Lee Heung-kam

Lee Heung-kam (13 January 1932 – 4 January 2021) was a Cantonese opera and TVB actress from Hong Kong. She joined the entertainment industry when she was 14 years old. Lee was briefly married to Cantonese opera star, Siu Chung-kwan (1929-2005), with whom she had a daughter, Siu Ji-wan.[1][2] Since 1960, she became known for being an antagonist in many Cantonese operas, films and TV drama series. This lasted until the 80's when her roles were re-typecasted as a kind mother or a spiteful mother-in-law.

Over 70 years in the acting profession, Lee has played the roles of mother, mother-in-law and grandmother of many famous Chinese actors and actresses. Each role has different personality and emotion, demonstrating her superb acting skills.

Lee was also the god-mother of many celebrities, for example Chow Yun-fat, Carol Cheng, Cherie Chung, Andy Lau, Maggie Cheung etc.

Lee had a long-time on-screen partner who was also a well known Hong Kong actor, Tam Ping-man. They co-founded a production company together in 1974. [3] One of their most popular duets is Can You Come Back, which was featured in the comedy Rose Rose I Love You in 1993, they performed this song many times on stage together. [4]

Lee had been forced to retire from acting in 2011 due to Alzheimer's Disease, her condition deteriorated in December 2020. On January 4, 2021, 9 days before her 89th birthday, she fainted while having dinner, and was pronounced dead en route to Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Hong Kong.