Moon Hee

Moon Hee
Born (1947-07-16) July 16, 1947 (age 77)
Pusan, South Korea
OccupationActress
Years active1965–present
Korean name
Hangul
문희
Hanja
文姬
Revised RomanizationMun Hui
McCune–ReischauerMun Hŭi
Birth name
Hangul
이순임
Revised RomanizationI Sunim
McCune–ReischauerI 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]

  1. ^ 문희 [Moon Hee] (in Korean). Korean Movie Database (KMDb). Retrieved 2010-02-08.
  2. ^ "스토리 서치 - 6월 1일 60년대 스타 문희 씨의 맏딸 장서정 양 시집가던 날! '웨딩드레스, 혼". Archived from the original on 2009-09-03. Retrieved 2010-02-10.