Personal Info
Known ForActing
Born1927-09-03
BirthplacePyongyang, South Pyeongan province, Korea, Empire of Japan [now Pyongyang, North Korea]
Kim Jeong-ok
Acting
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.
Notable Works
Prominent titles featuring Kim Jeong-ok
Green Rain
1966
Filmography
Acting (41)
1970
6.2
1969
7.0
1969
1968
10.0
5.9
1968
7.0
1967
1967
9.0
1967
The Queen of Elegyas Stepmother
1967
One-sided Love of Princessas Court lady Oh
1967
6.6
9.0
1967
Full Shipas Ms. Ma-san
10.0
1966
Green Rainas Old Lady with the Furnace
6.3
6.4
1965
1964
9.0
1963
Sinmungoas Bun-i's Mother
7.0
10.0
1962
The Way of Hwarangas General Jisan's wife
6.8
7.0
1962
6.0
1962
1961
8.6
1961
Under the Sky in Seoulas Mrs. Kim (Ju-sa's wife)
7.0
1961
My Sister is a Tomboyas Nanny
4.0
1961
6.5
1961
A Dream of Fortuneas Grandmother Gombo
6.0
1961
A Sunflower Familyas Miwon's mother
7.5
1960
A Returned Manas Mrs. Park [Do-yeong's wife]
7.0
1960
A Jealousyas Gwangho's mother
1960
1959
A Female Bossas Boarding house' woman
4.7
1959
1957
9.0
1956
The Wedding Dayas Nurse
6.0
1956
7.0