Yun was an iconic star of the 1960s and 1970s ‘heyday of Korean films’.
Iconic Korean actress Yun Jung-hee, best-known internationally for her leading role in Lee Chang-dong’s Cannes-awarded Poetry, has died in France at the age of 78.
A leading star in what is known as the heyday of Korean films in the 1960s and 1970s, the actress was known to have suffered from Alzheimer’s disease in recent years.
She died in Paris on Thursday (January 19), local time, according to Yonhap news agency.
Born in 1944 in Busan, Yun shot to stardom with her debut film Sorrowful Youth (1967), a...
Iconic Korean actress Yun Jung-hee, best-known internationally for her leading role in Lee Chang-dong’s Cannes-awarded Poetry, has died in France at the age of 78.
A leading star in what is known as the heyday of Korean films in the 1960s and 1970s, the actress was known to have suffered from Alzheimer’s disease in recent years.
She died in Paris on Thursday (January 19), local time, according to Yonhap news agency.
Born in 1944 in Busan, Yun shot to stardom with her debut film Sorrowful Youth (1967), a...
- 1/20/2023
- by Jean Noh
- ScreenDaily
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