Moon Hee | |
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Born | Pusan, South Korea | July 16, 1947
Occupation | Actress |
Years active | 1965–present |
Korean name | |
Hangul | 문희 |
Hanja | 文姬 |
Revised Romanization | Mun Hui |
McCune–Reischauer | Mun Hŭi |
Birth name | |
Hangul | 이순임 |
Revised Romanization | I Sunim |
McCune–Reischauer | I Sunim |
Moon Hee is a South Korean actress born in Pusan, July 16, 1947 and has been active since 1965. While attending Seorabeol Art College with a film and theater major, she applied for recruiting new actors by KBS TV. When she was attending for a camera test, Moon was picked up by an assistant director of Lee Man-hee . She was cast to star in Lee's film Heukmaek. She was commonly referred to as one of the "Troika" along with her rival actresses, Yoon Jeong-hee and Nam Jeong-im of the 1960s and early 1970s.[1] Moon Hee retired from the acting career when she married Jang Gang-jae, the vice president of Hankook Ilbo in November 1971 who later became the chair of the newspaper company.[2]