years in a nursing home in Marmaris district of Muğla, passed away in the same city on March 6, 2021. The traces he left in the fields of stage, cinema and voice acting throughout his life continue to exist as a legacy that is still remembered in the Turkish art world.
He was born on August 30, 1928 in Balıkesir. He studied Voice and Theater at Istanbul Municipal Conservatory. He started his artistic career in Muhsin Ertuğrul's Küçük Sahne in 1951. He worked in companies such as City Theatres, Ulvi Uraz Theatre, Saim Alpago Theatre, Gen-Ar Theater and Arena Theatre. He also founded a theater under his own name for a while.
He took part in movies and TV series. In the 1960s, she married a much younger man named Cenk Güner. He divorced after a while. He could not be happy in his second marriage and divorced.
On February 10, 2021, he was treated in a private hospital in Marmaris due to his advanced age-related illnesses. He passed away on March 6, 2021, in Marmaris district of Muğla, at the age of 93.
Productions in which he took part
He took part in 30 productions in total; 12 of the most well-known are listed.
- Shrewd Menekşe (2003) — Second
- Love Flower (2006) — Cavidan
- All 1 (2007)
- Girls' Dormitory (2006) — Nigar
- The Forgotten (1974) — Peruz Terzakyan
- Those Running in the Dark (2001) — Durnev
- Let's Make Love on the Beach (1964) — (Voice)
- Whore's Love (1957)
- Make Your Laugh Make You Laugh (1976)
- Nickname Goncagül (1987)
- Wild Ali (1971)
- Murder of Yolpalas (1955)
Production and imprint information was taken from TMDB.
