06.04.2025 13:30
The master actor Ahmet Levendoğlu, known for his roles in "One Thousand and One Nights" and "Little Women," passed away at the age of 80.
The actor, director, translator, and writer Ahmet Levendoğlu passed away at the age of 80. After Ahmet Levendoğlu's death, many actors shared farewell messages to the master name.
Zuhal Olcay, in her message, stated, "My dear teacher Ahmet Levendoğlu, rest in peace."
Yıldıray Şahinler said, "My teacher. My teacher Ahmet! He has had a huge impact on me, providing actors with a great weapon like self-confidence on stage, the living monument of the word 'principle,' the great actor Ahmet Levendoğlu. Rest in peace. Forgive me. In the second photo, there is our class's continuation schedule. He kept it. You can understand how meticulous a theater person he was from that schedule, and how good a teacher he was from the names in the class."
WHO IS AHMET LEVENDOĞLU?
Having produced work in every area of theater from teaching to acting and directing, and from theater management to play translation and magazine writing, Levendoğlu graduated from Robert College. During his years at Robert College, the stage dust he inhaled took him to the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in England as a scholarship student. This was also the first scholarship given by the Turkish government to a student studying theater abroad.
He began his theater career in London. He acted for a season at the Northcott Theatre in Exeter, one of England's leading city theaters.
Levendoğlu first appeared on stage in Turkey at the Gen-Ar Theatre. Between 1971 and 1976, he was an actor at the Ankara State Theatre. He served as an actor and director at the Istanbul State Theatre from 1978 to 1980, where he also took on the role of assistant director during its establishment period.
Along with Zuhal Olcay and Haluk Bilginer, he established a private institution called "Theater Studio," which not only staged many plays but also provided theater education. He served as an instructor at Academy Istanbul between 1995 and 1998.