Göksel Arsoy

Cinema and theatre actor. He was born in Kayseri on the 15^th of March 1936. He is the niece of composer of classical Turkish music Yesari Asıl Ersoy. He started her education in Kayseri and continued it in Istanbul. He studied in Haydarpaşa High School and Istanbul University Faculty of Economics. While continuing to her university education he started to work in an English company in Yeşilköy Airport.

He started her cinema career with the movie Kara Günlerim directed by Sırrı Gültekin in 1958. He became famous with the movie Samanyolu (1959). In 1960s, he acted in numerous movies. After a while he was called “Golden Child”. In 1962 he established a movie company on his name and worked as a producer. He served as Chairman of Istanbul Tennis Club and Federation of Sports for Everyone. In the 36^th Antalya Film Festival (1999) he was awarded with life-time honorary prize.

Main Movies in Which He Acted:

Kara Günlerim (1958), Samanyolu (1959), Aşk Rüzgârı (1960), Satın Alınan Adam (1960), Bir Yaz Yağmuru (1960), Kızıl Vazo (1961), İki Aşk Arasında (1961), Boş Yuva (1961),Bir Bahar Akşamı (1961), Billur Köşk (1962), Yalnızlar İçin (1962), Öldüren Bahar (1962), Beyaz Güvercin (1963), Leyla ile Mecnun Gibi (1963), Kahpe (1963), Genç Kızların Sevgilisi (1963), Makber (1963), Kırk Küçük Anne (1964), Asla Unutma (2005), Unutulmayanlar (2006).

REFERENCE: Atilla Dorsay / Türk ve Dünya Sineması Ansiklopedisi (Turhan Gürkan ile, 1983), Alim Şerif Onaran / Türk Sineması (2 cilt, 1994), Ömer Ayhan / Siyah Beyaz Bir Öykü (Türk Sinemasının 1960’lı yıllardan günümüze kadarki yılları, 2001), Giovanni Scognamillo / Türk Sinema Tarihi (2. bas. 2003), Agâh Özgüç / Türk Filmleri Sözlüğü 1917-2009 (2009),  Nijat Özön / Türk Sineması Tarihi 1896-1960 (3. bas. 2010), İhsan Işık / Ünlü Sanatçılar (Türkiye Ünlüleri Ansiklopedisi, C. 5, 2013) - Encyclopedia of Turkey’s Famous People (2013), Göksel Arsoy (sinematurk.com, 27.10.2019), Göksel Arsoy (imdb.com, 27.10.2019), Göksel Arsoy (sinemalar.com, 27.10.2019),  Göksel Arsoy (beyazperde.com, 27.10.2019), Yeşilçam'ın usta oyuncusu Göksel Arsoy: Artık ekranda yokum  (hürriyet.com.tr, 27.10.2019).