余慕蓮

简介

Yu Mo-lin, born on July 4, 1937 in Canton with the birth name Yu Chi-ya, is a Hong Kong actress nicknamed "Fish" known for playing ugly women. Her mother Deng Mei-mei was a second-tier Cantonese film actress, and her sister Yu Chi-lee (stage name Gai Kim-fai) was a disciple of Cantonese opera diva Yam Kim-fai. Her parents divorced when she was 11 and she moved with her mother to Hong Kong, living in Sham Shui Po and graduating from primary school in 1954. She began working as a cinema usher introduced by Cho Da-hua and later as a department store saleswoman before joining an amateur drama troupe where she starred in "The Taming of the Shrew." She entered television in 1969 through TVB's morning program "Bao Xiao Ya Ji." She appeared in "Enjoy Tonight" and films like the "Girl Hunter" series. She left TVB in 2010 and moved to Hong Kong Television Network in 2012 but departed after a year and a half. In 2023 she received the "Outstanding Achievement Award" from the Hong Kong Performing Artistes Guild. In 2024 she made a will donating her estate to the Industrial Injuries Rights Association and her Mong Kok property to Tung Wah Group of Hospitals.