梁素梅

简介

Leung So Mui, originally named Leung Chi Mui, was a Cantonese opera and Hong Kong film actress from Guangdong province. She began her career at a young age performing minor roles on the Cantonese opera stage in Guangzhou. At age 17, she migrated alone to Hong Kong in 1949 to work in the film industry. She appeared in over 100 films throughout her career. In 1955, she continued film acting and performed as a leading actress in small Cantonese opera troupes. In 1960, she traveled to Singapore and Malaysia to perform Cantonese opera. She participated in the "Hong Kong Beauty Pageant" in 1961 and was selected as one of the "Twelve Beauties." In 1962, she founded her own company "Yixing" and produced her first film "A Good Woman Marries a Loving Man," which suffered major commercial failure. She faced severe financial difficulties afterward and was forced to sell her home and move to smaller residences. She committed suicide on January 25, 1964 in Kuala Lumpur at the age of 32.