Lale Belkis, who was born in Istanbul on November 28, 1938, was actually Belkıs Durmaz; He would later change his surname to Otağ. This is also the surname of her husband, Yalçın Otağ, who is also an artist. The father of Belkıs, the daughter of a father named İsmail Durmaz and Hacer Hanım, was an officer who served in the Gallipoli War.
He grew up in Eyüp as the sixth child of the family and lived in this district until he was twelve years old, then moved to Moda with his family. In fact, he missed that house in Eyüp, where he spent his childhood, so much that he composed his unforgettable song "The House Where I Was Born" about this memory.
During her youth, she took sewing lessons at Beyoğlu Maturation Institute and used this education as the basis of her modeling career. In 1953, she took her first step into modeling by appearing on the podium in fashion shows held at the school. During a cruise she went on during her student years, she introduced the clothes designed by the institute in Western Mediterranean ports and earned the title of "the first national model".
During this period, she also started to use the surname "Belkıs". In the 1960s, he decided to go on stage; The famous name of the period, Lale Oraloğlu, gave him this idea. Belkıs, who married Pekcan Koşar in 1962, gave successful performances on the theater stage in plays such as "Marriage Cabinet", "Boeing Boeing" and "Berikli Kaynana".
Belkıs, who worked with companies such as Lale Oraloğlu, Dormen, Arena, Gong and Küçük Theatre, improved herself by taking diction and acting lessons during this period.
Lale Belkıs, who is also a voice actor as well as her acting, dubbed into Turkish for famous names such as Sophia Loren, Ava Gardner and Cahide Sonku at İpek Film Studio. He started his cinema career in 1966 with the movie "Death Field". Afterwards, he starred in many films such as "Endless Korku", "Harun Reşit's Favorite", "Feride" and "Bir Demet Menekşe".
The movie "Scattered Bed", directed by Atıf Yılmaz in 1970, is etched in memories as one of the most important productions in his cinema life. In the same year, she crowned her success by winning the Best Supporting Actress award for the movie "The Lord of My Heart" at the 7th Golden Orange Film Festival.
Lale Belkis also brought her talent in the field of music to the stage. In 1967, he completed his music education by taking notes, solfeggio and singing lessons. Then, she sang both Turkish, English and French songs in Istanbul's most popular nightclubs. There were times when he performed in famous venues such as "Playboy".
In 1975, she got married for the second time with musician Ateş Böceği Yalçın Otağ. He shared his life story and memories with the readers in his book "Silk Socks". The artist, who lost his wife Yalçın Otağ in 2014, lives at his house in Istanbul Moda in the winters and in his summer house in Datça Aktur.
Productions in which he took part
He took part in 25 productions in total; 12 of the most well-known are listed.
- Still I'm in Love (2005)
- I Want to Live (1967) — (Asuman Arsan Voice)
- White Angel (2007) — Nebahat
- For example, Muzaffer (1987)
- Messy Bed (1984) — Tiraje
- Tarkan: Sword of Mars (1969) — Daughter of Genseriko
- Altındağlı (2013) — Neriman Yamankaya
- Ordeal (1972) — Reyhan
- Neverending Fear (1965)
- Sezercik, My Baby (1971) — Şermin
- Pride and Prejudice (1995) — Neriman
- Atif Hodja Loved Women the Most
Production and imprint information was taken from TMDB.
