Patricia Lam Fung (林鳳, 林凤, Particia Lam Fung; 1939 - August 28, 1976 ) is a Hong Kong actress.
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Biography
Born in 1939. She made her film debut in 1957 and quickly reached the very top of Olympus in a year, becoming a popular film actress. She was annually included in the list of "10 most popular stars" for nine consecutive years until the "retirement" at the age of 27 in 1966 . By that time, she had shown herself equally skillfully playing both classic and modern roles of educated and fashionable girls.
Lam starred in more than 100 films, the most famous of which were Sleeping Beauty, Eternal Flowering Water Lilies, Goddess of Mercy, Full Moon, Seven Little Tigers. She was the first youth idol and pop star of the Hong Kong post-war baby boom generation. Her singing and dancing, made mostly for Shaw Brothers, played an important role in developing what would eventually become known as a cantopop. .
Lam Fun lived a luxurious life: at the time of her death in 1976, the 37-year-old celebrity owned three houses and had more than $ 3 million in a bank. The press has long speculated on what caused the actress's suicide . Some said this was due to the aging of the Lamas. Others suggested that suicide was triggered by an unsuccessful plastic surgery. Still others said it was a fatal accident.