Haldun Dormen (born 5 April 1928) is a Turkish theater, movie and TV
series actor and film director. Dormen is of Turkish Cypriot
descent.His father Sait Ömer Bey was a Cypriot businessman, while his
mother Nimet Rüştü Hanım was the daughter of a pasha from
Istanbul. His family settled in ÅžiÅŸli before Dormen's first
birthday. He had his first acting experience on stage as a junior high
school student at the Galatasaray High School, portraying a character
in a play titled Demirbank. He finished his education at the Robert
College. At the age of eight, his left foot was injured due to an
accident.For his theater education, he went to the USA and studied at
Yale University. He graduated with a master's degree. For two years,
he worked as an actor and director in various theaters in the United
States. He performed in 4 plays in Pasadena Playhouse in Hollywood.
When he returned to Istanbul, he entered the Küçük Sahne stage
under the direction of Muhsin ErtuÄŸrul and had his first role in
front of the Turkish audience with the play Cinayet Var.On the night
of 22 August 1955, he performed in the first play organized by the
Dormen Theater in the Süreyya cinema. He continued to appear in the
plays at the Küçük Sahne Theater after receiving an offer by them
in September 1957. In 1957, he founded the Dormen Theater with the
comedy play Papaz Kaçtı. He gave roles to dozens of artists in his
plays, including Erol Günaydın, Altan Erbulak, Metin Serezli, Nisa
Serezli, Erol Keskin, İzzet Günay, Yılmaz Köksal, and Ayfer Feray.
The party had their golden period between the years 1957-1972. In
1961, he brought the first Western-themed musical on stage in Turkey
under the title Street Girl İrma. Gülriz Sururi first became known
in Turkey with her role as Ä°rma in this play. In 1962, he moved to
the historical Ses Theater in BeyoÄŸlu, and continued his works there
for 10 years.
series actor and film director. Dormen is of Turkish Cypriot
descent.His father Sait Ömer Bey was a Cypriot businessman, while his
mother Nimet Rüştü Hanım was the daughter of a pasha from
Istanbul. His family settled in ÅžiÅŸli before Dormen's first
birthday. He had his first acting experience on stage as a junior high
school student at the Galatasaray High School, portraying a character
in a play titled Demirbank. He finished his education at the Robert
College. At the age of eight, his left foot was injured due to an
accident.For his theater education, he went to the USA and studied at
Yale University. He graduated with a master's degree. For two years,
he worked as an actor and director in various theaters in the United
States. He performed in 4 plays in Pasadena Playhouse in Hollywood.
When he returned to Istanbul, he entered the Küçük Sahne stage
under the direction of Muhsin ErtuÄŸrul and had his first role in
front of the Turkish audience with the play Cinayet Var.On the night
of 22 August 1955, he performed in the first play organized by the
Dormen Theater in the Süreyya cinema. He continued to appear in the
plays at the Küçük Sahne Theater after receiving an offer by them
in September 1957. In 1957, he founded the Dormen Theater with the
comedy play Papaz Kaçtı. He gave roles to dozens of artists in his
plays, including Erol Günaydın, Altan Erbulak, Metin Serezli, Nisa
Serezli, Erol Keskin, İzzet Günay, Yılmaz Köksal, and Ayfer Feray.
The party had their golden period between the years 1957-1972. In
1961, he brought the first Western-themed musical on stage in Turkey
under the title Street Girl İrma. Gülriz Sururi first became known
in Turkey with her role as Ä°rma in this play. In 1962, he moved to
the historical Ses Theater in BeyoÄŸlu, and continued his works there
for 10 years.
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