Deborah Lee

Biography

Deborah Lee is a Hong Kong actress, television host and emcee. She was an orphan who was raised in Thailand, where she sold hair clips as a child before returning to Hong Kong to study at an English school in Tsim Sha Tsui and learn singing and dancing. In 1973, at the age of 21, she won the Miss Hong Kong Pageant and subsequently represented Hong Kong in the Miss Asia Pacific contest in Manila and the Miss Pacific Queen pageant in 1974. She began her career as a host and presenter on Lai TV before joining TVB in 1975 to host the long-running variety show "Enjoy Yourself Tonight." She acted in several films and TV series including "The Great World" and "Hotel." In the early 1980s, she performed in stand-up comedy shows alongside other prominent actresses. She emigrated to Canada in 1987, returned to Hong Kong, but gradually withdrew from the entertainment industry. She married actor Patrick Tse in 1979 and had a son, Nicholas Tse, and a daughter, Jennifer Tse, before remarrying a Singaporean pilot in 2000.