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