Kim Jeong-ok
Born: 1927-09-03 in Pyongyang, South Pyeongan province, Korea, Empire of Japan [now Pyongyang, North Korea]
Known For: Acting
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.
Filmography
1970
1969
1968
1967
- Sound of Magpies
- Full Ship as Ms. Ma-san
- Flame in Valley
- Lost People
- The Queen of Elegy as Stepmother
- Confession of an Actress
- One-sided Love of Princess as Court lady Oh
1966
- Green Rain as Old Lady with the Furnace
1964
1963
- Sinmungo as Bun-i's Mother
- A Sad Story of Danjong
- Tosuni: The Birth of Happiness
1962
- The Way of Hwarang as General Jisan's wife
- Lee Chadon
- Tyrant Yeonsan
- The Country Left Behind
1961
- Prince Yeonsan
- An Upstart
- My Sister is a Tomboy as Nanny
- Under the Sky in Seoul as Mrs. Kim (Ju-sa's wife)
- A Sunflower Family as Miwon's mother
- A Dream of Fortune as Grandmother Gombo
1960
- A Jealousy as Gwangho's mother
- A Returned Man as Mrs. Park [Do-yeong's wife]
- A Revival
1959
- A Female Boss as Boarding house' woman
- A Skinny and a Fatty Go to Camp Nonsan
- There is No Tragedy
- Gobau
1957
1956
- The Wedding Day as Nurse
- An Idiot Adada