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Abbreviations:
LMA - Lead Male Actor/Player, LFA - Lead Female Actor/Player, MA - Male Actor/Player, FA - Female Actor/Player, MD - Main Director, P - Producer(s), C - Cinematographer, W - Screenplay Writer, Dan - Dancer, M- Music by, AD - Art Director, PC - Production Company
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Christine Haydar
Also written as:
  • Kristin Haydar
  • Christina Haydar
  • Christian Haydar
  • Christien Haydar
  • Name at birth: Christine Davray.


    Christine posed in the all-together for Penthouse Magazine's July 1977 issue -- with husband Jean Yves Haydar manning the cameras.
    Christine Haydar
    reveals for...
    Christine Davray Haydar, Penthouse Magazine, July 1977
    Penthouse Magazine
    July 1977
    Thanks to Gökay Gelgeç at sinematik.blogspot.com

    Christine Haydar's Turkish Movies
    Trouble in Blonde
    Christine Haydar in
    Sarısın Tehlike
    1980

    Everything has a price
    Christine Haydar in
    Bedel
    1983
    Multi-lingual model, movie actress, recording artist, and writer... of French nationality -- who claimed to be the grandchild of the Ottoman, Haydar Pasha.
    The claim was probably a foxy publicity ploy concocted by her manager, Erkan Özerman, and her husband at the time, French photographer Jean Yves Haydar -- which helped her gain a following in Turkey, as a milli gelin (A term used to describe: 1) a foreign female of Turkish descent, or 2) a famous female foreigner who is married to a Turk, or 3) a female foreigner who becomes famous by marrying a Turk.)
    Christine appeared in just two Turkish movies -- and in both films she spoke (and sang/danced) in what sounded like fluent (slightly accented) Turkish.
    Her first Turkish movie, made in 1980, was Sarısın Tehlike (Trouble in Blonde) -- starring Cüneyt Arkın and a bevy of well-known Turkish actors of the time including Hadi Çaman, Aynur Akarsu, Yüksel Gözen, Gülten Ceylan -- and Metin Serezli in a dual role.
    Her second Turkish film was Bedel (The Price), a drama made in 1983 -- directed by Melih Gülgen. Its star-studded cast was led by Kadir İnanır, Bahar Öztan, Ekrem Bora, Sevda Ferdağ and, naturally, Christine Haydar. The caption on Bedel's poster warns, "Everything has a price. You've either paid or you will pay."

    'Twas a very good year...
    Christine Davray Haydar, Ses Magazine, 15 May 1981
    Christine Haydar
    Ses Magazine Cover Girl
    May 1981
    Thanks to Gökay Gelgeç at sinematik.blogspot.com
  • Click following to see Christine Haydar in the Turkish movie Sarısın Tehlike (Danger in Blonde).
  • There seems to have been a rivalry between Christine Haydar and Ajda Pekkan. It may have arisen because Haydar's starring role in Sarısın Tehlike included a lengthy scene in which she sang (and did a lot sexier dance to) Ajda Pekkan's 1980 Eurovision Song Contest Winner, Pet'r Oil (Loving On Petrol). And the rivalry may have been fueled by Haydar's unbridled public pronouncements that she was younger than Pekkan (who was 32 at the time she won the Eurovision honors).

  • Take your pick...
    Ajda Pekkan and Christine Haydar sing (and dance to) Pet'r Oil (Loving On Petrol).
  • Ajda Pekkan's Eurovision Song Contest Winner A 1 MB Windows Media Video .WMV file, thanks to the Metacafe website.
  • Christine Haydar's Sexier Version A 1.8 MB Windows Media Video .WMV file, thanks to the DigiTurk/TurkMax.

  • Christine Haydar
    reveals for publicity-sake...
    Christine Davray Haydar, a movie publicity shot from the 1970's
    in the 1970's

    More gossipy tidbits about all of Christine Haydar's movies (not just her Turkish films), her multi-lingual musical recordings, and her books (with more pictures)... coming soon.
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    We are extremely grateful to the following people for their
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