Muhsin Ertuğrul

Muhsin Ertuğrul 28 February 1891 29 April 1979 also known as Ertuğrul Muhsin Bey was a Turkish actor and director His mother Fatma Dilruh Verdrich is of German descent His father is Hüseyin Hüsnü Paşa Muhsin Ertuğrul who had important contributions to Turkish cinema and Turkish theatres western style instead of traditional theater He was born in Istanbul on 28 February 1892 His first performance in theatre was in 1909 with the role of Bob in Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle He ran the Darülbedayi Theatre in Istanbul from its opening in 1914 In 1932 He directed in first Turkish sound film Bir Millet Uyanıyor alongside Atıf Kaftan Naşit Özcan He married in 1929 Neyyire Neyir née Münire Eyüp one of the first ever Turkish actresses who debuted in the 1923 movie Ateşten Gömlek directed by himself The marriage lasted until Neyyires death in 1943 Ertuğrul then married Handan Uran born 1927 in 1950 A stage actress she starred in her only movie the 1953 Halıcı Kız which first Turkish colour film once again directed by Ertuğrul himself She survived her husbands death in 1979