Yu Mei-wah

Biography

Yu Mei-wah is a Hong Kong film actress of Boluo, Huizhou, Guangdong origin. She appeared in approximately 50 films, making her screen debut in 1953's "The Gallant Dog" as Lee Heung, and her final film was 1969's "The Clever Wife and Foolish Husband". She was a core actress at the Yung Mou Film Production Company and the most frequently loaned out to other production companies. Known for villainous roles, she excelled at playing prostitutes, playmates and seductresses. In her spare time, she studied Mandarin, English, film theory, and driving. After leaving Yung Mou, she married Van Kwok Shsing, a La Salle College graduate, in 1957.