Ann Mui Oi-fong (梅愛芳) (10 December 1959 – 16 April 2000) was a Hong Kong singer and actress.

Career

Born on 10 December 1959 in

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, Mui experienced much hardship in her childhood. Her father died when she was very young and her mother, Tam Mei-kam, raised four children alone. Like her sister Anita, Ann had a dramatic

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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. She is best remembered for her supporting roles in many movies, especially

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''. Ann Mui died of

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in 2000, as would Anita three years later. Both sisters died at age 40. Ann died in St. Paul's Hospital, Causeway Bay, and her ashes were interred in Shang Sin Chun Tong,

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Personal life

In 1991, she married the father of her two sons, Poon Lap-Tak, whom she and her family became estranged from until her death in 2000.

Filmography

* 1988 – ''

'' * 1989 – ''Burning Ambition'' * 1989 – ''

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'' * 1989 – '' They Came to Rob Hong Kong'' * 1990 – ''Stagedoor Johnny'' * 1990 – ''Chicken A La Queen'' * 1991 – '' Touch and Go'' * 1995 – ''Farewell My Dearest''

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Mui, Ann 1959 births 2000 deaths Deaths from cervical cancer Deaths from cancer in Hong Kong 20th-century Hong Kong women singers Hong Kong film actresses Hong Kong Mandopop singers Hong Kong television actresses 20th-century Hong Kong actresses Hong Kong contraltos