[P'tit Panda]

Lydia Shum Tin Ha (沈殿霞) est décédée au Queen Mary Hospital de Hong Kong aujourd'hui, à 8h35 (heure locale), après 3 années de lutte contre de terribles maladies...



Surnommée Fei Fei /La Dodue/肥肥 ou encore Hoi Sam Ko / Le Fruit de la Joie/开心果, elle fut pendant des décennies l'un des piliers de la chaîne TVB. Excellente présentatrice et comédienne, elle a toujours su faire rire le public en lui communiquant sa bonne humeur. Vedette de l'émission emblématique de la chaîne durant les années 1967-1994 "Enjoy Yourself Tonight" (欢乐今宵), elle animait également les plus grandes soirées de variétés et autres grands événements.


Lydia Shum a débuté sa carrière de comédienne à l'âge de 13 ans en jouant dans "When The Peach Blossoms Bloom" (一树桃花千朵红), une production Shaw Bros dirigée par Griffin Yueh Feng. Son physique la destinait à évoluer dans la comédie. Elle fut très remarquée dans "The House Of 72 Tenants" (七十二家房客) de Chu Yuan (1973) - film auquel Stephen Chow a rendu hommage dans "Crazy Kung Fu" (2004).


Dans les années 60-70, avec Lisa Wong (汪明荃), Cheung Tak Lan (张德兰) et Wong Oi Ming (王爱明), elle formait le groupe Sei To Kam Faa/ Les 4 Fleurs d'Or / 四朵金花
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Elle fut également membre d'un "Rat Pack" hongkongais nommé Ngaan Sek Shui Tui / Le Groupe des Rats d'Argent /银色鼠队, aux côté de Willie Chan (陈自强)、Peter Chan Ho (陈皓)、Alan Tang (邓光荣)、Charlie Chin (秦祥林) et Patrick Tse Yin (谢贤). Ils brillaient dans les tournées de nigh-clubs et de cabarets à travers l'Asie.

Dans les années 80-90, Lydia Shum retrouvait une seconde jeunesse au cinéma grâce à une série de comédies familiales de Nouvel An, souvent sous la houlette de Cliffton Ko, où elle avait généralement pour partenaire Billy Tung Biu (董骠) - qui était, lui, un pilier de la chaîne ATV. Le plus connu était sans doute "It's A Mad Mad World" (富贵逼人, 1987).


Mariée en 1985 à l'acteur Adam Cheng (郑少秋) avec qui elle a eu une fille nommée Joyce Cheng (郑欣宜), elle divorça en 1988 lorsqu'elle apprit qu'il la trompait avec la comédienne taiwanaise Kuan Ching Hua (官晶华).



En 2006, Lydia Shum est admise à l'hôpital pour un cancer qui s'était déclaré au niveau de la vésicule biliaire. Elle eut ensuite des problèmes au niveau du coeur et des poumons... Ses 3 dernières années de vie furent rythmées par des allers-retours entre sa maison et l'hôpital. Manifestant une volonté de vivre, elle s'offrit les plaisirs de la vie (la bouffe surtout...) à chaque rémission de sa maladie.

La chaîne TVB a organisé une grande soirée d'hommage à Lydia Shum le 11 novembre 2007.




Lydia Shum était très célèbre non seulement à Hong Kong, mais également dans toute l'Asie et dans tous les chinatowns du monde...

Paix à son âme

[tao pai pai]

Triste nouvelle en effet

[ah_thomas]

RIP.

Vu les dernieres news a son sujet, il fallait s'y attendre...

[Pti denis]

Un vrai personange pétillant

[china]

C'est vrai comme Ptit Panda le dit, on n'imagine mal toute l'influence qu'elle avait en Chine et notamment HK. Vu ses déboires, son décès n'est pas une surprise, mais on perd là quelqu'un qui s'était immiscée dans de nombreux foyers et qui avait donc marqué la mémoire collective des chinois.

De toute façon nous sommes dans une période avec les 5 à 10 prochaines années où de nombreux cadors de la SB, du cinéma HK vont s'éteindre... quand d'autres montrent leurs parties intimes : serait ce la fracture sociale hongkongaise ?

[Iphia]

Une personnalité attachante qui disparait, impossible de la confondre comme tant de comédiennes chinoises calquées les unes sur les autres (pas seulement à cause de son physique), je ne l'ai vue qu'au cinéma, mais j'avais l'impression, même sans connaître bien le ciné HK qu'elle y importait sa personnalité.
Quelle comique féminine de HK peut prétendre avoir son aura actuellement ? Teresa Mo peut être ? Myriam Yeung ? Sandra Ng ?

[Maxiu]

son sourire va nous manquer , au revoir Fei Fei

[P'tit Panda]

Dernier adieu à Lydia Shum, qui se repose désormais dans un cimetière de Vancouver...

[lanjingling]

je sais pas si c'est a cause du mauvais temps (qui se termine , d'ailleurs) ou quoi , mais ils sont nerveux a hk en ce moment ; lors d'une ceremonie d'adieu a lydia shum a hk , un de ses amis a fait un scandale sur la scene , accusant publiquement son ancien mari d'etre un mauvais pere ; la fille a pris la defense de son pere

source the standard hk

Family drama

Nickkita Lau

Monday, March 03, 2008



An unscripted drama erupted at a public memorial service for Lydia Shum Din- ha yesterday when a longtime friend of the comedienne launched an attack on Shum's former husband in front of more than 6,000 grieving fans.
"Shum's daughter does not have a father," Alan Tang Kwong-wing said on stage to a burst of applause. "Why should the responsibility rest with the uncles and aunts?"

Tang also called on Adam Cheng Siu-chau to go on stage and explain why he had not shown up at any of the gatherings for Shum until yesterday's ceremony at the Hong Kong Coliseum.

Cheng, who was not scheduled to speak, then went on stage accompanied by daughter Joyce Cheng Yan-yee. When seeking to explain why he missed Shum's funeral service and burial in Canada, he turned toward Joyce and asked if he could reveal the truth. He was interrupted by yells of "shut up" before Joyce shook her head.

Cheng said he had tried on many occasions to visit Shum when she was in hospital, but his daughter turned him down, fearing it would further exhaust her mother. He also defended his role as a father, saying he had often invited Joyce for dinner, around Christmas and New Year, though Joyce preferred to spend more time with her mother. As such, their contacts were mainly restricted to the telephone.

As he tried explaining his role, Cheng was constantly interrupted with yells of "It's an excuse," until Joyce came to her father's rescue.

Joyce said: "I think many of these things were caused by mis
understandings. Today this ceremony is to remember Mommy. Do not allow gossip or those with bad intentions to affect how we remember her."

Joyce said it did not matter what people said. More important was for her and her father to understand each other.

After he left the stage, Cheng tried to talk to Tang but the latter waved him away. "You can interpret what we said as you like," Tang said later.

Fans from all over the world had waited outside the Coliseum from as early as 7am for the service, many holding champagne roses - the flower loved by Fei Fei. Among them were women who grew up listening to Shum's signature laugh, teenagers who admired her bravery and children who came with their parents.

The arena was decorated with a golden curtain, hearts composed of 10,000 champagne roses and white orchids, and four pictures of Shum.

The ceremony began at 2.05pm with clips, pictures and a videotape of Shum's Canadian funeral being shown.

Many in the audience - fans and stars - wept as they remembered the joy and friendship Shum had provided them.

"I say this to you Fei with an aching heart- good-bye forever," Shum's friend for decades actor, Woo Fung, said on stage. "I say this wholeheartedly - you'll be in my heart. Rest in peace."

Eric Tsang Chi-wai, Shum's longtime screen partner, led a silent tribute.

He also recalled how Shum arrived four hours early for her appearance on TVB's award show last November.

"She held our producer's hand tight and told him: `I'm so happy to be home,"' Tsang said. "TVB was her home, and that made us family."

Tsang said he had a feeling that Shum knew it was her last appearance on TV.

Shum's doctor, transplant specialist Lo Chung-mau, said in a prerecorded speech that many working at Queen Mary Hospital, where Shum spent her last months, were saddened by her death as they were touched by her concern for others, and her optimism.

"She was a real `happy nut,"' Lo said. "She never complained even when she was suffering ... Sometimes she would even ask her maid to buy us coffee or milk tea."

Lo recalled that Shum in her last moments when she could no longer talk, only laid her eyes on her daughter.

Joyce Cheng gave the last speech at the ceremony.

"Even if Mommy is playing mahjong high above, she must stop and listen to our blessings and thank us. I hope after this memorial ceremony everyone will forever hold Mommy's happiness and her positive [nature] close to their hearts so she could live on forever in our hearts," she said.

Among those who spoke at the service were Timothy Fok Tsun-ting, lawmaker for the sports, performing arts, culture and publication constituency, Hang Seng Bank chief executive Raymond Or Ching-fai, actress Connie Chan Po-chu and singer Liu Jia-chang.

Also present were Leisure and Cultural Services director Thomas Chow Tat-ming and Cai Men-zhong, deputy director of the publicity, culture and sports department of the central government liaison office.

Over 300 bouquets came from Shum's peers and top officials, including Chief Executive Donald Tsang Yam-kuen, government ministers and liaison office deputy director Li Gang.

More than 500 fans waiting outside the Coliseum were allowed in to pay tribute to their idol. Many fans agreed the Hong Kong government should dedicate a Lydia Shum Day and to award her a posthumous medal for her contributions to Hong Kong.

Three sisters surnamed Yeung who were first in line outside the gate said they had watched Shum since they were children. They admired her bravery most of all for raising her daughter on her own after a failed marriage and her strong will to fight against cancer.