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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 |
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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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You Are Wonderful |
1976 |
Director, Actress |
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Wonderful Youth |
1968 |
Actress |
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When The Peach Blossoms Bloom |
1960 |
Actress |
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We Visited Southeast Asia |
1973 |
Actress |
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We All Enjoy Ourselves Tonight |
1968 |
Actress |
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To Catch A Cat |
1969 |
Actress |
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Tiger On The Beat |
1988 |
Cameo |
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Tiger Of Northland |
1976 |
Actress |
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Three Heroines (Part 1) |
1968 |
Actress |
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Teddy Girls |
1969 |
Actress |
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Sweetest Moment, The |
1967 |
Actress |
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Sup Sap Bup Dup |
1975 |
Actress |
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Strange Couple Who Steal, The |
1969 |
Actress |
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Songs And Romance Forever |
1972 |
Actress |
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Secret Agent No. 1 |
1970 |
Actress |
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Recipe For The Heart, A |
1997 |
Actress |
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Private Eye, The |
1973 |
Actress |
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Pretty Swindler |
1975 |
Actress |
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Perfect Match, The |
1991 |
Actress |
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Perfect Couples |
1993 |
Actress |
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One Day At A Time |
1969 |
Actress |
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Mother Vs Mother |
1988 |
Actress |
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Money-Tree, The |
1973 |
Actress |
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Moments Of Glorious Beauty |
1969 |
Actress |
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Modern School Life |
1970 |
Actress |
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Miss Du Shi Niang |
2003 |
Actress |
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Mirror And The Lichee, The |
1967 |
Actress |
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Millionaire's Express, The |
1986 |
Actress |
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Master Cute And Da Fanshu |
1966 |
Actress |
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Maids-In-Waiting |
1975 |
Actress |
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Lucky Seven Strike Again |
1970 |
Actress |
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Lucky New Home, A |
1969 |
Actress |
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Love Is A Four Letter Word |
1973 |
Actress |
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Love In Hawaii |
1976 |
Actress |
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Lotus Lamp, The |
1965 |
Actress |
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Lost Souls |
1989 |
Actress |
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Lizard, The |
1972 |
Actress |
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Little Warrior, The |
1969 |
Actress |
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Little Man Ah Fook, The |
1974 |
Actress |
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Laughters Of "Water Margins" |
1993 |
Actress |
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Laugh In The Sleeve |
1975 |
Actress |
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Lark, The |
1965 |
Actress |
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Lady Songbird |
1968 |
Actress |
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Lady Killer, The |
1967 |
Actress |
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Lady In Black Cracks The Gate Of Hell |
1967 |
Actress |
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Kiss By The Wolves |
1975 |
Actress |
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King Of Stanley Market |
1988 |
Actress |
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Just Married |
1995 |
Actress |
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It's A Mad Mad World 3 |
1989 |
Actress |
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It's A Mad Mad World 2 |
1988 |
Actress |
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It's A Mad Mad World |
1987 |
Actress |
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It's A Mad Mad Mad World Too ! |
1992 |
Actress |
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Iron Lady Against The One-eyed Dragon, The |
1967 |
Actress |
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Invincible Eight, The |
1971 |
Actress |
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In-Laws, Out-Laws |
2004 |
Actress |
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I'm A Woman |
1979 |
Actress |
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If Tomorrow Comes |
1973 |
Actress |
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How Master Cute Thrice Saved The Idiot Ming |
1966 |
Actress |
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House Of 72 Tenants, The |
1973 |
Actress |
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House Filled With Happiness, A |
1968 |
Actress |
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Hong Kong Style |
1973 |
Actress |
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Happy Years |
1968 |
Actress |
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Happy Together |
1997 |
Actress |
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Happy Times |
1970 |
Actress |
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Great Man, The |
1977 |
Actress |
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Girls Are Flowers |
1969 |
Actress |
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Gallantry King, The |
1977 |
Actress |
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Frigidity |
1975 |
Actress |
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Four Gentlemanly Flowers |
1968 |
Actress |
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Flying Killer, The |
1967 |
Actress |
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Fitness Tour |
1997 |
Actress |
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Fascinating Group, The |
1971 |
Actress |
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Fame Of Chess |
1977 |
Actress |
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Faithfully Yours |
1988 |
Actress |
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Fairy Of Keng Fa |
1970 |
Actress |
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Facets Of Love |
1973 |
Actress |
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Every Girl A Romantic Dreamer |
1967 |
Actress |
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Drunken Tai Chi |
1984 |
Actress |
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Dream Of The Red Chamber, The |
1962 |
Actress |
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Double Fattiness |
1988 |
Actress |
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Devil's Assignment, The |
1973 |
Actress |
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Desire |
1974 |
Actress |
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Death Comes In Three |
1973 |
Actress |
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Crimes Are To Be Paid |
1972 |
Actress |
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Crazy Instructor, The |
1984 |
Actress |
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Crazy Bar, The |
1970 |
Actress |
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Country Man And The Scavenger |
1976 |
Actress |
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City Squeeze |
1989 |
Actress |
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Cat Vs. Rat |
1982 |
Actress |
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Broadcast Queen |
1967 |
Actress |
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Blue Skies |
1967 |
Actress |
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Big Chase, The |
1966 |
Actress |
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Banquet, The |
1991 |
Cameo |
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Bachelor's Swan Song, The |
1989 |
Actress |
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Adventure In Denmark |
1973 |
Actress |
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Adulteress, The |
1963 |
Actress |
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