Macide Tanır

Macide Tanır (1 January 1922 – 6 February 2013 ) was a Turkish actress.

In 1943, she joined the Turkish State Theatres and continued her career on stage until 1985. In 1991, she was named a State Artist. Aside from her career on stage and cinema, she was also known for her roles as a voice actress.

Life and career Tanır was born in 1922. Her father, İbrahim Birmeç, was a veterinary officer who migrated from Ioannina to Istanbul. She was raised in Pendik. After finishing her studies at Erenköy Girls High School she enrolled in the Ankara State Conservatory with her father's support. She started her education in the singing department. A year later, she switched to the theater department. She joined the State Theatres in 1943 after earning her master's degree. She first went on stage with a role in an adaptation of Molière's Le Bourgeois gentilhomme. She left the State Theatres in 1985 and worked for Tiyatrokare for two years.

After ending her stage career, she was cast in the movies Yer Demir Gök Bakır, Yengeç Sepeti, and Cumhuriyet as well as the TV series Baharın Bittiği Yer and Şehnaz Tango. She also became known for her roles in radio theatre adaptations and worked as a voice actress on the Turkish version of a couple of movies.

In 1991, she was named a State Artist and later published her memoire Tiyatronun Cadısı in 2000. She died of respiratory failure in the intensive care unit on 6 February 2013. Tanır's body was buried in Emirgan Cemetery.

Awards

1961-62 Press poll among theater artists - Artist of the Year (Trees Die while Standing) 1964-65 Press-Workers Union - Artist of the Year (Order of the World) 1968-69 Art Lovers' Association - Best Actress (Hair Share) 1973-74 Art Lovers' Association - Best Actress (Mistake) Art Foundation - Best Actress (Shadow Master) 1988 Ministry of Culture - Special Jury Prize 1988 City Theaters - Artist of the Year 1988 Hürriyet Newspaper - Artist of the Year 1989 Women's Union - Most Successful Artist 1990 Mersin Culture and Art Festival - Honorary Award 1990 Art Institution - Artist of the Year 1991 State Artist 1992-93 Avni Dilligil Honor Award - Guests of the House Without Music 1992-93 Italian Ministry of Culture - Adelaide Ristari Prize 1993 Ses-Der Award 1993-94 Istanbul International Lions Club Award 1996 Half Century On Stage - Golden Needle 1996 Lions Board of Directors Award 1996-97 ÇASOD Award 1997 1st Afife Theater Awards - Nisa Serezli Aşkıner Special Award 1998 Women's Union Şişli Branch 75th Anniversary of the Republic Award 1998 Mimoza Magazine - Awards to 75 Women in 75 Years

Theatre Some works are included not under their original title, but rather under the title used for their adaptation. Lost in Yonkers : Neil Simon - Tiyatrokare - 1992 Öyle Bir Sevgi Ki : Loleh Bellon - Ankara State Theatre - 1985 On Golden Pond : Ernest Thompson - Ankara State Theatre - 1983 Gölge Ustası : Yıldırım Türker\Yeşim Müderrisoğlu - Ankara State Theatre - 1982 Lady Windermere's Fan : Oscar Wilde - Ankara State Theatre - 1977 Dirlik Düzenlik : Oktay Rifat - Ankara State Theatre - 1974 The Misunderstanding : Albert Camus - Ankara State Theatre - 1973 Becket : Jean Anouilh - Ankara State Theatre - 1971 Blood Wedding : Federico Garcia Lorca - Ankara State Theatre - 1970 Finten : Abdülhak Hamit Tarhan - Ankara State Theatre - 1969 Kıl Payı : Edward Albee - Ankara State Theatre - 1968 Ecinliler : Fyodor Dostoyevski\Albert Camus - Ankara State Theatre - 1966 Dünyanın Düzeni : Seán O'Casey - Ankara State Theatre - 1964 Düşman Çiçek Göndermez : Pero Bloch - Ankara State Theatre - 1963 Los árboles mueren de pie : Alejandro Casona - Ankara State Theatre - 1961 Ghosts : Henrik Ibsen - Ankara State Theatre - 1960 Cephede Piknik : Fernando Arrabal - Ankara State Theatre - 1960 Günden Geceye : Eugene O'Neill - Ankara State Theatre - 1959 Gönül Avcısı : Diego Fabbri - Ankara State Theatre - 1958 Kraliçe ve Asilleri : Albert Hackett\Frances Goodrich - Ankara State Theatre - 1957 Ruhlar Gelirse : Noël Coward - Ankara State Theatre - 1955 Nora : Henrik Ibsen - Ankara State Theatre - 1955 Akif Bey : Namık Kemal\Reşat Nuri Güntekin - Ankara State Theatre - 1955 Tanrılar ve İnsanlar (Gilgamesh) : Orhan Asena - Ankara State Theatre - 1954 Othello : William Shakespeare - Ankara State Theatre - 1954 Keçiler Adası : Ugo Betti - Ankara State Theatre - 1954 Hile ve Sevgi : Schiller - Ankara State Theatre - 1954 Güneşte On Kişi : Turgut Özakman - Ankara State Theatre - 1954 Batak : Galip Güral - Ankara State Theatre - 1953 Yanlış Yanlış Üstüne : Oliver Goldsmith - Ankara State Theatre - 1952 Sahne Dışındaki Oyun : Refik Ahmet Sevengi - Ankara State Theatre - 1952 Fatih : Nazım Kurşunlu - Ankara State Theatre - 1952 Ramak Kaldı : Thornton Wilder - Ankara State Theatre - 1952 Gölgeler : Ahmet Muhip Dranas - Ankara State Theatre - 1952 Elektra : Sophocles - Ankara State Theatre - 1952 Bir Piyes Yazalım : Adalet Ağaoğlu - Ankara State Theatre - 1952 Öteye Doğru : Sutton Vane - Ankara State Theatre - 1951 Legacy : Augustus Goetz - Ankara State Theatre - 1951 Köşebaşı : Ahmet Kutsi Tecer - Ankara State Theatre - 1951 Alınyazısı : Nahid Sırrı Örik - Ankara State Theatre - 1951 Şakacı : Sabahattin Kudret Aksal - Ankara State Theatre - 1951 Pembe Evin Kaderi : Turgut Özakman - Ankara State Theatre - 1950 The Old Tune : Reşat Nuri Güntekin - Ankara State Theatre - 1950 Peer Gynt : Henrik Ibsen - Ankara State Theatre - 1949 Küçük Şehir : Cevat Fehmi Başkut - Ankara State Theatre - 1949 Kıskançlar : Oktay Rıfat\Melih Cevdet Anday - Ankara State Theatre - 1949 Hekimliğin Zaferi : Jules Romains - Ankara State Theatre - 1949 Mercator : Plautus - Ankara State Theatre - 1949 Dünya Gözüyle : Charles Vildrac - Ankara State Theatre - 1949 Scapin the Schemer : Molière - Ankara State Theatre - 1949 Antigone : Sophocles - Ankara State Theatre- 1949

Filmography

1987 Yer Demir Gök Bakır 1989 Baharın Bittiği Yer 1994 Cadı Ağacı 1994 Yengeç Sepeti 1996 Şehnaz Tango (TV series) 1996 Kurtuluş 1998 Cumhuriyet

Voice acting Goodbye Again - as Paula Tessier (portrayed by Ingrid Bergman) Gilda - as Gilda Mundson Farrell (portrayed by Rita Hayworth) Titanic Murder, She Wrote (TV series)

Radio theatre 1966: Brahms'ı Sever misiniz? (from the series Arkası Yarın, an adaptation of a novel by Françoise Sagan)

Books "Tiyatronun Cadısı", Macide Tanır, Bilgi Yayınevi (autobiography/memoire), Ankara, 2000.