Toto Karaca

İrma Felekyan, better known as Toto Karaca (18 March 1912 – 22 July 1992), was a Turkish stage actress.

Toto Karaca
Born
İrma Felekyan

(1912-03-18)18 March 1912
Istanbul, Ottoman Empire
Died22 July 1992(1992-07-22) (aged 80)
Istanbul, Turkey
Resting placeŞişli Armenian Cemetery
Other namesİrma Toto
Spouse(s)
Mehmet Karaca
​
(
m. 1939)
ChildrenCem Karaca

Of Armenian descent,[1] Felekyan was born on March 18, 1912 in the Ottoman Empire[2]. Her mother was Mari Hranuş Felekyan. She learned ballet dancing in her childhood. 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.[1]

In the 1930s, she performed in Ömer Aydın's operettas. She was among the founders of the Istanbul Theatre in 1960.[3][4]

Toto Karaca died on 22 July 1992 in Istanbul, Turkey,[2] and was buried in the family grave at the Şişli Armenian Cemetery.[1]

References
  1. "Toto Karaca" (in Turkish). Biyografi. Retrieved 2011-10-30.
  2. "Toto Karaca". IMDb. Retrieved 2020-01-14.
  3. "Cem Karaca'nın hayat hikayesi" (in Turkish). CNN Türk. April 4, 2016. Archived from the original on December 11, 2017. Retrieved December 11, 2017.
  4. "Mari Felekyan - Cem Karaca'nın şöhretli anneannesi" (in Turkish). Bolsohays News. November 29, 2017. Archived from the original on December 24, 2017. Retrieved December 11, 2017.


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