Zeynep Değirmencioğlu

Zeynep Değirmencioğlu — Biography

Zeynep Değirmencioğlu (born 12 September 1954 in Istanbul) is a Turkish film actress, regarded as the most famous child star in the history of Turkish cinema.

Born Zeynep Acar, she first appeared on screen at the age of two in the film Papatya, and was seen as a child actress in productions such as Duvaklı Göl and Fırtına. Her real fame came with the 1960 film Ayşecik, after which she became better known by that name than by her own.

Active from 1956 to 1974, she appeared in more than twenty-five films, among them Ayşecik ve Sihirli Cüceler Rüyalar Ülkesinde (1971), Sinderella Kül Kedisi (1971), Pamuk Prenses ve 7 Cüceler and Hayat mı Bu (1972).