李燕萍

简介

Lee Yin Ping, also known as Li Yan Ping, was a Cantonese opera singer, film actress and television artist from Hong Kong. She began her artistic career at age 17 learning to sing Cantonese opera. She possessed a loud, sweet voice and was nicknamed "The Golden Voice". She made her film debut in 1974 in the musical comedy "Hundred Birds Worship the Phoenix" playing the role of a flirtatious woman. Her film career spanned half a century, during which she appeared in over thirty films, with her final work being the 1997 film "Total Loss of Control". She also worked as a television artist for Hong Kong's TVB and RTV channels. In 1977, she opened a record company named after herself on Temple Street in Kowloon to sell records. In her later years, she lived a difficult life selling cassette tapes at a temple street stall. In 1996, she gave a television interview revealing her final wish was to hold a concert at the Hong Kong Coliseum in Hung Hom, but she passed away in 1999 before this wish could be fulfilled.