Yu Miu-Lin (, born 4 July 1937) is a Chinese actress from Hong Kong. Yu is credited with 145 films.
Early life On 4 July 1937, Yu was born as Yu Chi-nga () in Canton. Her late mother Tang Mei-mei (鄧美美) was an actress who was not widely known, and her younger sister Yu Chi-lai (stage name Koi Chi-fui) was a pupil of Cantonese Opera performer Yam Kim-fai.[sinfung.net/charaters/main_charaters/fai.htm]
Career Yu began her career as a saleswoman in a department store. She took part in the repertory theatre, and once featured in The Taming of the Shrew.
In 1950, Yu became an actress in Hong Kong films. Yu appeared in The Elderly Gentleman Searches for Romance, a 1950 Comedy film directed by Wong Hok-Sing. Yu's recent film is All's Well Ends Well 2020, a 2020 Comedy film directed by Raymond Wong Pak-Ming. Yu is credited with over 145 films.
From 1979, she began to appear in TVB series. She was often assigned roles such as a street cleaner, maid and unattractive women. Yu adopted her stage name Mo-lin after the government official yacht Lady Maurine which was in turn named after the wife of governor Sir Alexander Grantham. She is a character actress who has a talent in comical roles. Her roles and personality leave a deep impression with the audience and she does not mind to be the symbol of 'ugly woman' on TV and movies in Hong Kong.[space.ok4s.com/215/blog-3242.htm]l
Filmography
Films This is a partial list of films. Year Title Role Notes/ 1950 The Elderly Gentleman Searches for Romance 1981 Wedding Bells, Wedding Belles Dental nurse 1985 Cupid One Fat Chan's Girlfriend 1987 Goodbye Darling 1987 The Romancing Star 1988 Spooky, Spooky Villager 1989 Lo foo chut gaam 1990 Happy Ghost IV 1991 Tricky Brains 1992 Once a Black Sheep 1993 Ghost Lantern 2011 I Love Hong Kong 2011 Men Suddenly in Love 2020 All's Well Ends Well 2020
Television YearTitleRoleNotes 1978 The Wicked Aristocratic Family 《惡人世家》 Twins 《孖生姊妺》 1979 Chor Lau-heung 《楚留香》 1983 The Return of the Condor Heroes 《神雕俠侣》 1984 The Return of Wong Fei Hung《寶芝林》 1986Margin Treasure Prince 《孖寶太子》 1989Back to Tangshan 《回到唐山》 1991The Family Squad 《卡拉屋企》 女幫辦 1993A Big Green Zombies 《大頭綠衣鬥殭屍》 Lady Bao 寶夫人 1994The Condor Heroes Return 《射鵰英雄傳之南帝北》 QiuQianChi 裘千尺 1995 Detective Investigation Files II 《刑事偵緝檔案II》 Chu 珠 姐 A Stage of Turbulence 《刀馬旦》 A woman wanted 通緝女子 The Trail of Love 《前世冤家》 Mui 梅 A Kindred Spirit 《真情》 Shum Sasa 沈莎莎 1996 Journey to the West 《西遊記》 Imperial herbalist of Women's Country 女兒國御醫 Outburst 《900重案追凶》 Yuet (a nursemaid) 月 姐（宋家下人） 1997 Time Before Time 《大鬧廣昌隆》 Soul Channeling Woman 問米婆 Untraceable Evidence 《鑑證實錄》 Sam (a nursemaid) 三 姐(馮家傭人) 1998 Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils 《天龍八部》 1999 Happy Ever After 《金玉滿堂》 At the Threshold of an Era 《創世紀》 Fan 芬 姐（第3集）、Kam 金 姐（第6集） Detective Investigation Files IV 《刑事偵緝檔案IV》 Kam (a nursemaid) 金 姐(傭人) Untraceable Evidence II 《鑑證實錄II》 Or (a nursemaid)娥 姐(井家傭人) 2000 War of the Genders 《男親女愛》 Unmarried woman 姑 婆 Return of the Cuckoo 《十月初五的月光》 Tong Mei Fung 唐美鳳 2001 Country Spirit 《酒是故鄉醇》 In the Realm of Success 《公私戀事多》 Fong 芳 Virtues of Harmony 《皆大歡喜》 Miss Wong 王大妈、小芙蓉 2002 Burning Flame II 《烈火雄心II》 Landlady 包租婆 Take My Word For It 《談判專家》 Cheuk Siu-bing 卓小冰 Square Pegs 《戇夫成龍》 2003 Triumph In The Skies 《衝上雲霄》 Sam 三 嬸 Life Begins at Forty 《花樣中年》 Granny 阿 婆 Fate Twisters 《黑夜彩虹》 Secretary 秘 書2004 Lady Fan 《烽火奇遇结良缘》 Midwife穩 婆 Hard Fate 《翡翠戀曲》 Ha 霞 姐 The Last Breakthrough 《天涯俠醫》 Kam金 姑 To Catch the Uncatchable 《棟篤神探》 Lin蓮 姐 2005 Fantasy Hotel 《開心賓館》 Ying 英 姐 2006 A Pillow Case Of Mystery 《施公奇案》 Villager 居民 Welcome to the House 《高朋滿座》 Luk 六 婆 The Dance of Passion 《火舞黃沙》 Chun-fan's mother 春分母親 Maidens' Vow 《鳳凰四重奏》 Glittering Days 《東方之珠》 Lin 蓮 姐 Land of Wealth 《滙通天下》 Mrs Cheng 鄭 嫂 Trimming Success 《飛短留長父子兵》 Ho 好 姑 2007 A Change of Destiny 《天機算》 Mrs Kat Cheung 吉祥嫂 The Family Link 《師奶兵團》 Tong湯 婆 Police Academy 《學警出更》 Boss of a herbal shop 涼茶鋪老闆 Heavenly In-Laws 《我外母唔係人》 Neighbour街 坊 2008 Legend of the Demigods 《搜神傳》 Lung 龍婆婆 2009 Off Pedder 《畢打自己人》 Mrs Cheung 張師奶 2010 Suspects in Love 《搜下留情》 Lui Kau Mui雷九妹 When Lanes Merge 《情越雙白線》 Lee Sam Fung 李三鳳 Some Day 《天天天晴》 Woon 煥姐 2014 The Borderline 《警界線》 Yu Chat-hei俞七喜2015 Incredible Mama 《我阿媽係黑玫瑰》 Pak popo白婆婆 The Menu 《導火新聞線》 Hang's mother恆母
Philanthropy In 2004, Yu donated 80,000 yuan for building an elementary school in Guizhou Province, China and the school is entitled Yu Mu Lian Hope School. On 22 June 2006, she acted as the ambassador of the charitable activity called "Cascc famine eight hours".
Personal life In 2020, Yu was diagnosed with a rare type of blood cancer and pulmonary fibrosis. Todayonline.com. 2020-12-15
References
External links
Yu Miu-lin at senscritique.com