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简介

Frances Shi Ming, originally named 方寶儀, was a Hong Kong actress and television host born on 5 December 1951 and passed away on 21 March 2026 at the age of 74. She was of Chinese and British mixed heritage and entered the entertainment industry on the suggestion of her uncle 黃霑. In 1970, she enrolled in the fifth term of the acting training program at 麗的映聲, where she studied alongside classmates such as 劉松仁, 李影, 韓馬利, and 麥當雄. She worked as an actress for 麗的電視, 亞洲電視, and 無綫電視. She was skilled in equestrianism, karate, and judo. Due to her martial arts abilities, she was hired as a bodyguard for American star Sylvester Stallone during his Hong Kong promotional visit for "Rambo III" in 1988, and she also appeared in the Hollywood film "Golden Needles". Her notable roles included playing 紫衫龍王 in the 1978 TV series "倚天屠龍記" and 上官燕 in the 1979 series "俠盜風流". Later in her career, she appeared in the Hong Kong horror film series "陰陽路" and hosted the supernatural program "怪談" on Cable TV. She came from an entertainment family; her former husband was actor and martial arts choreographer 李家鼎, with whom she had twin sons, 李泳漢 and 李泳豪. She was known as the "Ghost Queen" for claiming to have a "yin-yang eye" enabling contact with the spiritual world. In December 2022, she suffered a fall at her home causing severe head injuries requiring brain surgery, and after a long battle with illness, she passed away in March 2026 from pneumonia.