Yeo Woon-kay

Yeo Woon-kay (February 25, 1940 – May 22, 2009) was a South Korean film actress and television personality. She was best known for Korean films such as Money’s Warfare, Bad Family and My Name is Kim Sam Soon.[1]

This is a Korean name; the family name is Yeo.
Yeo Woon-kay
Born(1940-02-25)February 25, 1940
Daegu, South Korea
DiedMay 22, 2009(2009-05-22) (aged 69)
OccupationActress
Korean name
Hangul
여운계
Hanja
呂運計
Revised RomanizationYeo Un-gye
McCune–ReischauerYǒ Un-kye

Yeo began acting while in high school. She continued to act while attending Korea University, where she studied literature.[2] She became known for her work in daehakgeuk, which is also called amateur student theater, during the 1950s and 1960s, alongside other contemporary Korean actors like Lee Soon-jae.[2][3]

She made her professional theater debut with a theater troupe in 1962.[2] From theater, she was able to transition to a successful television career.[2] She often played the role of a grandmother or "grandmotherly figure" in roles beginning in her twenties.[2] Examples of these characters included her roles in Toji in 1986 and Jewel in the Palace in 2003.[2]

Ms.Yeo was diagnosed with kidney cancer in 2007 while shooting the SBS movie The King and I.[2] But she continued to act and began work on the KBS2 production of Jang-hwa and Hong-ryeon (The Tale of Two Sisters).,[2] eventually quitting the production due to pneumonia, indicating the spread of cancer to her lungs.[2]

Yeo entered the hospital intensive care unit in May 2009.[2] Reports say that she fell into a coma and was placed on life support.[2] 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 Yonsei University Severance Hospital.[2][4]

Yeo was awarded the Life Achievement Award posthumously at the KBS Drama Awards in 2009.

References
  1. "S.Korea Mourns the Death of Veteran Actress and Ex-President". allkpop. 2009-05-23. Retrieved 2018-12-28.
  2. "Actress Yeo Woon-gae, 69, Dies of Lung Cancer". Korea Times. 2009-05-22. Retrieved 2009-06-19.
  3. http://news.khan.co.kr/kh_news/khan_art_view.html?artid=200905230116135&code=100402
  4. "고(故) 여운계, 그녀는 누구인가". 2009-05-22.
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