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Statistics : 11630 Movies 19215 People 1448 Studios 29 Articles 73 Interviews 12 DVD Reviews 32452 Screenshots 3722 Videos
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Other names : |
沈殿霞 肥肥 Fei Fei Lydia Fei Fei Sam Din Ha Shen3 Dian4 Xia2 Lydia Shum Shum Tin Ha Sum Tin Ha
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Birthdate : |
21/7/1947 |
Date of death : |
19/2/2008 |
Nationality : |
China |
Workplace : |
Hong Kong |
Activities : |
Director (1), Actress (94), Cameo (2) |
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A venerated Hongkongese seasoned actress, Lydia Shum was a child actress in the 60s often alongside Josephine Siao and Connie Chan.
She was born in 1947, in Shanghai, in a large family of 12 (6 sisters and 3 brothers) and moved to Hong Kong when she was very young. At 12, she learns from a friend that the Shaw Brothers are looking for a young slightly overweight actress. She tries her luck without telling her parents and gets her very first part.
Following this success, she gives up school to devote herself to a film career. She will not regret it! Lydia will be part of big commercial successes in which her glibness and her physical appearance do wonders to make the audience laugh. The emblematic film of that time is House Of 72 Tenants, which will contribute in putting Cantonese back to the fore (in the early 1970s when Mandarin cinema was the norm).
In the 1970/80s, she starts to diversify herself, by regularly appearing on television, even more than on cinema screens. Filmwise, she can all the same be seen in the popular series of Mad Mad World and the well-named Double Fattiness.
She hasn't made any films for a few years but she has remained very present in the Hongkongese daily life by appearing on television, in commercials and various great events of the local culture life. As for her love life, she was married to Adam Cheng, with whom she divorced afterwards.
In 2006, Lydia Shum was admitted to hospital for a gall bladder cancer. Then she had heart and lungs complications. Travelling back and forth between house and hospital was her life's routine in the last 3 years. As a sign of will to struggle for life, she treated herself to the life pleasures (especially food...) after each of her illness remission .
The actress died at 60 in the Hong Kong Queen Mary Hospital on February 19, 2008 at 8:35 PM (local time), after 3 years of struggle against a terrible disease. Lydia Shum was not only very famous in Hong Kong but also in all Asia and in chinatowns around the world.
Arnaud Lanuque (December 2002- updated Feb 2008) |
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Adulteress, The |
1963 |
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Adventure In Denmark |
1973 |
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Bachelor's Swan Song, The |
1989 |
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Banquet, The |
1991 |
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Big Chase, The |
1966 |
Actress |
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Blue Skies |
1967 |
Actress |
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Broadcast Queen |
1967 |
Actress |
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Cat Vs. Rat |
1982 |
Actress |
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City Squeeze |
1989 |
Actress |
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Country Man And The Scavenger |
1976 |
Actress |
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Crazy Bar, The |
1970 |
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Crazy Instructor, The |
1984 |
Actress |
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Crimes Are To Be Paid |
1972 |
Actress |
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Death Comes In Three |
1973 |
Actress |
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Desire |
1974 |
Actress |
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Devil's Assignment, The |
1973 |
Actress |
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Double Fattiness |
1988 |
Actress |
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Dream Of The Red Chamber, The |
1962 |
Actress |
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Drunken Tai Chi |
1984 |
Actress |
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Every Girl A Romantic Dreamer |
1967 |
Actress |
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Facets Of Love |
1973 |
Actress |
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Fairy Of Keng Fa |
1970 |
Actress |
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Faithfully Yours |
1988 |
Actress |
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Fame Of Chess |
1977 |
Actress |
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Fascinating Group, The |
1971 |
Actress |
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Fitness Tour |
1997 |
Actress |
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Flying Killer, The |
1967 |
Actress |
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Four Gentlemanly Flowers |
1968 |
Actress |
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Frigidity |
1975 |
Actress |
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Gallantry King, The |
1977 |
Actress |
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Girls Are Flowers |
1969 |
Actress |
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Great Man, The |
1977 |
Actress |
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Happy Times |
1970 |
Actress |
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Happy Together |
1997 |
Actress |
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Happy Years |
1968 |
Actress |
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Hong Kong Style |
1973 |
Actress |
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House Filled With Happiness, A |
1968 |
Actress |
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House Of 72 Tenants, The |
1973 |
Actress |
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How Master Cute Thrice Saved The Idiot Ming |
1966 |
Actress |
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If Tomorrow Comes |
1973 |
Actress |
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I'm A Woman |
1979 |
Actress |
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In-Laws, Out-Laws |
2004 |
Actress |
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Invincible Eight, The |
1971 |
Actress |
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Iron Lady Against The One-eyed Dragon, The |
1967 |
Actress |
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It's A Mad Mad Mad World Too ! |
1992 |
Actress |
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It's A Mad Mad World |
1987 |
Actress |
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It's A Mad Mad World 2 |
1988 |
Actress |
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It's A Mad Mad World 3 |
1989 |
Actress |
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Just Married |
1995 |
Actress |
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King Of Stanley Market |
1988 |
Actress |
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Kiss By The Wolves |
1975 |
Actress |
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Lady In Black Cracks The Gate Of Hell |
1967 |
Actress |
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Lady Killer, The |
1967 |
Actress |
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Lady Songbird |
1968 |
Actress |
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Lark, The |
1965 |
Actress |
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Laugh In The Sleeve |
1975 |
Actress |
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Laughters Of "Water Margins" |
1993 |
Actress |
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Little Man Ah Fook, The |
1974 |
Actress |
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Little Warrior, The |
1969 |
Actress |
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Lizard, The |
1972 |
Actress |
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Lost Souls |
1989 |
Actress |
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Lotus Lamp, The |
1965 |
Actress |
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Love In Hawaii |
1976 |
Actress |
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Love Is A Four Letter Word |
1973 |
Actress |
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Lucky New Home, A |
1969 |
Actress |
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Lucky Seven Strike Again |
1970 |
Actress |
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Maids-In-Waiting |
1975 |
Actress |
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Master Cute And Da Fanshu |
1966 |
Actress |
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Millionaire's Express, The |
1986 |
Actress |
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Mirror And The Lichee, The |
1967 |
Actress |
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Miss Du Shi Niang |
2003 |
Actress |
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Modern School Life |
1970 |
Actress |
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Moments Of Glorious Beauty |
1969 |
Actress |
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Money-Tree, The |
1973 |
Actress |
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Mother Vs Mother |
1988 |
Actress |
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One Day At A Time |
1969 |
Actress |
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Perfect Couples |
1993 |
Actress |
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Perfect Match, The |
1991 |
Actress |
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Pretty Swindler |
1975 |
Actress |
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Private Eye, The |
1973 |
Actress |
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Recipe For The Heart, A |
1997 |
Actress |
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Secret Agent No. 1 |
1970 |
Actress |
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Songs And Romance Forever |
1972 |
Actress |
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Strange Couple Who Steal, The |
1969 |
Actress |
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Sup Sap Bup Dup |
1975 |
Actress |
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Sweetest Moment, The |
1967 |
Actress |
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Teddy Girls |
1969 |
Actress |
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Three Heroines (Part 1) |
1968 |
Actress |
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Tiger Of Northland |
1976 |
Actress |
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Tiger On The Beat |
1988 |
Cameo |
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To Catch A Cat |
1969 |
Actress |
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We All Enjoy Ourselves Tonight |
1968 |
Actress |
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We Visited Southeast Asia |
1973 |
Actress |
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When The Peach Blossoms Bloom |
1960 |
Actress |
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Wonderful Youth |
1968 |
Actress |
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You Are Wonderful |
1976 |
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