Yeo Woon-kay
Yeo Woon-kay | |
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Born | |
Died | May 22, 2009 | (aged 69)
Education | Korea University |
Occupation | Actress |
Years active | 1958–2009 |
Korean name | |
Hangul | 여운계 |
Hanja | 呂運計 |
Revised Romanization | Yeo Ungye |
McCune–Reischauer | Yŏ Un'gye |
Yeo Woon-kay (Korean: 여운계; February 25, 1940 – May 22, 2009) was a South Korean actress and television personality. She was best known for Korean films such as War of Money, Bad Family and My Lovely Sam Soon.[1]
Yeo began acting while in high school. She continued to act while attending Korea University, where she studied literature.[2] She became known for her work in Daehakgeuk, which is also called the amateur student theater, during the 1950s and 1960s, alongside other contemporary Korean actors like Lee Soon-jae.[2][3]
She made her professional theater debut with a theater troupe in 1962.[2] From theater, she was able to transition to a successful television career.[2] She often played the role of a grandmother or "grandmotherly figure".[2] Examples of these characters included her roles in Toji in 1986 and Jewel in the Palace in 2003.[2]
Ms. Yeo was diagnosed with kidney cancer in 2007 while shooting the SBS TV series The King and I.[2] But she continued to act and began work on the KBS2 production of Love and Obsession,[2] eventually quitting the production due to pneumonia, indicating the spread of cancer to her lungs.[2]
Yeo entered the hospital intensive care unit in May 2009.[2] Reports say that she fell into a coma and was placed on life support.[2] She died around 8 P.M. on May 22, 2009, at the Incheon Catholic Medical Center in Incheon, South Korea, at the age of 69. Her funeral was held at the Severance Hospital.[2][4]
Yeo was awarded the Life Achievement Award posthumously at the KBS Drama Awards in 2009.
Filmography
Film
Year | Title | Role |
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1972 | The Pollen Flower | |
1980 | Vicious Woman | Mother-in-Law |
The Wooden Horse That Went to Sea | ||
1982 | Late Autumn | The Warden |
1985 | Cabbage in a Pepper Field | |
1988 | Last Dancing | |
1991 | The Pinwheel that Spins Alone | Grandmother |
1992 | From the Seom River to the Sky | Jae-in's Mother |
2002 | The Beauty in Dream | Grandmother |
2005 | Mapado | Mrs. Chairman Hoe Jang |
2006 | Family Matters | |
2007 | Mapado 2: Back to the Island | Mrs. Chairman Hoe Jang |
Sorrow Even Up in Heaven |
Television series
Year | Title | Role | Network |
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1983 | Eun-ha's Dream | KBS1 | |
Youth March | KBS2 | ||
1987 | Door of Desires | ||
Land | Ham Ahn-daek | KBS1 | |
1988 | The Winter That Year Was Warm | KBS2 | |
1991 | What's Love? | Jin Soo | MBC |
1993 | Stormy Season | Choong-in's Mother | |
1994 | The Moon of Seoul | Sang-gook's Grandmother | |
My Son's Woman | Moon Jung-ok | ||
1995 | LA Arirang | SBS | |
1996 | 1.5 Generation | MBC | |
Dad is the Boss | SBS | ||
1997 | Because I Love You | Ae-kyung's grandmother | |
1998 | I Love You, I Love You | Bong-sook's Mother | |
The King and the Queen | Former Internal Princess Consort Shin | KBS1 | |
Seven Brides | Na Gap-sun | SBS | |
1999 | Trap of Youth | Yun-hee's Grandmother | |
2000 | Foolish Love | Sang-woo's mother | KBS2 |
More Than Words Can Say | Lee Jin-jin | KBS1 | |
2001 | Stock Flower | ||
I Want To See Your Face | Song Kil-ja | MBC | |
Like Father, Like Son | Jum Soon | KBS2 | |
2002 | Who's My Love? | Duk-bae's wife | |
Golden Wagon | Ahn Gap-jin | MBC | |
Drama City: Like Vienna Coffee | KBS2 | ||
Sunrise House | Kim Soon-nyeo | SBS | |
2003 | Drama City: Chief of Five Zoom | KBS2 | |
On The Prairie | Charman Shin's Grandmother | ||
Swan Lake | Myung Soon-keum | MBC | |
Jewel in the Palace | Court Lady Jung Mal-geum | ||
2004 | Ms. Kim's Million Dollar Quest | Lee Kkeut-soon | SBS |
Oh Feel Young | Chairwoman Shin | KBS2 | |
2005 | Bad Housewife | No Jin-ye | SBS |
My Lovely Sam Soon | Manager Ms. Oh | MBC | |
Sisters of the Sea | Cho Han-bin | ||
2006 | Bad Family | Park Bok-nyu | SBS |
How Much Love? | Dong-soo's Grandmother | MBC | |
My Lovely Fool | Dong-joo's Grandmother | SBS | |
2007 | Hello! Miss | Lee Hak | KBS2 |
War of Money | Madam Bong | SBS | |
Daughters-in-Law | Suh Ong-sim | KBS2 | |
The King and I | SBS | ||
2008 | Why Did You Come to My House? | Gong Ok-ja | |
2009 | Love and Obsession | Madame Byeon | KBS2 |
References
- ^ "S.Korea Mourns the Death of Veteran Actress and Ex-President". Allkpop. 2009-05-23. Retrieved 2018-12-28.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l "Actress Yeo Woon-gae, 69, Dies of Lung Cancer". Korea Times. 2009-05-22. Retrieved 2009-06-19.
- ^ "'대장금 큰상궁' 탤런트 여운계씨 별세…폐암 투병끝 69세로". 23 May 2009.
- ^ "고(故) 여운계, 그녀는 누구인가". 2009-05-22.
External links
- Yeo Woon-kay at IMDb
- Yeo Woon-kay at the Korean Movie Database