Famous People with Name Ilka

Ilka Chase            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Ilka Chase: was an American actress and novelist. Born in New York City and educated at convent and boarding schools in the United States, England, and France, she was the only child of Edna Woolman Chase, the editor in chief of Vogue magazine, and her first husband,

Ilka Grünig            Origin/Culture/Country: German

Ilka Grünig: She was one of many Jewish actors and actresses that were forced to flee Europe when the Nazis came to power in 1933.Grünig's first film, at age 43, was a German silent movie called Todesurteil in 1919. Next, she starred with Conrad Veidt in Peer Gynt. Later that year, she and Veidt appeared in Die sich verkaufen.She continued making silent movies in Germany into the 1920s. In 1920, she appeared in the film Die Bestie im Menschen based on a Émile Zola novel. This were two of 11 films she appeared in that year alone. Grünig appeared in a couple of Veidt's "Christian Wahnschaffe" movies; Weltbrand in 1920 and Die Flucht aus dem goldenen Kerker in 1921. In 1922, she had a small part as a landlady in Lady Hamilton starring Veidt as Lord Horatio Nelson

Ilkay Akkaya            Origin/Culture/Country: Turkish

Ilkay Akkaya: a member of the Turkish music group Grup Kizilirmak.She started her professional career as singer in Turkish/Kurdish protest music group Grup Yorum.