Halide Piskin

Pişkin died at the age of 57 in Istanbul due to kidney failure on 1 November 1959.

She was an actress and writer, known for Istanbul çiçekleri (1951), Kizimin basina gelenler (1958) and Lejyon dönüsü (1957).

She became well-known as "Pişkin Teyze" ("Sophisticated Aunt") in radio dramas she performed in addition to her acting on stage. She entered film world in 1933 with her performance in the movie Karım Beni Aldatırsa ("If My Wife Cheats On Me"). Later, she acted in the movies Aynaroz Kadısı (1938), Allah'ın Cenneti (1939), Tuzak (1948), Lüküs Hayat (1950), İncili Çavuş (1951), Kızımın Başına Gelenler (1958) and Kalpaklılar (1959). In 1958, she wrote the screenplay Kızımın Başına Gelenler ("What Happened to My Daughter").

In 1923, she debuted in the play Seva Hanım Zevcem ("My Spouse Miss Sevda") staged in İzmir at the "Milli Sahne" ("National Stage") established by Şadi Fikret. After the theatre company fell apart, she joined the Darülbedayi in Istanbul in 1925, and worked later with theatre companies of Raşit Rıza, Naşit Özcan and Sadi Tek. In 1943, she co-founded with İhsan Balkır their own theatre company. Finally, she entered the Istanbul City Theatres, where she performed until her death with the exception of some years.

Halide Piskin was born in 1906 in Shkoder, Ottoman Empire.

Halide Pişkin (15 July 1902 – 1 November 1959) was a Turkish stage, radio and movie actress. She is considered as the first theatre actress of the Republican era.