Jale Birsel (1927 – 17 November 2019) was a Turkish actress. Jale Birsel was born in 1927. She graduated from

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in 1949. She was a classmate of

Yıldız Kenter Ayşe Yıldız Kenter (11 October 1928 – 17 November 2019) was a Turkish actress and lecturer who was of English descent from her maternal side. Kenter was also a UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador. Early years Ayşe Yıldız Kenter was born to diplom ...

. She worked at Ankara State Theatre. Her acting career lasted 38 years. At the age of 25, she contracted hearing loss due to incorrect medication usage. She had to commit to memory all actors' roles at the stage as she did not hear her counter person's words. In 1961, she married Salah Birsel, a notable poet and writer, who died in 1999. Jale Birsel died from

pneumonia Pneumonia is an Inflammation, inflammatory condition of the lung primarily affecting the small air sacs known as Pulmonary alveolus, alveoli. Symptoms typically include some combination of Cough#Classification, productive or dry cough, ches ...

in a nursing home at

Çiğli Çiğli is a municipality and Districts of Turkey, district of İzmir Province, Turkey. Its area is 139 km2, and its population is 214,065 (2022). It covers the northwestern part of the agglomeration of İzmir, around the mouth of the river ...

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at the age of 92 on 17 November 2019. She was honored with the title "

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1927 births Ankara State Conservatory alumni Turkish stage actresses 20th-century Turkish actresses Turkish deaf people Deaf actresses State Artists of Turkey Deaths from pneumonia in Turkey 2019 deaths {{Turkey-actor-stub