Lee Hoi-chuen
Lee Moon-shuen (4 February 1901 – 7 February 1965), known professionally as Lee Hoi-chuen, was a Chinese opera singer and film actor in Hong Kong. He was the father of Bruce Lee, the father-in-law of Linda Lee Cadwell, and the paternal grandfather of Brandon Lee and Shannon Lee.
Also recorded as Li Haiquan · Lee Moon-shuen
Lee Hoi-chuen
- Name
- Lee Hoi-chuen
- Birth Name
- Lee Moon-shuen
- Born
- 4 February 1901
- Birthplace
- Jun'an, Guangdong, China
- Died
- 7 February 1965
- Place of death
- St.
- Occupation
- Actor
- Spouse
- Grace Ho
- Full name
- 李滿船.
- Nationality
- Qing dynasty and British Hong Kong.
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Lee Moon-shuen (4 February 1901 – 7 February 1965), known professionally as Lee Hoi-chuen, was a Chinese opera singer and film actor in Hong Kong. He was the father of Bruce Lee, the father-in-law of Linda Lee Cadwell, and the paternal grandfather of Brandon Lee and Shannon Lee.
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• Name — Lee Hoi-chuen • Native Name — 李海泉 • Birth Name — Lee Moon-shuen • Born — 4 February 1901 • Birthplace — Jun'an, Guangdong, China • Died — 7 February 1965 • Place of death — St. Teresa's Hospital, Kowloon, Hong Kong • Burial Place — St. Raphael's Catholic Cemetery, Cheung Sha Wan, Hong Kong • Occupation — Actor • Spouse — Grace Ho • Children — 5, including Peter, Bruce, and Robert • Relatives — * Brandon Lee (grandson) • Shannon Lee (granddaughter)
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Lee was born on 4 February 1901, in Jun'an, Guangdong, in the waning years of the Qing Dynasty. He moved to Hong Kong, then a British colony, and became a Cantonese opera actor. There, he met and married Grace Ho (1907–1996), a Chinese Eurasian and a daughter of Ho Kom-tong. They had two daughters, Phoebe and Agnes, and three sons, Peter, Bruce and Robert. Lee and his wife were on a one-year US tour with the Cantonese Opera Company in 1940 when their second son Bruce Lee was born in San Francisco. They later returned to Hong Kong when Bruce Lee was three months old. Soon after, the Lee family led an unexpected four-year hard life as Japan, in the midst of World War II, launched a surprise attack of Hong Kong in December 1941 and ruled for four years. Bruce later fathered Brandon Lee. Their youngest son Robert Lee, who was born in 1948, would go on to become famous in Hong Kong during the 1960s as the lead singer and founder of a popular beat band, The Thunderbirds. Lee died of a heart attack in Hong Kong on 7 February 1965, aged 64. He was buried at St Raphael's Catholic Cemetery at Cheung Sha Wan in Kowloon.
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In popular culture
Lee Hoi-chuen was portrayed by Ric Young in the 1993 film Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story and by Tony Leung Ka-fai in the 2010 film Bruce Lee, My Brother.
Identity and origins
Identity and origins
Lee Hoi-chuen was recorded at birth as 李滿船. The authorities additionally record the headings Li Haiquan and Lee Moon-shuen. He married Grace Ho. 4 children are recorded: Bruce Lee, Robert Lee, Phoebe Lee and Peter Lee Jung-sum.
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Lee Hoi-chuen died at British Hong Kong.
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