Best Actress Barbara Yung Mei Ling
翁美玲

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Cantonese Name: Yung Mei Ling

Mandarin Name: Weng Mei Ling

English Name: Barbara Yung

Started Career: 1983

Companies: TVB

Most Frequent Co-star: Mui Kiu Wai

Most famous role: Wong Yong

Most famous series: Legend of the Condor Heroes

Barbara Yung Mei Ling was born in Hong Kong but emigrated to England when she was young. Her father died early and her mother raised her up and she owned a food store. She spent most of her time with an uncle. She was also very well educated; she went to Cambridge University where she was the first Chinese to major in textile management. She then worked a few years as a textile designer. Her acting career started when she entered the 1982 Miss American Beauty Pageant but did not win although she was the prettiest one there. However, in 1982, she signed a contract with TVB and starred in Thirteeth Sister, her first series. From then on, she starred in many series (listed below). In 1985, right after starring in the Battlefield, she left this world forever. Barbara committed suicide right at the peak of her career when many fans admired and respected her for her acting skills and personality. This is a big loss for such a cute, pretty, and talented actress to die so early. For more details of her early life, go to Her Childhood Life.

Yung Mei Ling's Television Series

Sup Saim Miu ~ Thirteenth Sister (1982) 十三妹: With Kent Tong Chun Yip, Cecillia Wong Hung Sau, Simon Yam Tak Wah; Character name: Heung Gak Gak; We are not sure about this series since we haven't watched it. We only know that this was Barbara's first movie and she played the naughty princess. This one was set in the Manchu dynasty.
Xie Du Ying Hong Ghin ~ The Legend of the Condor Heroes (1982) 射鵰英雄傳: No one can forget this memorable series where Barbara played Wang Yong. No actress can ever surpass Barbara's portrayal of the naughty and quick-witted Wang Yong. The cutest scene is when she first met Felix Wong and she was eating a chicken bone, wearing a beggar outfit, and sitting on top of a tree. The remakes of this series will never be as good as the original.
More info about The Legend of the Condor Heroes
Theme songs and pictures of Legend of the Condor Heroes '82
Kut Jun Yun Mo Moon ~ The Foundation (1983) 決戰玄武門: With Miu Kiu Wai, Felix Wong Yut Wah, Austin Wai Tin Zi, Kent Tong Chun Yip; Character name: Chun Sik Sik; Barbara played a very poor and sad girl in this one. She portrays a totally different personality from her other series which shows her great acting skills. Her name (Sik Sik) even means sadness or a loss (or something like that). At first, she loved Felix Wong but he only concentrated on practicing Kung-fu so she left him. Later on, she was forced to marry Mui Kiu Wai (??). Kent Tong played a prince in this series too. At the end, Mui Kiu Wai accidentally kills Barbara with a rainbow. He then is forced to marry some other princess but I think that he really misses Barbara.
Gap Sum Yun ~ Sandwich Man (1983) 夾心人: With Adam Cheng Siu Chao, Liu Wai Hong; Character name: Deng Pui Man
Tin Si Jap Wai ~ The Fearless Duo (1984) 天師執位: With Mui Kiu Wai; Character name: Lam Choh Yin; We didn't watch this one either but it is set in ancient times and is a comedy.
Teal Zin ~ The Rough Ride (1984) 挑戰: The most saddest part is when this series was being boardcasted, Barbara left us forever.
More info about The Rough Ride; Big-5 Version of Theme Song
San Sao Kiun Wong ~ United We Stand (1984) 生銹橋王: With Miu Kiu Wai, Tal Tot Yu, Lau Sok Yee; Character Names: Hoh Do Wan, Lam Pui Ying; In this one, Barbara played two characters, twins who were separated at birth. One was a tomboy with a loud voice and bad table manners who helps her mother run a gambling place. The other one was a well fined lady raised by a rich family. It gets really funny when they meet each other and everything gets confused. It was set in the 1920s Shang-hai.
Chor Lau Heung: Pin Fok Chin Kei ~ The New Adventures of Chor Lau Heung (1985) 楚留香之扁蝠傳奇: Barbara was a really cute princess!; More info about Chor Lau Heung
Cho Hou Haun Gai ~ The Battlefield (1985) 楚河漢界: We think that this was her last series before her death since she also abruptly died in the story.
More info about The Battlefield

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