Toto Karaca
İrma Felekyan, better known as Toto Karaca (18 March 1912 – 22 July 1992), was a Turkish stage actress. Her mother was Mari Hranuş Felekyan. She learned ballet dancing in her childhood.
Also recorded as Irma Felegyan
Toto Karaca
- Name
- Toto Karaca
- Birth Name
- (Armenian)İrma Felekyan
- Born
- 18 March 1912
- Birthplace
- Istanbul, Ottoman Empire
- Died
- 22 July 1992
- Place of death
- Istanbul, Turkey
- Nationality
- Turkey · Ottoman Empire
- Occupation
- actress
- Languages
- Turkish · Armenian
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İrma Felekyan, better known as Toto Karaca (18 March 1912 – 22 July 1992), was a Turkish stage actress. Her mother was Mari Hranuş Felekyan. She learned ballet dancing in her childhood.
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Biography
Biography
During her performances in musicals, she preferred the name İrma Toto. Her surname became Karaca when she married theatre actor Mehmet Karaca in 1939, due to the legislation then in force. Their son Cem Karaca became a leading figure in Anatolian rock music. In the 1930s, she performed in Ömer Aydın's operettas. She was among the founders of the Istanbul Theatre in 1960. Karaca died on 22 July 1992 in Istanbul, Turkey, and was buried in the family grave at the Şişli Armenian Cemetery.
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Key facts
• Name — Toto Karaca • Birth Name — (Armenian)İrma Felekyan • Born — 18 March 1912 • Birthplace — Istanbul, Ottoman Empire • Died — 22 July 1992 • Place of death — Istanbul, Turkey • Resting Place — Şişli Armenian Cemetery • Other Names — İrma Toto • Children — Cem Karaca
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