Background

Mui got of these sr. sister & 2 brothers. Her father died once she was eight, her mother moved within by having a second human, hoping he would look fallowing her tykes. Yet, Mui & her personal late found he was already married. Mui told the local magazine that her mother became super temperamental from either that point & universally took it retired in the children. Mui claimed to keep around been desperate for out of her personal.

From either a early Eighties to 2003, she was fantabulous friends using Leslie Cheung, another Hong Kong popular star, world health organization committed suicide within April 2003. She was super devastated by his dying.

Anita Mui announced within early September 2003 that she had cervical cancer and was undergoing treatment. the few of her friends & a media were baffled whenever to how come she took arrivederci to undergo coarse of action after it appeared she knew of her complaint when it was inside a fairly early stage. It was widely believed she forwent early professional assistance because she wanted to preserve a possibility to conceive. Mui finally wasted her battle to cervical cancer & died of respiratory complications at Hong Kong's Sanitorium Hospital in December 30, 2003 at 02:50 (local instance). She was Xl & lone. Her sister, Ann Mui, also the Hong Kong singer, died of cancer within 2000.

Music career

Easily-known within Chinese communities a world concluded, Mui shot to stardom fallowing winning the 1st Just released Talent Singing Contest in 1982, beating over 3,000 contestants. She entered entertainment industry as a singer once she was 5 & turned office after she was 7. Anita & her sister, Ann Mui. performed Chinese operas & pop songs around many eating house and nightspot, until she won a cantabile contest within 1982 using a song "Season of Wind" (風的季節). Despite her title when "new talent" at that instance, she got already been the singer for decade years.

Because of her immense profits as a popular singer, & her ever-changing images, she is typically known as a "Madonna of Hong Kong," a comparison resented by a bit of fans world health organization felt that she deserves to become recognised within her have best. Her cantabile career was it used to be that in comparison that of Diana Ross by CNN.

Mui's 1st album was freed sustaining a Capital Artist Record Company in a year of the contest. Her debut drew the lukewarm response from either audience.

Around 1985, Mui won her first 10 Right Firm Gold Right Female Singer award. A equivalent award attend her in the as punishment quaternity years. She maintained an unbroken record. Mui won likewise better songs awards, each for album songs & picture show theme songs.

Mui as well gained popularity overseas. She held the concert around Taiwan in 1988, and became the number 1 creative person from either Hong Kong to give a solo concert there. That equivalent season, she was invited to sing at a Olympics opening ceremony in Seoul, Korea.

Mui experienced her number 1 concert within 1985, lasting Xv nights. Her Xxviii sequentially concerts inside late 1987 won her the title of "Ever Changing Anita Mui" (百變梅艷芳), which became her trademark.

Within 1990, Mui announced that she would put an end to getting music awards to give the risk to newcomers. She held farewell concerts for 33 sequentially nights prior to retiring from either stage. She stepped down at just 28 years old, however returned from either retirement within 1994.

Across a years, Mui has freed assibilate Xl albums. Even her better was her quaternary album, freed inside 1986 and named "Bad Girl" (壞女孩) which got an eight platinum-selling album (all about 400,000 pieces sold). "Bad Girl" holds a record for the right-selling Cantonese album in Hong Kong.

"Anita Classics Movement Live" Concert, held from either November 6 to November 11, 2003 at Hong Kong Colosseum, was her sixth and a endure concert.

Albums
心債 (1982) 赤色 (1983) 飛躍舞台 (1984) 似水流年 (1985) 壞女孩 (1985) 蔓珠莎華(國語大碟) (1985) 妖女 (1986) 似火探戈 (1987) 烈焰紅唇 (1987) 夢裡共醉 (1988) 百變梅艷芳再展光華87-88演唱會 (1988) 百變梅艷芳-烈焰紅唇(國語大碟) (1988) ''You'll exist as Together (1988) 淑女 (1989) Within Brasil (1989) 愛我便說愛我吧 (1989) 封面女郎 (1990) 百變梅艷芳夏日耀光華演唱會Xc (1990) 慾望野獸街 (1991) 親密愛人(國語大碟) (1991) A Legend of the Pop Queen A share We (1992) A Legend of the Pop Queen A share Two (1992) 情幻一生 (1993) 變 (1993) 皇者之風 (1993) 戲劇人生 (1993) 是這樣的 (1994) 小心(香港版 及 台灣版) (1994) 歌之女 (1995) 一個美麗的回響演唱會 (1995) 鏡花水月 (1997) 情歌．梅艷芳(精選大碟) (1997) 芳蹤乍現台北演唱會實錄(國語大碟) (1997) 女人花(國語大碟) (1997) 仲夏變奏 (1998) 情歌Two (精選大碟) (1998) 床前明月光 (國語大碟) (1998) Big Than Life (1999) 沒話說 (1999) I personally'1000 Thus Happy (2000) 眾裡尋芳 (2001) By using (2002) 梅艷芳極夢幻演唱會2002 '' (2002) Sources: [http://www.anitamuinet.com/album/album.html], [http://www.geocities.com/Hollywood/Makeup/3094/diskhome.html]

Acting career

Anita Mui is besides easily-referred to as an actress through a Asia region. Her films keep around primarily been of the action thriller & kung fu kind, however she has besides taken comedic roles. Inside 1995, she detected a select few international recognition by starring paired Jackie Chan in Rumble in the Bronx, a film that was largely responsible Jackie Chan himself breaking into the Western market.

Apart from either singing, Mui won her number 1 acting award as a supporting actress in the flick "Fate" within 1984. Within 1987, her movie "Rouge" presented her using a Golden Horse Best Actress award. Subsequently around 1997, she also won an additional better supporting actress award by owning a flick "Eighteen Springs".

Anita was originally cast for Zhang Yimou's 2004 movie House of Flying Daggers. She resigned from either her position in the moving picture simply fortnight prior to her dying. Zhang experienced held her area of cinematography to the survive due to her unfortunate health trouble. A motion-picture photography was already 80% done while she died. Zhang didn't replenish Anita's role using an additional actress. A screenplay was changed to require a plot line off a original character. A fresh leader of the "House of Flying Daggers" never appears in the picture because it was Anita's role.

Filmography
Mad Mad 83 瘋狂83 (1983) ''Let's Make Laugh 表錯七日情 (1983) Fate 緣份 (1984) The Musical Singer 歌舞昇平 (1985) Lucky Diamond 祝你好運 (1985) Young Cops 青春差館 (1985) Happy Din Don 歡樂叮噹 (1985)# Chocolate Inspector 神探朱古力 (1986) Why, Why, Tell Me Why? 壞女孩 (1986) Last Song in Paris 偶然 (1986) 100 Ways To Murder Your Wife 殺妻二人組 (1986) Scared Stiff 小生夢驚魂 (1987)# Troubling Couples 開心物語 (1987) Happy Bigamist 一屋兩妻 (1987) Rouge 胭脂扣 (1988) One Husband too Many 一妻兩夫 (1988)# The Greatest Lover 公子多情 (1988) Three Wishes 黑心鬼 (1988) Miracles 奇蹟 (1989) A Better Tomorrow 3 英雄本色3-夕陽之歌 (1989) Kawashima Yoshiko 川島芳子 (1990) Shanghai Shanghai 亂世兒女 (1990) The Fortune Code 富貴兵團 (1990) The Top Bet 賭霸 (1991) Till We Meet Again 何日君再來 (1991) The Banquet 豪門夜宴 (1991)# Saviour Of The Soul 91神鵰俠侶 (1991) Justice, My Foot 審死官 (1992) Moon Warriors 戰神傳說 (1992) Fight Back to School 3 逃學威龍3之龍過雞年 (1993)* Executioners 現代豪俠傳 (1993) The Heroic Trio 東方三俠 (1993) Mad Monk 濟公 (1993) The Magic Crane 新仙鶴神針 (1993) Drunken Master 2 醉拳2 (1994) Rumble in the Bronx 紅番區 (1995) My Father is a Hero 給爸爸的信 (1995) Who's the Woman, Who's the Man 金枝玉葉-2 (1996)* Twinkle Twinkle 運財智叻星 (1996)# Eighteen Springs 半生緣 (1997) Dance of a Dream 愛君如夢 (2001) Wu Yen 鍾無艷 (2001) Midnight Fly 慌心假期 (2001) Let's Sing Along 男歌女唱 (2001) July Rhapsody 男人四十 (2002)

#'' Anita Mui wasn't a leading or even supporting actress in the film
* She was a supporting actress in the film

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Other contributions

Anita Mui was actively taking part around benevolent projects throughout her career.

Around 1992, the City manager of San Francisco declared April 18 of that year when "Anita Mui Day" to honor her contributions to society by raising funds for the Home which bears her title. October 26, 1993 wwhen then again declared as "Anita Mui Day" once more around San Francisco.

In a period of the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) outbreak, she initiated the fundraise concert highborn "1:99 Concert" which was a 2nd concert allowed to become held at a Hong Kong Bowl.

She was one of a founders of the Hong Kong Performing Artistes Guild (HKPAG, 香港演藝人協會), which was established in 1993, & was its chairlady. She resigned because of her health.