Kim Jeong-ok
Acting • Born 1927-09-03
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
39 credits
An Old Potter
Movie • 1969
A Sunflower Family
Movie • 1961
Miwon's mother
A Dream of Fortune
Movie • 1961
Grandmother Gombo
An Upstart
Movie • 1961
Under the Sky in Seoul
Movie • 1961
Mrs. Kim (Ju-sa's wife)
Sinmungo
Movie • 1963
Bun-i's Mother
Green Rain
Movie • 1966
Old Lady with the Furnace
Tyrant Yeonsan
Movie • 1962
Prince Yeonsan
Movie • 1961
The Country Left Behind
Movie • 1962
A Returned Man
Movie • 1960
Mrs. Park [Do-yeong's wife]
One-sided Love of Princess
Movie • 1967
Court lady Oh
Full Ship
Movie • 1967
Ms. Ma-san
Flame in Valley
Movie • 1967
The Seaside Village
Movie • 1965
Lost People
Movie • 1967
Hwalbindang
Movie • 1965
Potato
Movie • 1968
Sound of Magpies
Movie • 1967
Lee Chadon
Movie • 1962
Madam Freedom
Movie • 1969
Gobau
Movie • 1959
There is No Tragedy
Movie • 1959
The Field Glow with the Setting Sun
Movie • 1965
A Revival
Movie • 1960
Love
Movie • 1957
Love
Movie • 1968
Rebirth
Movie • 1969
A Sad Story of Danjong
Movie • 1963
My Sister is a Tomboy
Movie • 1961
Nanny
A Female Boss
Movie • 1959
Boarding house' woman
Confession of an Actress
Movie • 1967
An Idiot Adada
Movie • 1956
The Way of Hwarang
Movie • 1962
General Jisan's wife
The Lost Sun
Movie • 1964
The Wedding Day
Movie • 1956
Nurse
A Skinny and a Fatty Go to Camp Nonsan
Movie • 1959
Tosuni: The Birth of Happiness
Movie • 1963
A Jealousy
Movie • 1960
Gwangho's mother