Ekrem Bora
Biography
Ekrem Bora (born Ekrem Şerif Uçak; 7 March 1934 – 1 April 2012) was a Turkish film actor.
After finishing school, he went to Sultanahmet State Printinghouse where he got a diploma in typesetting and binding. In 1953, he participated in and won the "Sinema Artist" competition held by Sezai Solelli's Yıldız (Star) magazine. Bora made his film debut in Alın Yazısı in 1955. After leaving acting for two years, he returned as the leading actor in Mavi Boncuk and went on to appear in nearly 150 films. He won the Golden Orange award for Best Actor twice; first in 1966 for his role in Sürtük, and second in 1991 for Soğuktu Ve Yağmur Çiseliyordu.
On 1 April 2012 he died in hospital in Istanbul, aged 78, from a pulmonary edema. and was laid to rest at the Zincirlikuyu Cemetery on 3 April 2012.
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Full filmography
- Star Hill (1965) as Murat
- Gumus (2005) as Mehmet Fikri
- Altın Koza (1969) as Self - Winner
- Woman Despiser (1967) as Kemal
- Yaşamak İstiyorum (1967) as Ahmet
- Marziye (1998)
- Plajda Sevişelim (1964)
- Children of Heaven (1977) as Davut Ağa
- Kadın Severse (1968) as Ferit
- Beleş Osman (1965)
- Bozuk Düzen (1966) as Turgut
- The Guilty Are Among Us (1964) as Mümtaz
- Alevli Yıllar (1968) as Metin
- Umit Street (1966) as Selim
- Sevilmek İstiyorum (1974)
- Bitch (1965) as Ekrem
- Avare Kız (1966) as Ekrem
- Emine (1971) as Murat
- Kiralık Kadın (1967)
- The Immortal Woman (1967) as Murat
- Şoförün Kızı (1966) as Ekrem Gürhan
- Mağrur Kadın (1970)
- Yadigar (2004)
- Yumuşak Ten (1994) as Erol