Pak Yan

Biography

Pak Yan, originally named Chan Wai-yin, is a Hong Kong actress born on 30 November 1942 in Kuala Lumpur during the Japanese occupation of Malaya. She began her acting career in 1957 at the age of fourteen when she joined Sun Luen Film Company and appeared in the 1960 Cantonese film "The Pitiful Parents" directed by Chor Yuen. Her 1962 film "Su Xiao Xiao" became one of her representative works. In 1967 she married Hong Kong footballer Wong Man-wai and had a son and a daughter. She joined RTV (later ATV) in 1977, appearing in series such as "The Clan" and "The Woman Beyond". In 1979 she moved to TVB, where she worked until 2014, known for her sweet yet powerful voice and excelling at playing sharp-tongued and seductive women, as seen in "Love and Passion" and "The Duke of Mount Deer". In later years she frequently played maternal roles. She announced her retirement in late 2012 after 33 years at TVB, receiving a retirement certificate at the TVB staff gala dinner. Her final TVB work was the 2014 series "The Ultimate Addiction", after which she retired from television.