
Kim Jeong-ok
Known for Acting · 40 credits
- Born
- 1927-09-03 (age 98)
- Place of birth
- Pyongyang, South Pyeongan province, Korea, Empire of Japan [now Pyongyang, North Korea]
- Also known as
- 김정옥 · Kim Jeong Ok · Kim Jeongok · Jeongok Kim · Ким Чон Ок · Ким Чон-ок
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.
Known For
Movies (40)

A Female Boss
1959
as Boarding house' woman

Full Ship
1967
as Ms. Ma-san

Prince Yeonsan
1961

An Upstart
1961

An Idiot Adada
1956

Tyrant Yeonsan
1962

Sound of Magpies
1967

The Wedding Day
1956
as Nurse

Lee Chadon
1962

Flame in Valley
1967

An Old Potter
1970

Green Rain
1966
as Old Lady with the Furnace

Under the Sky in Seoul
1961
as Mrs. Kim (Ju-sa's wife)

The Lost Sun
1964

Sinmungo
1963
as Bun-i's Mother

A Sunflower Family
1961
as Miwon's mother

A Skinny and a Fatty Go to Camp Nonsan
1959

A Sad Story of Danjong
1963

The Way of Hwarang
1962
as General Jisan's wife

Tosuni: The Birth of Happiness
1963

A Returned Man
1960
as Mrs. Park [Do-yeong's wife]

A Revival
1960

Lost People
1967

Confession of an Actress
1967

My Sister is a Tomboy
1961
as Nanny

Rebirth
1969

The Seaside Village
1965

A Dream of Fortune
1961
as Grandmother Gombo

Love
1957

Potato
1968

Love
1968

The Field Glow with the Setting Sun
1965

One-sided Love of Princess
1967
as Court lady Oh

There is No Tragedy
1959

Madam Freedom
1969

Hwalbindang
1965

The Queen of Elegy
1967
as Stepmother

The Country Left Behind
1962

Gobau
1959
A Jealousy
1960
as Gwangho's mother
About Kim Jeong-ok
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 performance… With 40 credits spanning from 1956 to 1970, Kim Jeong-ok has appeared in 40 films and 0 TV shows.
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Most Popular Kim Jeong-ok Movies
- A Female Boss (1959) — as Boarding house' woman
- Full Ship (1967) — as Ms. Ma-san
- Prince Yeonsan (1961)
- An Upstart (1961)
- An Idiot Adada (1956)
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