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Lee Heung-Kam
李香琴
Born
Lee Sui-Kam (李瑞琴)

(1932-01-13)13 January 1932
Pátio do Jardim, Santo António, Portuguese Macau
Died4 January 2021(2021-01-04) (aged 88)
Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Hong Kong
Occupation(s)Actress, singer
Years active1946 – 2012
AwardsTVB Anniversary Awards – Life Achievement Award
2011 Lifetime Achievement

Chinese name
Traditional Chinese李香琴
Simplified Chinese李香琴
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinLǐ Xiāngqín
Yue: Cantonese
JyutpingLei5 Hoeng1 Kam4
Musical career
Also known as琴姐，嫲嫲，二幫王，西宫琴
GenresCantonese Opera, Cantopop
LabelsWSM Music Group Ltd., TVB
Website[1]
In this Chinese name, the family name is Lee.

Lee Heung-kam (13 January 1932 – 4 January 2021) was a Cantonese opera and TVB actress from Hong Kong. She joined the entertainment industry when she was 14 years old. Lee was briefly married to Cantonese opera star, Siu Chung-kwan (1929-2005), with whom she had a daughter, Siu Ji-wan.[1][2] Since 1960, she became known for being an antagonist in many Cantonese operas, films and TV drama series. This lasted until the 80's when her roles were re-typecasted as a kind mother or a spiteful mother-in-law.

Over 70 years in the acting profession, Lee has played the roles of mother, mother-in-law and grandmother of many famous Chinese actors and actresses. Each role has different personality and emotion, demonstrating her superb acting skills.

Lee was also the god-mother of many celebrities, for example Chow Yun-fat, Carol Cheng, Cherie Chung, Andy Lau, Maggie Cheung etc.

Lee had a long-time on-screen partner who was also a well known Hong Kong actor, Tam Ping-man. They co-founded a production company together in 1974. [3] One of their most popular duets is Can You Come Back, which was featured in the comedy Rose Rose I Love You in 1993, they performed this song many times on stage together. [4]

Lee had been forced to retire from acting in 2011 due to Alzheimer's Disease, her condition deteriorated in December 2020. On January 4, 2021, 9 days before her 89th birthday, she fainted while having dinner, and was pronounced dead en route to Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Hong Kong.

Filmography

Aliases: Li Hsiang-Chun, Li Xiang-Jun

Filmography (1960–1977)

Actor (23 films)

  • Miss Pony-Tail (1960)
  • Rear Entrance (1960) ... Mandy Hui Shuk Wan
  • The Pistol (1961) ... Lu Xiao-Yin
  • The Witch-Girl, He Yue'er (1961)
  • The Golden Trumpet (1961)
  • Dream of the Red Chamber (1962) ... 1st Master's wife
  • The Mid-Nightmare (1962)
  • Yang Kwei Fei (1962) ... Lady Mei/Jiang Cai Pin
  • When Fortune Smiles (1962)
  • The Love Eterne (1963) ... Student
  • The Adulteress (1963) ... Yang's Wife
  • Return of the Phoenix (1963) ... Cheng Xue-E
  • Mid-Nightmare (Part 2) (1963)
  • Boundan (1963)
  • Comedy of Mismatches (1964) ... Sun Zhuyi (Guest Star)
  • Move Over, Darling (1965)
  • Dawn Will Come (1966) ... Yan Qiurong
  • The Assassin (1967) ... Nie Rong
  • The Land of Many Perfumes (1968) ... Empress
  • The Three Lucky Men (1969)
  • Raw Passions (1969) ... Tao Ai Jun
  • Dark Semester (1969) ... Lin Hui Wo
  • The Lucky Trio Are Here Again (1970)

Planning (1 film) Love Rings a Bell (1977)

TV series

Year Title Role TVB Anniversary Awards Network
1976 Hotel (1976 TV series) Ching Wong Mei-or (TVB)
1977 A House Is Not a Home Sze Li Mo-yung (TVB)
1978 Conflict (TVB)
Below the Lion Rock (RTHK)
1979 The Good, the Bad and the Ugly Fong Yeung Hing-wan (TVB)
1980 The Brothers So Sui-Fong (TVB)
1980 Five Easy Pieces (TVB)
1982 Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils Queen (TVB)
1982 Love and Passion Yuen Dai-Neung (TVB)
1984 The New Adventures of Chor Lau-heung Kam Tai-kwan (TVB)
1985 The Yang's Saga To Dai-Neung (TVB)
1986 New Heavenly Sword and Dragon Sabre Mit-Juet Si Tai (TVB)
The Return of Luk Siu Fung Mrs. Fa (TVB)
Heir to the Throne Is... Koon Chung-yuen's mother (TVB)
1987 The Grand Canal Empress Dugu (TVB)
1988 The Final Verdict (TVB)
1989 The Justice of Life Ho Mei-Lai (TVB)
1991 Days of Glory (ATV)
The Cops Affairs (ATV)
Who is the Winner (ATV)
1992 Shanghai Godfather (ATV)
Who is the Winner II (ATV)
1993 Silver Tycoon (ATV)
Shanghai Godfather II (ATV)
1994 Movie Tycoon (ATV)
Midnight Lovers II (ATV)
1996 The Little Vagrant Lady II (ATV)
The Little Vagrant Lady (ATV)
The Good Old Days Kam Fung-Chi (ATV)
1997 The Pride of Chao Zhou (ATV)
2004 Love in a Miracle Sun Gong Tsui-Fong (ATV)
2005 Happy Family Bak Suet (ATV)
2006 Walled Village Mui Tsui-tsui (ATV)
2008 Moonlight Resonance Sheh Kwan-lai Nominated – Best Supporting Actress (Top 5) (TVB)
2010 When Lanes Merge Lei Suk-jing (TVB)
Can't Buy Me Love Kam Tai Fu Yan Nominated – My Favourite Female Character (Top 15) (TVB)
2012 The Greatness of a Hero On Lau-mui (TVB)

References

  1. ^ Lee Heung Kam
  2. ^ Lee Heung Kam
  3. ^ "Veteran Cantonese opera singer and actress Lee Heung-kam dies at age 88".， SCMP. 2021-01-04
  4. ^ "Remembering Lee Heung-kam, the veteran Hong Kong actress who mentored Chow Yun-fat, Andy Lau and Maggie Cheung, and appeared in dozens of TVB dramas".， SCMP. 2021-01-05

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