Yan Pak () is a Chinese former actress from Hong Kong. Pak is credited with over 55 films and many TVB series.
Early life
On November 30, 1942, Pak was born as Wai-yin Chan in
Kuala Lumpur
Kuala Lumpur (KL), officially the Federal Territory of Kuala Lumpur, is the capital city and a Federal Territories of Malaysia, federal territory of Malaysia. It is the largest city in the country, covering an area of with a census population ...
, Malaysia.
Career
In 1959, Pak became a Hong Kong actress and debuted in The Fake Marriage (aka Great Pretender), a 1959 Comedy film directed by Lo Duen. Pak was a lead actress in many Drama and Comedy films including Affectionately Yours (1960), The Great Devotion (aka Love Cannot Read)(1960), So Siu Siu (1962), The Eternal Beauty of Hsi-Shih (aka Hsi Shih: The Beauty of Beauty)(1965), and Chicken and Duck Talk (1988). Pak's last film was Street Angels, a 1996 Triad film directed by Billy Tang Hin-Shing. In 1980s, Pak joined TVB and became active in television series including The Duke of Mount Deer (1984 TV series), The Return of Luk Siu Fung (1986 TV series), and All That is Bitter is Sweet (2014 TV Series). In 2012, Pak retired from acting. Pak's last television series was in 2014. Pak is credited with over 55 films and many TVB series.
Filmography
Films
This is a partial list of films.
* 1959 The Fake Marriage (aka Great Pretender)
* 1960 Affectionately Yours
* 1960 The Great Devotion (aka Love Cannot Read)
* 1962 So Siu Siu
* 1965 The Eternal Beauty of Hsi-Shih (aka Hsi Shih: The Beauty of Beauty)
* 1967 The Divorce Brinkmanship
* 1994
Drunken Master II
''Drunken Master II'' () is a 1994 Hong Kong action-comedy kung fu film directed by Lau Kar-leung and starring Jackie Chan as Chinese martial arts master and a Cantonese folk hero, Wong Fei-hung. It was Chan's first traditional style mart ...
(aka Drunken Master 2, Legend of the Drunken Master) - Mrs Chan
* 1988
Chicken and Duck Talk - Tammy's mother.
Television
This is a partial list of TV series. Pak is mostly credited as Bak Yan.
* 1981 Yeung Female Warriors (TV series) -Princess Chai
* 1984
The Duke of Mount Deer (TV series)
* 1986 The Return of Luk Siu Fung (TV series)
* 1986
New Heavenly Sword and Dragon Sabre
''New Heavenly Sword and Dragon Sabre'' is a Hong Kong television series adapted from Louis Cha's novel ''The Heaven Sword and Dragon Saber''. The series was first broadcast on TVB Jade in Hong Kong in 1986.
Plot
Cast
* Tony Leung as Cheung ...
(TV series) - Wong Nan Gu
* 2012
Silver Spoon, Sterling Shackles
''Silver Spoon, Sterling Shackles'' is a 2012 Hong Kong television drama produced by Television Broadcasts Limited (TVB) under executive producer Chong Wai-kin. The drama follows the lives of a large, rich, and influential Chinese family livin ...
(TV series)
* 2014
All That is Bitter is Sweet
''All That Is Bitter Is Sweet'' (Traditional Chinese: 大藥坊; literally "The Great Apothecary") is a 2014 Hong Kong period, medical, romance drama produced by TVB, starring Linda Chung, Ruco Chan and Raymond Wong Ho-yin as the main leads, wit ...
(TV Series) - Ling Fung Yee
Personal life
Pak's husband is
Wong Man-wai, a
footballer
A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby lea ...
who competed at the
1960 Summer Olympics
The 1960 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XVII Olympiad () and commonly known as Rome 1960 (), were an international multi-sport event held from 25 August to 11 September 1960 in Rome, Italy. Rome had previously been awar ...
.
References
External links
Yan Pak at imdb.com
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1942 births
Hong Kong film actresses
Hong Kong television actresses
Living people