Sin-hung Tam (Chinese: 譚倩紅) is a Chinese opera singer and actress from Hong Kong. Tam is credited with over 140 films.

Early life

On August 28, 1931, Tam was born in Macau.^[1][2]

Career

At age 13, Tam entered the entertainment business and started her career performing Cantonese opera. Tam studied under Yam Kim-fai. In 1953, Tam crossed over as an actress in Hong Kong films. Tam appeared in Sworn to Love, a 1953 comedy film directed by Chiang Wai-Kwong. Tam appeared in The Lion's Roar with both Yam Kim-fai and Pak Suet Sin, a 1959 Cantonese opera film directed by Chiang Wai-Kwong. In 1970, Tam retired from Cantonese film industry, but in 1987, she returned to acting. Tam is known for her role as Auntie Yung in A Kindred Spirit (1995-1999), a television drama series that was broadcast on TVB Jade in Hong Kong. Tam's last film was Textiles at Heart, a 2000 Romance film directed by Mak Kin-Bong. Tam is credited with over 140 films.^[1][3][2]

Filmography

Films

This is a partial list of films.

• 1953 Sworn to Love
• 1953 Woman in Grief
• 1954 Eighteen Marriages of a Smart Girl ^[4]
• 1955 The Faithful Wife ^[5]
• 1957 Wong Fei-Hung's Rebellion, Part 1 - villainess Daji.^[1]
• 1958 Wong Fei-Hung's Rebellion (sequel)
• 1959 The Lion's Roar ^[1]
• 1963 The Young Boss of the Factory (aka Fun in the Factory) - spy.^[1]
• 1965 The Six-fingered Lord of the Lute (Part 1) (aka The Ghost with Six Fingers)^[1]
• 1967 Green-Eyed Demon ^[6]
• 1967 The Three Swordsmen ^[7]
• 1987 Seven Years Itch - Sylvia's mother ^[1]
• 1995 Fatal Assignment
• 1995 Summer Snow - Ying Sun, Bing's mother ^[8]
• 1996 Hu-Du-Men - Auntie Ming
• 1997 A Queer Story (1997)
• 2000 Textiles at Heart - Wen's mother

Television

• 1995-1999 A Kindred Spirit - Auntie Yung^[9][1]

Personal life

Tam's husband was Tak Keung Lam (died 2015).^[9]