Anita
Mui 
(Mui Yim Fong)
Singer, Actress
October 10, 1963- December 30, 2003 Languages: Chinese, English
The ever changing Anita Mui Yim Fong was Hong Kong's most enduring female superstar.
She began her career as a child, and entertained audiences up until the very last days
of her life. In her over 20 year career as an award winning singer and actress, Mui
attained a level of success seldom paralleled in Asia.
Anita Mui first achieved stardom as a singer in the early 1980's, capturing the attention
of Hong Kong's youth with her colorful clothing and mysterious, morose beauty.
It all started when Mui won the 1982 New Talent Contest for singing, and subsequently
recorded hit albums and theme songs to popular TVB series such as Soldier of Fortune
and The Rise and Fall of a Stand-In. Her songs topped the charts and broke sales records.
In 1984, she had a supporting role in the Shaw Brothers drama Behind the Yellow Line,
starring Leslie Cheung, which earned her a Best Supporting Actress Award.
Anita Mui rose to prominence in the movie world as a star of many of Hong Kong cinema's
modern classics. In 1986, she played a semi-autobiographical role in the Michael Hui comedy
Chocolate Inspector, and appeared as herself in a cameo in Hui's Happy Din Don, where
she performed her popular rendition of "Careless Whisper".
In 1988 Mui starred with Leslie Cheung in Stanley Kwan's haunting romance Rouge, which
won her Best Actress Awards in Hong Kong and Taiwan. The following year she began her
acting partnership with good friend Jackie Chan with her role of an ambitious night club singer
in Miracles. In 1994, Mui, who was several years younger than Jackie, played a scene stealing
comedic role as Chan's mother in the renowned martial arts classic Drunken Master 2.
Mui gained many new fans with her action packed role as "Wonder Woman" in Johnnie To's
The Heroic Trio and the sequel, Executioners (both co-starring Maggie Cheung and
Michelle Yeoh).
Having made her mark on music and movies, Anita also devoted her energies to mentoring
future pop stars. Among the singers whom Anita has taken under her wing are Andy Hui,
Denise Ho Wan Si, dancer Samuel Pang and the HK trio Grasshopper. She also worked as
President of the Hong Kong Performing Artists Guild and released a lifestyle book for women.
In September 2003, Anita announced that she had been diagnosed with cervical cancer, but
vowed to fight the disease which had claimed her sister Ann Mui in April 2000. Sadly, on
December 30, 2003, Hong Kong lost another of its shining stars.
Anita Mui Filmography
| 1986 |
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| 1991 | Au Revoir, Mon Amour |
| 1991 | The Banquet (c) |
| 1984 | Behind the Yellow Line |
| 1989 | A Better Tomorrow III: Love and Death in Saigon |
| 1986 | Chocolate Inspector 1 |
| 2001 | Dance of a Dream |
| 1994 | Drunken Master 2 |
| 1997 | Eighteen Springs |
| 1993 | Executioners |
| 1993 | Fight Back To School 3 |
| 1990 | The Fortune Code |
| 1988 | The Greatest Lover |
| 1987 | Happy Bigamist |
| 1986 | Happy Din Don (c) |
| 1993 | The Heroic Trio |
| 2002 | July Rhapsody |
| 1991 | Justice, My Foot! |
| 1990 | Kawashima Yoshiko 2 |
| 1986 | Last Song in Paris |
| 1983 | Let's Make Laugh |
| 2002 | Let's Sing Along |
| 1985 | Lucky Diamond |
| 1983 | Mad Mad 83 |
| 1993 | The Mad Monk |
| 1993 | The Magic Crane |
| 2001 | Midnight Fly |
| 1989 | Miracles 3 |
| 1992 | Moon Warriors |
| 1985 | The Musical Singer |
| 1995 | My Father is a Hero |
| 1988 | One Husband Too Many |
| 1988 | Rouge |
| 1995 | Rumble in the Bronx |
| 1991 | Savior of the Soul |
| 1987 | Scared Stiff |
| 1983 | The Sensational Pair |
| 1990 | Shanghai Shanghai |
| 1988 | Three Wishes |
| 1991 | The Top Bet |
| 1987 | Trouble Couples |
| 1996 | Who's the Woman , Who's the Man |
| 1986 | Why Why Tell Me Why? |
| 2001 | Wu Yen |
| 1985 | Young Cops |
c = cameo
1 aka Inspector Chocolate
2 aka The Last Princess of Manchuria
3 aka Mr. Canton and Lady Rose
Anita Mui -Japanese Films
| 2000 | Sakuya- Slayer of Demons 1 |
1 voice characterization only
Anita Mui -Movie Theme Songs
| Au Revoir, Mon Amour |
| Dance of a Dream |
| Dragons Forever 1 |
| Double Trouble 2 |
| Happy Din Don |
| The Heroic Trio |
| Homecoming |
| July Rhapsody 3 |
| Kawashima Yoshiko |
| Miracles |
| Passion 1995 |
| The Twin Bracelets |
| Walk on Fire |
| Why Why Tell Me Why |
| Wild Search |
1 duet with Jackie Chan
2 duet with Leslie Cheung
3 duet with Jacky Cheung
Anita Mui -TV Theme Songs
| Destiny 1 |
| The New Heaven Sword and Dragon Sabre 2 |
| The Rise and Fall of a Stand-In |
| The Rough Ride |
| Soldier of Fortune |
| Summer Kisses, Winter Tears |
| Time Before Time |
| Woman on the Beat |
1 duet with Leslie Cheung
2 duet with Tony Leung Chiu Wai
Anita Mui -Duets
| Eason Chan |
| Jackie Chan |
| Kelly Chen |
| Sammi Cheng |
| Jacky Cheung |
| Leslie Cheung |
| Andy Hui |
| Sandy Lam |
| Andy Lau |
| Tony Leung Chiu Wai |
| Anthony Lun |
| William So |
| Alan Tam |
| Anthony Wong Yiu Ming |
| Faye Wong |
Anita Mui -TV Credits
| 1995 Hong Kong Film Awards 1 |
| 2000 Hong Kong Film Awards 2 |
| From Ashes To Ashes 3 |
| The Modern Love Story |
| Summer Kisses, Winter Tears |
1 presenter (with Jacky Cheung)
2 performer
3 2000 anti-smoking TV special written,
directed by and starring Leslie Cheung
Hong Kong Film Awards
Best Actress Nominations- Anita Mui
1991 Au Revoir, Mon Amour
1991 Justice, My Foot!
1995 Rumble in the Bronx
2002 July Rhapsody
Best Actress Awards- Anita Mui
1988 Rouge
Best Supporting Actress Nominations- Anita Mui
1995 Rumble in the Bronx
1997 Eighteen Springs
Best Supporting Actress Awards- Anita Mui
1984 Behind the Yellow Line
Best Original Song Nominations- Anita Mui
1984 Homecoming (vocals)
1991 Au Revoir, Mon Amour (vocals)
1993 The Heroic Trio (vocals)
1996 Who's the Woman, Who's the Man
(duet with Leslie Cheung)
Best Original Song Awards- Anita Mui
1988 Rouge (vocals)
1991 The Twin Bracelets (vocals)
1993 The Heroic Trio (vocals)
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