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Perihan Savaş
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Perihan Savaş

Actor · 71 years old

Sultan Koçovalı in the series Çukur

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Age71
Birth dateJune 14, 1955
BirthplaceIstanbul
ProfessionActor
Height1.65 m
Zodiac signGemini
Eye colorBrown
EducationActing training

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Perihan Savaş — Biography

Perihan Savaş's birth name was Şerife Perihan (some sources give Şerife Tarhan); she was born on June 14 in Istanbul's Fatih district, though sources place the year anywhere from 1955 to 1957. Her family originally comes from Sürmene in Trabzon. At five she took the stage in the children's wing of the Istanbul City Theatres, and she performed in plays such as Küçük Prenses and Romeo and Juliet up to 1970.

She crossed into film in 1971 with Şehzade Sinbad Kaf Dağında and quickly became a leading lady; her performance in Bedrana (1974) won her best actress at the 11th Antalya Film Festival, and she co-starred with Kemal Sunal in comedies such as Keriz. She appeared in nearly 120 productions in all, also spent time as a singer and television presenter, and returned to the stage with Istanbul City Theatre productions of Yedi Kocalı Hürmüz and Bir Kış Öyküsü in the 2000s.

She married İbrahim Tatlıses and then Yılmaz Zafer, having one child from each marriage; she cared for Zafer through his illness and was widowed after his death. More recently she played Sultan Koçovalı in Çukur, then appeared in Elkızı and Sahtekarlar.

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Yeşilçam Nostalgic A viewer raised on the classics, looking for warm storytelling and strong acting.

Bedrana is the first stop for anyone who wants to see Perihan Savaş as Yeşilçam's leading lady; she carries the title role in the film that bears its name. Keriz shows another side of her in Kartal Tibet's comedy, and Şeref Sözü is an emotional drama about two brothers shouldering family burdens. In my view these three films show the breadth of her 1970s work to anyone who values warm storytelling and acting.

Cinephile Looks at script, editing and directing choices; keeps a distance from formula films.

Perihan Savaş's filmography reads like two periods. In the seventies there is a wide line, from adventure films such as Ölüm Görevi and Kılıç Bey to the comedy of Keriz and the melodrama of Şeref Sözü. Later, women standing at the center of a family come forward, such as Esma's Mother in Eve Dönüş and Sultan Koçovalı in Çukur. In my view this narrowing says more about the kind of part later productions offered than about her range, and a role like Hanım Kuzu in Karılar Koğuşu shows that variety continued.

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