Anita Mui
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- Name: Anita Mui Yim-fong
- Chinese: 梅艳芳 (Mui Yim Fong)
- Birthdate: October 10, 1963-December 30, 2003
- Birthplace: Hong Kong
- Height: 5' 6¼" (1.68 m)
Bio
April 18th, 1992 was declared "Anita Mui Day" of San Fransisco due to her involvement in development of a nursing home.
October 26th, 1993 was once more declared "Anita Mui Day" for the efforts in continued fund raising.
Her acting career in itself, as well as her singing career is filled with awards and honorable mentionings...
Anita Mui is also well-known as an actress across the Asia region. Her films have mainly been of the action thriller and kung fu variety, but she has also taken comedic roles. In 1993, she starred in "The Heroic Trio" with Michelle Yeoh and Maggie Cheung, and it proved to be one of her most popular action films. In 1995, she found some international recognition by starring opposite Jackie Chan in "Rumble in the Bronx", the film that was largely responsible for Jackie Chan himself breaking into the American market.
Apart from singing, Mui won her first acting award as a supporting actress in the movie "Fate" in 1984. In 1987, her movie "Rouge" presented her with the Golden Horse Best Actress award. Later on in 1997, she also won another best supporting actress award with the movie "Eighteen Springs".
Anita Mui announced in early September 2003 that she had cervical cancer and was undergoing treatment. Some of her friends and the media were baffled as to why she took so long to undergo treatment when it appeared she knew of her ailment when it was in a fairly early stage. It was widely believed she forwent early treatment because she wanted to preserve the possibility to conceive. Mui eventually lost her battle to cervical cancer and died of respiratory complications at Hong Kong's Sanatorium Hospital on December 30, 2003 at 02:50 (local time). She was 40 and single. Her sister, Ann Mui, also a Hong Kong singer, died of cancer in 2000.
Anita was originally cast for Zhang Yimou's 2004 movie "House of Flying Daggers". She resigned from her position in the movie only two weeks before her death. Zhang had held her parts of filming to the last due to her poor health condition. The filming was already 80% done when she died. Zhang didn't replace Anita's role with another actress. The screenplay was changed to take the storyline off the original character. The new leader of the "House of Flying Daggers" never appears in the movie because it was Anita's role.
Movies
- July Rhapsody | Laam yan sei sap (2002) - Lam Man-Ching
- Dance of a Dream | Oi gwan yue mung (2001) - Tina Cheung
- Let's Sing Along | Laam goh lui cheung (2001) - Chu Wai Tak
- Wu yen | Chung mo yim (2001) - Emperor Qi/Ancestor Huan
- Midnight Fly | Huang xin jia qi (2001) - Michelle
- Yan fei yan mie (2000)
- Eighteen Springs | Ban sheng yuan (1997) - Gu Manlu
- Who's the Woman, Who's the Man? | Gum gee yuk yip 2 (1996) - Fan Fan
- My Father Is a Hero | Gei ba ba de xin (1995) - Inspector Fong
- Rumble in the Bronx | Hung faan aau (1995) - Elaine
- Drunken Master II | Jui kuen II (1994) - Mrs. Wong, Fei-hung's Step-Mother
- Executioners | Xian dai hao xia zhuan (1993) - Tung / Wonder Woman / Dorothy
- Mad Monk | Chai gong (1993) - Goddess of Mercy
- Eastern Three Heroes | Dung fong saam hap (1993) - Tung / Wonder Woman / Shadow Fox
- Fight Back to School III | Tao xue wei long zhi long guo ji nian (1993) - Judy Tong Wong
- The Magic Crane | Xin xian he shen zhen (1993) - Pak Wan-Fai
- Moon Warriors | Zhan shen chuan shuo (1993) - Yuet
- Justice, My Foot! | Sam sei goon (1992) - Madam Sung
- Saviour of the Soul | Gau yat: San diu hap lui (1991) - Yiu May-kwan
- Till We Meet Again | Hoyat gwan tsoi loi (1991) - Mui Ye
- The Top Bet | Du ba (1991) - Mei
- Shanghai Shanghai | Luan shi er nu (1990) - Mary Sung Chia Pi
- The Last Princess of Manchuria | Chuan dao fang zi (1990) - Yoshiko Kawashima/Kam Bik-Fai
- A Better Tomorrow III | Ying hung boon sik III jik yeung ji gor (1989) - Chow Ying Kit
- Mr Canton and Lady Rose | Ji ji (1989) - Luming Yang
- The Fortune Code | Fu gui bing tuan (1989) - Jone
- The Greatest Lover | Gong zi duo qing (1988) - Anita
- Black Heart Ghost | Hei xin gui (1988)
- One Husband Too Many | Yi qi liang fu (1988) - Park
- The Happy Bigamist | Yi wu liang qi (1987) - Park
- Kid Dreams Thriller | Xiao sheng meng jing hun (1987)
- Trouble Couples | Kai xin wu yu (1987) - Mui Tai-Heung
- Rouge | Yin ji kau (1987) - Fleur
- Inspector Chocolate | Shen tan zhu gu li (1986) - Chiao-Chiao
- Last Song in Paris | Ou ran (1986) - Anita Chou
- Why, Why, Tell Me Why? | Huai nu hai (1986)
- Happy Din Don | Huan le ding dong (1986) - Singer in Club
- 100 Ways to Murder Your Wife | Sha qi er ren zu (1986) - Fang
- Lucky Diamond | Juk nei ho wan (1985)
- Musical Dancer | Ge wu sheng ping (1985) - Jannie Fong
- Young Cops | Qing chun chai guan (1985)
- Behind the Yellow Line | Yuen fan (1984) - Anita
- Let's Make Laugh | Biu choh chat yat ching (1983) - Fong
- Mad Mad 83 | Feng kuang ba san (1983)
- Warrior | Pi li qing (1983)
