Kim Jeong-ok

Known For: Acting
Born: September 3, 1927
Place of Birth: Pyongyang, South Pyeongan province, Korea, Empire of Japan [now Pyongyang, North Korea]

Kim Jeong-ok

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.

Filmography

An Old Potter

1970

Rebirth

1969

Madam Freedom

1969

Potato

1968

Love Me Once Again

1968

Love

1968

Sound of Magpies

1967

Lost People

1967

The Queen of Elegy

1967 · Stepmother

One-sided Love of Princess

1967 · Court lady Oh

Flame in Valley

1967

Confession of an Actress

1967

Full Ship

1967 · Ms. Ma-san

Green Rain

1966 · Old Lady with the Furnace

The Seaside Village

1965

The Field Glow with the Setting Sun

1965

Hwalbindang

1965

The Lost Sun

1964

Sinmungo

1963 · Bun-i's Mother

Tosuni: The Birth of Happiness

1963

A Sad Story of Danjong

1963

The Way of Hwarang

1962 · General Jisan's wife

The Country Left Behind

1962

Tyrant Yeonsan

1962

Lee Chadon

1962

Prince Yeonsan

1961

Under the Sky in Seoul

1961 · Mrs. Kim (Ju-sa's wife)

My Sister is a Tomboy

1961 · Nanny

An Upstart

1961

A Dream of Fortune

1961 · Grandmother Gombo

A Sunflower Family

1961 · Miwon's mother

A Returned Man

1960 · Mrs. Park [Do-yeong's wife]

A Jealousy

1960 · Gwangho's mother

A Revival

1960

A Female Boss

1959 · Boarding house' woman

There is No Tragedy

1959

Gobau

1959

A Skinny and a Fatty Go to Camp Nonsan

1959

Love

1957

The Wedding Day

1956 · Nurse

An Idiot Adada

1956

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