Mona Fong Yat-wah, Lady Shaw (27 July 1934 – 22 November 2017) was a Hong Kongfilm and television producer and production manager. She was born Li Menglan in Shanghai.
Fong achieved fame as one of the most popular nightclub singers and recording artists in Singapore and Hong Kong in the 1950s, especially singing English covers of top hits of the time.[1] She married media mogul Sir Run Run Shaw (his second marriage) and became Deputy Chairman and General Manager of Shaw Brothers Studio and Television Broadcasts Limited (TVB).
Fong produced over a hundred films, the final one of which was Drunken Monkey in 2002.[2] Effective 1 January 2009, she was appointed General Manager of TVB.[3][4] Fong retired from TVB in 2012.[5]
RecordingsEdit
One of her albums from Hong Kong The Voice of Mona Fong also referred to as Mona Fong Meets Carding Cruz featured arrangements by Celso Carrillo and the songs "Karoi Sakurambo", "Millionaire", "Wooden Heart" and "Delilah". It was released on Hong Kong's Diamond Records label.[6][7] In 1968 an EP Merry Christmas was released on the Pathé label. It also featured Tsin Tsing and Betty Chung.[8] One of her biggest original hits was the title song to the 1966 film, "The Blue and the Black" (藍與黑).
mona, fong, lady, shaw, july, 1934, november, 2017, hong, kong, film, television, producer, production, manager, born, menglan, shanghai, lady, shawchinese, 方逸華bornli, menglan, 李夢蘭, july, 1934shanghai, republic, chinadied22, november, 2017, 2017, aged, hong, k. Mona Fong Yat wah Lady Shaw 27 July 1934 22 November 2017 was a Hong Kong film and television producer and production manager She was born Li Menglan in Shanghai Mona Fong Lady ShawChinese 方逸華BornLi Menglan 李夢蘭 27 July 1934Shanghai Republic of ChinaDied22 November 2017 2017 11 22 aged 83 Hong Kong Sanatorium and Hospital Happy Valley Hong KongOccupation s general manager production manager film and television producerSpouseSir Run Run Shaw m 1997 died 2014 wbr Chinese nameTraditional Chinese方逸華Simplified Chinese方逸华TranscriptionsStandard MandarinHanyu PinyinFang YihuaYue CantoneseJyutpingfong1 jat6 waa6Musical careerAlso known as方夢華 Contents 1 Career 2 Recordings 3 Filmography 3 1 Films 4 References 5 External linksCareer EditFong achieved fame as one of the most popular nightclub singers and recording artists in Singapore and Hong Kong in the 1950s especially singing English covers of top hits of the time 1 She married media mogul Sir Run Run Shaw his second marriage and became Deputy Chairman and General Manager of Shaw Brothers Studio and Television Broadcasts Limited TVB Fong produced over a hundred films the final one of which was Drunken Monkey in 2002 2 Effective 1 January 2009 she was appointed General Manager of TVB 3 4 Fong retired from TVB in 2012 5 Recordings EditOne of her albums from Hong Kong The Voice of Mona Fong also referred to as Mona Fong Meets Carding Cruz featured arrangements by Celso Carrillo and the songs Karoi Sakurambo Millionaire Wooden Heart and Delilah It was released on Hong Kong s Diamond Records label 6 7 In 1968 an EP Merry Christmas was released on the Pathe label It also featured Tsin Tsing and Betty Chung 8 One of her biggest original hits was the title song to the 1966 film The Blue and the Black 藍與黑 Filmography EditFilms Edit This is a partial list of films 9 1957 Mambo Girl Fong Yat Wah 1967 Sing High Sing Low 10 1969 Diary of a Lady Killer Singer 1978 Legend of the Bat Producer 1978 The Cunning Hustler Producer 1978 Godfather s Fury Producer 1982 Cat Vs Rat ProducerReferences Edit 邵逸夫90歲娶方逸華 婚後仍分居 Wen Wei Po 2014 01 08 Mona Fong at IMDb 電視廣播有限公司委任董事總經理公告 in Chinese Singer Star Leading Asian Film Executive Mona Fong Dies at 83 22 November 2017 Era ends with TVB s Mona Fong to retire 22 March 2012 roodo Mona Fong Mona Fong Meets Carding Cruz Archived 2018 11 18 at the Wayback Machine Popsike MONA FONG FEMALE VOCAL HONG KONG DIAMOND RECORD Discogs Mona Fong Tsin Tsing Betty Chung Merry Christmas Mona Fong Yat Wah hkmdb com Retrieved June 26 2021 Sing High Sing Low hkmdb com June 28 1967 Retrieved June 28 2021 External links EditMona Fong at IMDb Hong Kong Cinemagic Mona Fong Yat Wah Mona Fong at senscritique com This business related Hong Kong biographical article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte nbsp This biographical article related to film is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Mona Fong amp oldid 1138405818, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
