Nejla Ates

Nejla Ates
Born	Necla Batir 1933 Turkey
Died	2005 New York City, New York
Years active	1952–1966

Nejla Ates was a Turkish belly dancer and actress born in 1933. Notably, she appeared the film Son of Sinbad^[1] and Fanny, a Broadway musical.^[2]

There was a statue of her in Central Park in November 1954 (as a publicity stunt).^[3] Glamour Girls of the Silver Screen states that she was born in Romania on 7 March 1932 and died in Istanbul in April 2005.^[4]

References

1. ^ "Stars Interpret Oriental Dances". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. 10 March 1954. http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=FnQnAAAAIBAJ&sjid=omoDAAAAIBAJ&pg=3591,3872688&dq=nejla-ates+sinbad&hl=en. Retrieved 22 December 2010. 
2. ^ "Belly Dancer Finds Women Interesting". Daytona Beach Morning Journal. 21 November 1924. http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=mOgeAAAAIBAJ&sjid=sswEAAAAIBAJ&pg=2986,767547&dq=nejla-ates&hl=en. Retrieved 22 December 2010. 
3. ^ "Venus and the Law". LIFE: pp. 129–132. 6 June 1955. http://books.google.ca/books?id=hlYEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA132&dq=%22Nejla+Ates%22&cd=5#v=onepage&q=%22Nejla%20Ates%22&f=false. Retrieved 22 December 2010. 
4. ^ "Nejla Ates". Glamour Girls of the Silver Screen. http://www.glamourgirlsofthesilverscreen.com/show/15/Nejla+Ates/index.html. Retrieved 1 December 2010. 

Further reading

• Baysaling, Özer Ates dansi (by her widower) (Turkish)

Persondata
Name	Ates, Nejla
Alternative names
Short description	Oriental dancer
Date of birth	1932
Place of birth	Turkey
Date of death	2005
Place of death	New York City, New York