Chinese actress from Hong Kong
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| Born | (1937-07-04) July 4, 1937 (age 87)
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| Other names | Yu Mo-Ling, Yu Mo-Lin, M. L. Yu, Yu Mu-Lieh, Miu-lin Yu |
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| Occupation | Actress |
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| Years active | 1951–present |
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Yu Miu-Lin (Chinese: 余慕莲, born 4 July 1937) is a Chinese actress from Hong Kong. Yu is credited with 145 films.
Early life
On 4 July 1937, Yu was born as Yu Chi-nga (Chinese: 余志雅) in Canton. Her late mother Tang Mei-mei (鄧美美) was an actress who was not widely known, and her younger sister Yu Chi-lai (stage name Koi Chi-fui) was a pupil of Cantonese Opera performer Yam Kim-fai.[1]
Career
Yu began her career as a saleswoman in a department store. She took part in the repertory theatre, and once featured in The Taming of the Shrew.
In 1950, Yu became an actress in Hong Kong films. Yu appeared in The Elderly Gentleman Searches for Romance, a 1950 Comedy film directed by Wong Hok-Sing. Yu's recent film is All's Well Ends Well 2020, a 2020 Comedy film directed by Raymond Wong Pak-Ming. Yu is credited with over 145 films.[2]
From 1979, she began to appear in TVB series. She was often assigned roles such as a street cleaner, maid and unattractive women. Yu adopted her stage name Mo-lin after the government official yacht Lady Maurine which was in turn named after the wife of governor Sir Alexander Grantham. She is a character actress who has a talent in comical roles. Her roles and personality leave a deep impression with the audience and she does not mind to be the symbol of 'ugly woman' on TV and movies in Hong Kong.[3]
Filmography
Films
This is a partial list of films.
Television
Philanthropy
In 2004, Yu donated 80,000 yuan for building an elementary school in Guizhou Province, China and the school is entitled Yu Mu Lian Hope School.[5]
On 22 June 2006, she acted as the ambassador of the charitable activity called 'Cascc famine eight hours'.[6]
Latest condition
In 2020, Yu was diagnosed with a rare type of blood cancer and pulmonary fibrosis [7][8]
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