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| name = Ann Mui
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| tradchinesename = 梅愛芳
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| simpchinesename = 梅爱芳
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| name = Ann Mui
| birth_date = 13 January/12 December 1959
| image = Ann Mui pic.jpg
| birth_place = [[British Hong Kong]]
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| death_date = {{death date|df=yes|2000|4|16}} (aged 40 or 41)
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| death_place = [[St. Paul's Hospital (Hong Kong)|St Paul's Hospital]], [[Causeway Bay]],[[Hong Kong]]
| native_name = 梅愛芳
| voice type(s) = Conralto
| native_name_lang = zh
| spouse = Lap-Tak Poon (1991–2000) (her death)
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| birth_name = Ann Mui Oi-fong
| birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1959|12|10}}
| birth_place = [[Hepu]], [[Guangdong]], [[China]]
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| death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|2000|04|16|1959|12|10}}
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| death_place = [[Causeway Bay, Hong Kong|Causeway Bay]], [[Hong Kong]]
| burial_place = Shang Sin Chun Tong, [[Kowloon Tong]], Hong Kong
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| occupation = Singer, actress
| years_active = 1989–2000
| spouse = {{marriage|Poon Lap-Tak|1991}}
| children = 2
| family = [[Anita Mui]] (sister)
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'''Ann Mui Oi-fong''' (梅愛芳) (10 December 1959 – 16 April 2000) was a Hong Kong singer and actress.
'''Ann Mui''' (梅愛芳) (13 January/12 December 1959 – 16 April 2000) was a singer and actress. She was the older sister of [[Hong Kong]] actress and singer, the late [[Anita Mui]] and two brothers. Her mother remarried after her father died. Despite not being twins, their singing voice is strikingly similar, with the only way to tell them apart was the hand in which they hold the microphone.<ref>{{YouTube|MqjtqgzT7ww|Ann & Anita Mui – Season of the Wind}}</ref> She is best remembered for her supporting roles in many movies, especially [[Jackie Chan]]'s ''[[Police Story 2]]''. She died of [[cervical cancer]], which was proven to be genetic as Anita later died for the same reason. Ann left behind a husband, Lap-Tak Poon, and two sons. Like Anita, she has a dramatic [[contralto]] singing voice, which is a rarity in Chinese pop music.

==Career==
Born on 10 December 1959 in [[China]], Mui experienced much hardship in her childhood. Her father died when she was very young and her mother, Tam Mei-kam, raised four children alone.

Like [[Anita Mui|her sister Anita]], Ann had a dramatic [[contralto]] singing voice, which is a rarity in Chinese pop music. Despite not being twins, both Ann and Anita's singing voices were strikingly similar, with the only way to tell them apart was the hand in which they hold the microphone.<ref>{{YouTube|MqjtqgzT7ww|Ann & Anita Mui – Season of the Wind}}</ref>{{Dubious|A random video of a performance, where they happen to be holding microphones differently, does not support anything.|date=April 2024}} She is best remembered for her supporting roles in many movies, especially [[Jackie Chan]]'s ''[[Police Story 2]]''.

Ann Mui died of [[cervical cancer]] in 2000, as would Anita three years later. Both sisters died at age 40. Ann died in [[St. Paul's Hospital (Hong Kong)|St.Paul Hospital, Causeway Bay]], and her ashes were interred in Shang Sin Chun Tong, [[Kowloon Tong]].

==Personal life==
In 1991, she married the father of her two sons, Poon Lap-Tak, whom she and her family was [[Family estrangement|estranged]] from until her death in 2000.


==Filmography==
==Filmography==
* 1995 – Farewell My Dearest
* 1988 – ''[[Police Story 2]]''
* 1995 – Chicken A La Queen
* 1989 – ''Burning Ambition''
* 1989 – ''[[The Iceman Cometh (1989 film)|The Iceman Cometh]]''
* 1992 – Police Story Part II
* 1989 – ''[[They Came to Rob Hong Kong]]''
* 1992 – Stagedoor Johnny
* 1989 – Burning Ambition
* 1990 – ''Stagedoor Johnny''
* 1989 – The Iceman Cometh
* 1990 – ''Chicken A La Queen''
* 1989 – They Came To Rob Hong Kong
* 1991 – ''[[Touch and Go (1991 film)|Touch and Go]]''
* 1989 – Touch and Go
* 1995 – ''Farewell My Dearest''


==References==
==References==
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* [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0972539/bio IMDB bio for Ann Mui]
==External links==
* [http://www.hkentreview.com/2000/april/0421/0421.html Ann Mui funeral coverage]
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Latest revision as of 00:09, 4 September 2024

In this Hong Kong name, the surname is Mui. In accordance with Hong Kong custom, the Western-style name is Ann Mui and the Chinese-style name is Mui Oi-fong.

Ann Mui
梅愛芳
Born
Ann Mui Oi-fong

(1959-12-10)10 December 1959
Hepu, Guangdong, China
Died16 April 2000(2000-04-16) (aged 40)
Causeway Bay, Hong Kong
Burial placeShang Sin Chun Tong, Kowloon Tong, Hong Kong
Occupation(s)Singer, actress
Years active1989–2000
Spouse
Poon Lap-Tak
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(m. 1991)​
Children2
FamilyAnita Mui (sister)
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese梅愛芳
Simplified Chinese梅爱芳
Transcriptions
Yue: Cantonese
JyutpingMui4 Ngoi3fong1

Ann Mui Oi-fong (梅愛芳) (10 December 1959 – 16 April 2000) was a Hong Kong singer and actress.

Career

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Born on 10 December 1959 in China, Mui experienced much hardship in her childhood. Her father died when she was very young and her mother, Tam Mei-kam, raised four children alone.

Like her sister Anita, Ann had a dramatic contralto singing voice, which is a rarity in Chinese pop music. Despite not being twins, both Ann and Anita's singing voices were strikingly similar, with the only way to tell them apart was the hand in which they hold the microphone.[1][dubious – discuss] She is best remembered for her supporting roles in many movies, especially Jackie Chan's Police Story 2.

Ann Mui died of cervical cancer in 2000, as would Anita three years later. Both sisters died at age 40. Ann died in St.Paul Hospital, Causeway Bay, and her ashes were interred in Shang Sin Chun Tong, Kowloon Tong.

Personal life

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In 1991, she married the father of her two sons, Poon Lap-Tak, whom she and her family was estranged from until her death in 2000.

Filmography

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References

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  1. ^ Ann & Anita Mui – Season of the Wind on YouTube
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