Kim Jeong-ok
Birthday
1927/09/03 (97 years old)
Gender
Female
Place of Birth
Pyongyang, South Pyeongan province, Korea, Empire of Japan [now Pyongyang, North Korea]
Also know as
김정옥, Kim Jeong Ok, Kim Jeongok, Jeongok Kim, Ким Чон Ок, Ким Чон-ок, Ким Чонок, Чон-ок Ким, Чонок Ким, Jeong-ok Kim
Biography
Born in Pyongyang in 1927. She graduated from Jinnampo Girls’ High School in South Pyongan Province. She began her theater career in the early 1940s. Recognized for her acting skills on stage, she was able to make her film debut in director Lee Kang-cheon's 1956 film The Idiot Adada. Since then, she has appeared in over 80 films, including Simcheongjeon, Seaside Village, and Forest Fire. New play performances such as Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1959), Flock of Seagulls (1963), and Exchange (1966) by Shinhyup Theater Company, and musical performances such as Porgy and Bess (1962) by Drama Center.
Acting
(1969) An Old Potter
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(1961) A Sunflower Family
as Miwon's mother
(1961) A Dream of Fortune
as Grandmother Gombo
(1961) An Upstart
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(1961) Under the Sky in Seoul
as Mrs. Kim (Ju-sa's wife)
(1963) Sinmungo
as Bun-i's Mother
(1966) Green Rain
as Old Lady with the Furnace
(1961) Prince Yeonsan
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(1962) Tyrant Yeonsan
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(1962) The Country Left Behind
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(1960) A Returned Man
as Mrs. Park [Do-yeong's wife]
(1967) One-sided Love of Princess
as Court lady Oh
(1967) Full Ship
as Ms. Ma-san
(1967) Flame in Valley
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(1965) The Seaside Village
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(1967) Lost People
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(1965) Hwalbindang
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(1968) Potato
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(1967) Sound of Magpies
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(1962) Lee Chadon
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(1969) Madam Freedom
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(1959) Gobau
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(1959) There is No Tragedy
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(1965) The Field Glow with the Setting Sun
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(1960) A Revival
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(1957) Love
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(1968) Love
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(1969) Rebirth
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(1963) A Sad Story of Danjong
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(1961) My Sister is a Tomboy
as Nanny
(1959) A Female Boss
as Boarding house' woman
(1967) Confession of an Actress
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(1956) An Idiot Adada
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(1962) The Way of Hwarang
as General Jisan's wife
(1964) The Lost Sun
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(1956) The Wedding Day
as Nurse
(1959) A Skinny and a Fatty Go to Camp Nonsan
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(1963) Tosuni: The Birth of Happiness
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