Handan Adalı is a theater and cinema artist who was born in Bandırma on 25 February 1922 and died in Istanbul on 17 May 1993. He took a break from his secondary education and took his first step on the stage with the revue "Alabanda"; During this period, he worked with different theater companies and entered the world of cinema in 1947.
The first film of his acting career was "İstiklal Medalyası" in 1948, directed by Ferdi Tayfur and in which he also took part as a dubbing artist.
Adalı, who founded the production company "Adalı Film" in 1951, also served as assistant director during this period. In her personal life, she married and divorced actor Vedat Karaokçu and director Hicri Akbaşlı. The grave of the artist, who died in Istanbul in 1993, is located in Zincirlikuyu Cemetery.
Handan Adalı, who took part in many productions in her cinema career from 1942 to 1969, such as "Kerem İle Aslı", "Dertli Pınar", "Bağdagül", "Yara", "Günahım", "The Medal of Independence", "Keloğlan", "Silik Faces", "Aching Heart / White Lily", "Trap", "The One Who Doesn't Rest" Aching / Endless Anguish”, “Lie”, “Abandoned Child”, “Degenerate”, “I Couldn't Forget You”, “Poison Smugglers”, “Orphan”, “Thorny Fence”, “Funda”, “Sad Years”, “Tramp”, “Fountain of Love”, “The Last Passenger”, “Poor Girl”, “Mortal World”, “Sergeant Osman”, “A Bunch of Jasmine”, “Roses with Thorns”, “Two Orphans”, “Cinderella”, “Mission”, “The Woman Coming from the Street”, “Criminal Lovers”, “The Woman I Cannot Forget”, “Baby Bird”, “Zeyno”, “Bitter Life”, “Love Cannot Be Resisted”, “Are We Friends Too?”, “Crocus”, “Dilberler Yuvası”, “Fake Wedding”, “Bitter Love”, “They Call My Name Ali”, “All Our Crime Is Loving”, “Innkeeper's Daughter”, “Kezban”, “Fearless Bully”, “Morningless Nights”, “The Driver's Destiny”, “Tayfur Brothers from Adana”, “Mother's Lamb”, “Squirt”, “Friends from Hell”, “Revolving Mirror”, “The People” Child", "Daughters of Istanbul", "Bride Going to the Village", "Adventure Woman", "Wage of Death", "Kissing is Forbidden", "Woman on the Cliff", "Scorpion's Tail", "Love and Revenge", "Free Osman", "To Hell with Your Life", "A Strange Marriage", "Don't Touch My Tribute", "To Caress a Woman" Whether”, “Handcuffed Wrists”, “Broken Lives”, “Numbered Bullies”, “There Was Blood on the Street”, “Dangerous Steps”, “Forget About Tomorrow”, “Oh Beautiful Istanbul”, “Endless Suffering”, “Hand Girl”, “Poor Children”, “Unmarried People”, “Mad Desire - Adam and Eve”, “Grumpy Woman”, “Woman for Rent”, “Dishonour”, “So-Called Girls”, “Zilli Nazife”, “Not a Woman, a Troublemaker”, “Empty Cradle”, “Tomboy”, “Fatima from Galata”, “Recovery of Her Sin” He took part in works such as "The Man Who Pays", "Those Who Died While Abroad", "Two Orphans", "The Doorkeeper's Daughter" and "Şen Ola Wedding Şen Ola".
Handan Adalı was born on February 25, 1922 in Balıkesir, Türkiye. He died on May 17, 1993.
Productions in which he took part
He took part in a total of 93 productions; 12 of the most well-known are listed.
- My Baby (1970) — Ebe Nazife
- Broken Lives (1965)
- Özleyiş (1961) — Kamuran
- The Abandoned Child (1950)
- Empty Cradle (1969)
- Şıpsevdi (1977)
- Exemplary (1987)
- Trap (1948)
- Wound (1947)
- Shorty (1964)
- Keloğlan (1948)
- Free Osman (1965)
Production and imprint information was taken from TMDB.