Hung Mei

Name: Hung Mei
Native name: 紅薇
Also Known as: Hong Wei, Gong Wei
Nationality: Hong Konger
Gender: Female
Born: 1918
Died: October 12, 2011

Hung Mei was a Hong Kong actress born in Beijing, of reportedly Manchurian ancestry. She started her career in Shanghai cinema. Hung Mei first married Yan Hua, a famous movie actor of the period. Having migrated to Hong Kong with her family, Hung Mei (which means "red rose" in Chinese) became a widow in the early fifties but remarried later on with a producer who became father to Derek Yee. She was the mother of David Chiang, Paul Chun, and Derek Yee.

Apart from his acting career, she also coached many actors in the Mandarin dialect.

(Source: HKCM, Yves Gendron) Edit Biography

Year	Title	Role	Rating
1989	Maybe Next Time Hong Kong Movie, 1989, (Support Role)	Support Role	0.0
1989	Vampire Buster Hong Kong Movie, 1989, [Steven's mother] (Support Role)	[Steven's mother] Support Role	0.0
1988	Last Romance Hong Kong Movie, 1988, (Guest Role)	Guest Role	7.4
1975	Fearful Interlude Hong Kong Movie, 1975, {The Cold Skeleton} [Song En's mother] (Support Role)	{The Cold Skeleton} [Song En's mother] Support Role	7.0
1974	Mad World of Fools Hong Kong Movie, 1974, (Guest Role)	Guest Role	0.0
1973	When Taekwondo Strikes Hong Kong Movie, 1973, [Huang's mother] (Support Role)	[Huang's mother] Support Role	6.9
1971	Maria Hong Kong Movie, 1971, [Mother] (Support Role)	[Mother] Support Role	0.0
1971	The Living Sword Hong Kong Movie, 1971, (Support Role)	Support Role	0.0
1970	The Unknown Swordsman Hong Kong Movie, 1970, (Guest Role)	Guest Role	0.0
1970	From the Highway Hong Kong Movie, 1970, Madame An (Guest Role)	Madame An Guest Role	0.0
1968	The Land of Many Perfumes Hong Kong Movie, 1968, [Pork hawker] (Guest Role)	[Pork hawker] Guest Role	7.0
1966	The Blue and the Black 2 Hong Kong Movie, 1966, [General Zheng's wife] (Guest Role)	[General Zheng's wife] Guest Role	8.0
1966	The Blue and the Black Hong Kong Movie, 1966, [General Zheng's wife] (Guest Role)	[General Zheng's wife] Guest Role	0.0
1966	Forget Me Not Hong Kong Movie, 1966, (Support Role)	Support Role	0.0
1965	Master Cute Hong Kong Movie, 1965, (Guest Role)	Guest Role	0.0
1965	The Mermaid Hong Kong Movie, 1965, "Lightning God" (Guest Role)	"Lightning God" Guest Role	7.5
1964	The Story of Sue San Hong Kong Movie, 1964, Da Niang (Support Role)	Da Niang Support Role	0.0
1964	Comedy of Mismatches Hong Kong Movie, 1964, [Matchmaker] (Guest Role)	[Matchmaker] Guest Role	0.0
1964	The Amorous Lotus Pan Hong Kong Movie, 1964, Wang Po [Madame] (Support Role)	Wang Po [Madame] Support Role	0.0
1962	The Black Fox Hong Kong Movie, 1962, (Support Role)	Support Role	0.0
1962	Dream of the Red Chamber Hong Kong Movie, 1962, Jia Tai [Madame] (Support Role)	Jia Tai [Madame] Support Role	0.0
1960	Rear Entrance Hong Kong Movie, 1960, [Party guest] (Guest Role)	[Party guest] Guest Role	0.0
1956	The Orphan Girl Hong Kong Movie, 1956, Mrs Bi (Support Role)	Mrs Bi Support Role	0.0
1955	Bomeiki Japanese Movie, 1955, (Unknown)	Unknown	1.0

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