Patricia Lam Fung
Acting • Born 1940-01-01 – Died 1976-08-28
Biography
Lam joined Shaw brothers in 1957 and became famous with the film The Country Girl. In the space of two years she became a super star and Shaw Brothers publications often called her The Pride of Shaw Brothers. The company also set up a fan club for her and it was said that up to thirty thousand people joined the club. Starting from 1958, Wah Kiu Man Po, a local Evening newspaper held a contest called Best Ten Stars Award. Lam was elected Best Star for nine years running. Altogether she made 30 films for Shaw Brothers, amongst which are Sweet Girl in Terror, Glass Slippers, The Merdeka Bridge, When Durians Bloom, The Legend of Lee Heung Kwan and so on. She later made over one hundred movies as a freelance actress. They include Beauty in a Fallen City, Double Date,Temporary Couple, Buddha's Palm, Two City Girls and Queen of the Market Place. Lam married and retired in 1967. In 1976 she took her own life.
Filmography
27 credits
The Big Circus
Movie • 1964
Young Rock
Movie • 1959
The Fairy Sleeves
Movie • 1957
The Marriage Between the Quick and the Dead
Movie • 1957
A Pretty Girl's Love Affair
Movie • 1958
A Virtuous Girl from a Humble House
Movie • 1958
When the Poles Meet
Movie • 1961
Glass Slippers
Movie • 1959
Jenny
Buddha's Palm (Part 2)
Movie • 1964
Yuk-Gyun
The Peach Blossom Fan
Movie • 1961
A Narrow Escape
Movie • 1964
Buddha's Palm Part 1
Movie • 1964
Heaven, Hell, Crystal Palace
Movie • 1965
葉素心
The Eighteen Darts (Part 1)
Movie • 1966
The Eighteen Darts (Part 2)
Movie • 1966
Sweet Girl in Terror
Movie • 1958
Lee Suk Kan
The Princess and the 7 Little Heroes
Movie • 1962
The Young Boss of the Factory
Movie • 1963
如来神掌 下集
Movie • 1964
如来神掌 四集
Movie • 1964
Queen of the Marketplace
Movie • 1964
丁翠蘭
Fat-Choy Precious Diamonds
Movie • 1966
Good Luck
Movie • 1965
陳美賢
Secret Agent: The Swallow
Movie • 1960
Fa Yim Kiu
Ru lai shen zhang san ji da jie ju
Movie • 1964
When Durians Bloom
Movie • 1959
Women Are Angels
Movie • 1960