Kim Jeong-ok
Acting
Born: 1927-09-03 in Pyongyang, South Pyeongan province, Korea, Empire of Japan [now Pyongyang, North Korea]
Biography
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.
Known For
A Female Boss
Boarding house' woman
Full Ship
Ms. Ma-san
An Idiot Adada
The Seaside Village
The Wedding Day
Nurse
My Sister is a Tomboy
Nanny
An Upstart
There is No Tragedy
Flame in Valley
Prince Yeonsan
The Field Glow with the Setting Sun
Love
One-sided Love of Princess
Court lady Oh
The Way of Hwarang
General Jisan's wife
Love Me Once Again
The Queen of Elegy
Stepmother
Tyrant Yeonsan
A Sad Story of Danjong
Potato
A Dream of Fortune
Grandmother Gombo
An Old Potter
A Sunflower Family
Miwon's mother
Under the Sky in Seoul
Mrs. Kim (Ju-sa's wife)
Green Rain
Old Lady with the Furnace
Love
The Country Left Behind
The Lost Sun
Confession of an Actress
Rebirth
Lost People
Gobau
Sinmungo
Bun-i's Mother
Hwalbindang
A Revival
A Returned Man
Mrs. Park [Do-yeong's wife]
A Skinny and a Fatty Go to Camp Nonsan
Tosuni: The Birth of Happiness
Lee Chadon
