See her in a video. "Bei Achmed Beh": Im Nachtclub mit der Nazi-Führung [1]
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Mavi Boncuk | Turkish oriental dancer and actress. Adalet Emine Pee [2] was born in February 29, 1910 as Emine Adalet in Istanbul, Turkey. (d. 1985 Istanbul, Turkey. ) as Emine Adalet. During the first years of the Turkish Republic, she became quite famous. She started dancing at age 14. She married a German and eventually went to Germany (1935) to further her dance career.
She was rumored to act as a spy and passed the information such as the occupation of Paris, to Turkish authorities. Her husband died during an air bombardment in 1942 and she returned to Turkey.
She danced before royalty and statesmen ranging from Hitler, Joseph Goebbelsand M.K. Ataturk, performing on stages in America, Egypt and England.
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She was also known as an actress, for "The City That Liberated Itself | Kendini Kurtaran Şehir / Şanlı Maraş (1951) by Faruk Kenç from a screenplay by Sinan Korle , Sara Korle and Behçet Kemal Çağlar (she was the canto singer), "Akdeniz Korsanları" (1950) written and directed by Kadri Ögelman and "Uçuruma Doğru" by Şadan Kamil (1949) an adaptation of "Der Postmeister / Arabacının Kızı" (1940) based on Alexander Pushkin novel; "Yanik Kaval" (1947) by Baha Gelenbevi, Yuvamı Yıkamazsın (1947) by Kani Kıpçak and as her debut film "Deniz Kızı" (1944) by Baha Gelenbevi
[1] Bei Achmed Beh, 1944. Germany. 9 min. An anonymous film, made towards the end of the war, about an inner-city burlesque nightclub where Wehrmacht soldiers mingle with the Vienna bourgeoisie.
[2] Married to Henry Pee in Germany. Dutch: from a short form of the personal name Piet, Dutch form of Peter.English (West Midlands): variant of Pea.
See also : Birsen TALAY KEŞOĞLU, Yeditepe University Department of History| Cumhuriyet Döneminin İlk Dansözü: Emine Adalet Pee, The First Belly Dancer of the Republic of Turkey: Emine Adalet Pee (WOMEN’S LIBRARY AND INFORMATION CENTER FOUNDATION AND YEDITEPE UNIVERSITY- HISTORY DEPARTMENT Symposium) Writing Women's Lives: Auto/Biography, Life Narratives, Myths and Historiography April 19 – 20, 2014 / Istanbul – Yeditepe University
Top Turkish Talent by Jasmin Jahal, January 2002
TELEVİZYON ÜZERİNDEN KISA DANSÖZ TARİHİ by Gökhan Akçura
Mavi Boncuk | Turkish oriental dancer and actress. Adalet Emine Pee [2] was born in February 29, 1910 as Emine Adalet in Istanbul, Turkey. (d. 1985 Istanbul, Turkey. ) as Emine Adalet. During the first years of the Turkish Republic, she became quite famous. She started dancing at age 14. She married a German and eventually went to Germany (1935) to further her dance career. She was rumored to act as a spy and passed the information such as the occupation of Paris, to Turkish authorities. Her husband died during an air bombardment in 1942 and she returned to Turkey.
She danced before royalty and statesmen ranging from Hitler, Joseph Goebbelsand M.K. Ataturk, performing on stages in America, Egypt and England.
She was also known as an actress, for "The City That Liberated Itself | Kendini Kurtaran Şehir / Şanlı Maraş (1951) by Faruk Kenç from a screenplay by Sinan Korle , Sara Korle and Behçet Kemal Çağlar (she was the canto singer), "Akdeniz Korsanları" (1950) written and directed by Kadri Ögelman and "Uçuruma Doğru" by Şadan Kamil (1949) an adaptation of "Der Postmeister / Arabacının Kızı" (1940) based on Alexander Pushkin novel; "Yanik Kaval" (1947) by Baha Gelenbevi, Yuvamı Yıkamazsın (1947) by Kani Kıpçak and as her debut film "Deniz Kızı" (1944) by Baha Gelenbevi
[1] Bei Achmed Beh, 1944. Germany. 9 min. An anonymous film, made towards the end of the war, about an inner-city burlesque nightclub where Wehrmacht soldiers mingle with the Vienna bourgeoisie.
[2] Married to Henry Pee in Germany. Dutch: from a short form of the personal name Piet, Dutch form of Peter.English (West Midlands): variant of Pea.
See also : Birsen TALAY KEŞOĞLU, Yeditepe University Department of History| Cumhuriyet Döneminin İlk Dansözü: Emine Adalet Pee, The First Belly Dancer of the Republic of Turkey: Emine Adalet Pee (WOMEN’S LIBRARY AND INFORMATION CENTER FOUNDATION AND YEDITEPE UNIVERSITY- HISTORY DEPARTMENT Symposium) Writing Women's Lives: Auto/Biography, Life Narratives, Myths and Historiography April 19 – 20, 2014 / Istanbul – Yeditepe University
Top Turkish Talent by Jasmin Jahal, January 2002
TELEVİZYON ÜZERİNDEN KISA DANSÖZ TARİHİ by Gökhan Akçura