Ann Mui
Ann Mui Oi-fong (梅愛芳) (10 December 1959 – 16 April 2000) was a singer and actress.
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梅愛芳 | |||||||
| Born | Ann Mui Oi-fong 10 December 1959 | ||||||
| Died | 16 April 2000 (aged 40) | ||||||
| Burial place | Shang Sin Chun Tong, Kowloon Tong, Hong Kong | ||||||
| Occupation | Singer, actress | ||||||
| Years active | 1989–2000 | ||||||
| Spouse(s) | Poon Lap-Tak (m. 1991–2000) | ||||||
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| Family | Mui Kai-ming (brother) Mui Te-ming (brother) Anita Mui (sister) | ||||||
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| Traditional Chinese | 梅愛芳 | ||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 梅爱芳 | ||||||
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Background
Born on 10 December 1959 in Hong Kong, Ann experienced much hardship in her childhood. Her father died when she was very young and her mother Tam Mei-kam (覃美金) raised her brothers and sisters alone.
Like her sister Anita, Ann has a dramatic contralto singing voice, which is a rarity in Chinese pop music. Despite not being twins, both Ann and Anita's singing voices were strikingly similar, with the only way to tell them apart was the hand in which they hold the microphone.[1] She is best remembered for her supporting roles in many movies, especially Jackie Chan's Police Story 2.
Ann died of cervical cancer, which was proven to be a genetic predisposition as Anita later also succumbed to the same disease. Both sisters died at age 40. Ann passed away in St.Paul Hospital, Causeway Bay, and her ashes were interred in Shang Sin Chun Tong, Kowloon Tong.
Personal life
In 1991, she married the father of her two sons, Poon Lap-Tak, whom she and her family was estranged from until her death in 2000.
Filmography
- 1995 – Farewell My Dearest
- 1992 – Police Story Part II
- 1991 – Touch and Go
- 1990 – Stagedoor Johnny
- 1990 – Chicken A La Queen
- 1989 – Burning Ambition
- 1989 – The Iceman Cometh
- 1989 – They Came to Rob Hong Kong