Acting
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 performances such as Porgy and Bess (1962) by Drama Center.
Titles
A Female Boss
1959
Full Ship
1967
An Idiot Adada
1956
A Sad Story of Danjong
1963
The Seaside Village
1965
Prince Yeonsan
1961
The Way of Hwarang
1962
Confession of an Actress
1967
Under the Sky in Seoul
1961
Love Me Once Again
1968
Lee Chadon
1962
Flame in Valley
1967
Potato
1968
My Sister is a Tomboy
1961
Tyrant Yeonsan
1962
A Dream of Fortune
1961
An Old Potter
1970
An Upstart
1961
The Country Left Behind
1962
The Wedding Day
1956
Love
1968
A Returned Man
1960
One-sided Love of Princess
1967
Sinmungo
1963
Tosuni: The Birth of Happiness
1963
Green Rain
1966
Sound of Magpies
1967
A Sunflower Family
1961
Love
1957
The Lost Sun
1964
The Field Glow with the Setting Sun
1965
Hwalbindang
1965
Lost People
1967
Madam Freedom
1969
The Queen of Elegy
1967
A Revival
1960