Yeo Woon-kay

She continued to act while attending Korea University, where she studied literature. She became known for her work in Daehakgeuk, which is also called the amateur student theater, during the 1950s and 1960s, alongside other contemporary Korean actors like Lee Soon-jae. She made her professional theater debut with a theater troupe in 1962. From theater, she was able to transition to a successful television career. She often played the role of a grandmother or "grandmotherly figure". Examples of these characters included her roles in Toji in 1986 and Jewel in the Palace in 2003. Yeo was diagnosed with kidney cancer in 2007 while shooting the SBS TV series The King and I. But she continued to act and began work on the KBS2 production of Love and Obsession, eventually quitting the production due to pneumonia, indicating the spread of cancer to her lungs. Yeo entered the hospital intensive care unit in May 2009. Reports say that she fell into a coma and was placed on life support. She died around 8 P.M. on May 22, 2009, at the Incheon Catholic Medical Center in Incheon, South Korea, at the age of 69. Her funeral was held at the Severance Hospital. Yeo was awarded the Life Achievement Award posthumously at the KBS Drama Awards in 2009.

• Name — Yeo Woon-kay • Born — 25 February 1940 • Birthplace — Suwon, Korea, Empire of Japan • Died — 22 May 2009 • Place of death — Incheon, South Korea • Years Active — 1958–2009 • Occupation — Actress • Education — Korea University

• Year — Title — Role — Network • 1983 — Eun-ha's Dream — KBS1 • Youth March — KBS2 • 1987 — Door of Desires • Land — Ham Ahn-daek — KBS1 • 1988 — The Winter That Year Was Warm — KBS2 • 1991 — What's Love? — Jin Soo — MBC • 1993 — Stormy Season — Choong-in's Mother • 1994 — The Moon of Seoul — Sang-gook's Grandmother • My Son's Woman — Moon Jung-ok • 1995 — LA Arirang — SBS • 1996 — 1.5 Generation — MBC • Dad is the Boss — SBS • 1997 — Because I Love You — Ae-kyung's grandmother • 1998 — I Love You, I Love You — Bong-sook's Mother • The King and the Queen — Former Internal Princess Consort Shin — KBS1 • Seven Brides — Na Gap-sun — SBS • 1999 — Trap of Youth — Yun-hee's Grandmother • 2000 — Foolish Love — Sang-woo's mother — KBS2 • More Than Words Can Say — Lee Jin-jin — KBS1 • 2001 — Stock Flower • I Want To See Your Face — Song Kil-ja — MBC • Like Father, Like Son — Jum Soon — KBS2 • 2002 — Who's My Love? — Duk-bae's wife • Golden Wagon — Ahn Gap-jin — MBC • Drama City: "Like Vienna Coffee" — KBS2 • Sunrise House — Kim Soon-nyeo — SBS • 2003 — Drama City: "Chief of Five Zoom" — KBS2 • On the Prairie — Charman Shin's Grandmother • Swan Lake — Myung Soon-keum — MBC • Jewel in the Palace — Court Lady Jung Mal-geum • 2004 — Ms. Kim's Million Dollar Quest — Lee Kkeut-soon — SBS • Oh Feel Young — Chairwoman Shin — KBS2 • 2005 — Bad Housewife — No Jin-ye — SBS • My Lovely Sam Soon — Manager Ms. Oh — MBC • Sisters of the Sea — Cho Han-bin • 2006 — Bad Family — Park Bok-nyu — SBS • How Much Love? — Dong-soo's Grandmother — MBC • My Lovely Fool — Dong-joo's Grandmother — SBS • 2007 — Hello! Miss — Lee Hak — KBS2 • War of Money — Madam Bong — SBS • Daughters-in-Law — Suh Ong-sim — KBS2 • The King and I — SBS • 2008 — Why Did You Come to My House? — Gong Ok-ja • 2009 — Love and Obsession — Madame Byeon — KBS2