Sandar (actress)
Sanda | |
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| Born | စာဥ March 22, 1949 Yangon, Burma |
| Died | December 23 2006 (age 57) |
| Nationality | Burmese |
| Other names | Daw San San Shin (ဒေါ်စန်းစန်းရှင်) |
| Alma mater | Sanchaung High School |
| Occupation | Movie actress |
| Parent | U Mya Maung (father) Daw Mar La Myint (mother) |
| Relatives | Daw Khin Oo Maw, Daw Win Mar, Toe Nyunt (Shwe Gaung Pyaung), U Mya Zaw (Fuji) |
| Awards | Best Actress (1967) |
Sanda is a well known Burmese actress. She was born on March 22, 1949 in Yangon to father U Mya Maung and mother Daw Mar La Myint. Her birth name is Daw San San Shin (ဒေါ်စန်းစန်းရှင်).She is the fourth oldest of her siblings. Daw Khin Oo Maw, Daw Win Mar, Toe Nyunt (Shwe Gaung Pyaung), Sanda and U Mya Zaw (Fuji) are siblings.
Career
At an early age, while Sanda was studying at St. Flomina (Sanchaung II) she would star in a number of films as an child actor with her staged named Sanda. She gained recognition by playing as the younger sibling of Win Mar in films such as 1953's Yadanarbon (ရတနာပုံ) and in 1995's Pho Pyone Cho (ဖိုးပြုံးချို). She was an amazing child actor and starred in many other famous films like Kyaw Maw (အကျော်အမော် ), Naung Thassa (နှောင်းသစ္စာ), Swetae Metta (စွဲတဲ့ မေတ္တ), Mayttar Shway Yae (မေတ္တာရွှေရည်) and Mainn Htain Shway Mhaan (မင်းထင်ရွှေမှန်)
In 1967 she starred in two separate roles in Director's U Tin Maung's film Nhaitmwa Athi (နှစ်မွှာအသည်း) winning her best actress of 1967 in Myanmar Academy Awards. Nhaitmwa Athi (နှစ်မွှာအသည်း) also won the director's award as well as the photography award. In the film, Sanda plays the role of a boy with short hair, which influentienced many young girls to cut their hairs short. The hairstyle was dubbed as the Sanda hair.
In the romance film Mayttar (မေတ္တ), she co-starred with actor Kyaw Hein. She married him later on.
She acted in many films such as tahkyethkote nhaithkyet pyat , hpuuhcar lamsone (တချက်ခုတ် နှစ်ချက်ပြတ်၊ ဖူးစာလမ်းဆုံ၊). After her troubled marriage and divorce with Kyaw Hein, she wasn’t as involved with the film industry. After a quiet and long hiatus from the film industry, she co-starred with actor Win Hlaing as her sister in dircetor Toe Nyunt's film Shwe Gaung Pyaung (ရွှေဂေါင်းပြောင်). She also co-stars with actor Tiger Ko Myint in Rupamala (ရူပမာလာတွင်လည်း). She later remarried, to second husband Prince Zaw Lin and retired from acting. In her last film she acted as a sister with Moe Moe Myint Aung and Yan Aung by director Maung Hnin Moe's colorful film "Mae Thida" (မယ်သီတာလို မိန်းကလေး).
Death
Daw San San Shin (Sanda) isn a beloved actress in Burma died on December 23, 2006 at the age of 58. [1]
References
[[Category:2006 deaths]] [[Category:1949 births]] [[Category:Burmese film actresses]]