Ceylan Ece

Gönül Ceylan Ece (1936 – 8 August 2015) was a Turkish singer and actress born in Istanbul. She came third in the 1953 Turkish Beauty Contest; He became known for his records and stage works in the 1970s.

She started studying piano and ballet at a young age, took singing lessons from the age of sixteen and received a diploma in ballet. He also studied architecture for a while. In the Türkiye Beauty Contest she participated in 1953, she took third place after Ayten Akyol and Belgin Doruk. In 1961, she married Dutch Count Bernard Frederich Antonius Biessing, and for this marriage, which lasted until 1969, she was called "Countess" for many years.

Music and cinema

He started his professional music career in 1971 and founded the Ece Plak company with Orhan Şevki. He released three 45s between 1971–1972; His album, Unknown Beloved, was released in 1979. He also performed stage shows since 1974. His only experience in cinema is the 1973 movie If You Have a Girl, You Have a Problem, directed by Halit Refiğ.

He spent the last twenty years of his life in Bodrum. He fell ill at home on August 8, 2015, and died at the age of 79 due to respiratory failure at Bodrum State Hospital. He was buried in the family cemetery in Edirnekapı Martyrdom in Istanbul.