Mona Fong
Mona Yat-wah Fong, Lady Shaw (27 July 1934 – 22 November 2017) was a Hong Kong film and television producer and production manager. She was born Lee Meng-lan in Shanghai.
Also recorded as Mona Fong Yat-wah
Mona Fong
- Name
- Mona Yat-wah Fong, Lady Shaw
- Birth Name
- Lee Meng-lan (zh-hant-hk)
- Born
- 27 July 1934
- Birthplace
- Shanghai, Republic of China
- Died
- 22 November 2017
- Place of death
- Hong Kong Sanatorium and Hospital, Happy Valley, Hong Kong
- Occupation
- general manager, production manager, film and television producer
- Nationality
- People's Republic of China
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Mona Yat-wah Fong, Lady Shaw (27 July 1934 – 22 November 2017) was a Hong Kong film and television producer and production manager. She was born Lee Meng-lan in Shanghai.
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Mona Fong (1934–2017) was a Chinese actor, actress and film producer, among other activities. Born in Shanghai, the actor died in Hong Kong.
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• Name — Mona Yat-wah Fong, Lady Shaw • Birth Name — Lee Meng-lan (zh-hant-hk) • Born — 27 July 1934 • Birthplace — Shanghai, Republic of China • Died — 22 November 2017 • Place of death — Hong Kong Sanatorium and Hospital, Happy Valley, Hong Kong • Native Name — zh-hant-hk • Occupation — general manager, production manager, film and television producer
Career
Career
Fong achieved fame as one of the most popular nightclub singers and recording artists in Singapore and Hong Kong in the 1950s, especially singing English covers of top hits of the time. She married media mogul Sir Run Run Shaw (his second marriage) and became Deputy Chairman and General Manager of Shaw Brothers Studio and Television Broadcasts Limited (TVB). Fong produced over a hundred films, the final one of which was Drunken Monkey in 2002. Effective 1 January 2009, she was appointed General Manager of TVB. Fong retired from TVB in 2012.
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2017
Mona Fong died at Hong Kong.
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Shanghai.
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Films
This is a partial list of films. • 1957 Mambo Girl - Fong Yat-Wah • 1967 Sing High, Sing Low • 1969 Diary of a Lady-Killer - Singer • 1978 Legend of the Bat - Producer • 1978 The Cunning Hustler - Producer • 1978 Godfather's Fury - Producer • 1982 Cat Vs. Rat - Producer
Recordings
One of her albums from Hong Kong The Voice of Mona Fong also referred to as Mona Fong Meets Carding Cruz featured arrangements by Celso Carrillo and the songs "Karoi Sakurambo", "Millionaire", "Wooden Heart" and "Delilah". It was released on Hong Kong's Diamond Records label. In 1968 an EP Merry Christmas was released on the Pathé label. It also featured Tsin Tsing and Betty Chung. One of her biggest original hits was the title song to the 1966 film, "The Blue and the Black" (藍與黑).
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- 1.邵逸夫90歲娶方逸華 婚後仍分居. Wen Wei Po. 2014-01-08.
- 2.IMDb name 0284592 Mona Fong
- 3.lang zh-hk 電視廣播有限公司委任董事總經理公告 in lang zh
- 4.Singer, Star, Leading Asian Film Executive Mona Fong Dies at 83. 22 November 2017.
- 5.Era ends with TVB's Mona Fong to retire. 22 March 2012.
- 6.roodo Mona Fong - Mona Fong Meets Carding Cruz--
- 7.Popsike MONA FONG-, FEMALE VOCAL HONG KONG DIAMOND RECORD
- 8.Discogs Mona Fong, Tsin Tsing, Betty Chung – Merry Christmas
- 9.Mona Fong Yat-Wah. hkmdb.com.
- 10.Sing High, Sing Low. hkmdb.com. June 28, 1967.
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