Veteran actress the late Lee Kyung-hee left this world seven years ago already.
Veteran actress the late Lee Kyung-hee, who appeared in various melodrama films in the 1950s and '60s, died on July 24, 2018. She was 86.
Born in 1932 in Seoul, the late actress worked in the late 1940s as a contracted singer for the Seoul Central Broadcasting Station light music troupe, and in 1955 made her debut in director Kim Seong-min's film "Mangnani Bisa," beginning her career as an actress in earnest.
She later appeared in "Pyoryudo" (1960), "Yeointencha" (1962), "The white-haired maiden" (1967), "Filial daughter Simcheong" (1972), "Swamp of desire" (1982), "The cicada crying in the city" (1984), "Silver lipstick" (1989), "Dangerous fragrance" (1988), "Room in the forest" (1992) and "Child" (1999).
In 2006 she received a lifetime achievement award at the Women Filmmakers Festival hosted by the Women Filmmakers Association. At the time the Women Filmmakers Association said she was selected because, after debuting in 1955 with "Mangnani Bisa," she continued to appear in films and remained a representative woman filmmaker who burned with passion for acting.
News of Lee Kyung-hee's death was reported belatedly. She died on the 24th, and after a family funeral she was interred at Daejeon National Cemetery on the 26th. The reason the late actress was interred at the national cemetery is said to be that her husband was a war veteran. The late actress was laid to rest in the cemetery plot alongside her husband, who is interred at Daejeon National Cemetery as a war veteran.
Junior actor Han Ji-il posted on his SNS at the time, "I heard the news onboard a KTX that senior Lee Kyung-hee, who reigned as the pure and fragile queen of tears in the '60s and '70s, has passed away, and my heart sank. I should have met her at least once more while she was alive. The last time I saw her was this September. I offer my deepest condolences to the deceased," posting a message of mourning.
[photo] The Korea Film Actors Association, Han Ji-il SNS
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