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