Barbara Yung 翁美玲

ABOUT

Barbara Yung 翁美玲 was a highly famous leading female actress under TVB entertainment in Hong Kong. Her break out role was playing as Wong Yung on TVB series "The Legend of the Condor Heroes". She will always be the best Wong Yung and a legend under a lot of people's eye. Yung was dating Ken Tong another highly popular male actor under TVB; after their break-up she committed suicide. 

PROFILE

• Name: 翁美玲 / Yung Mei Ling (Weng Mei Ling)
• English name: Barbara Yung
• Birthday: 1959-May-07
• Death: 1985-May-14 (aged 26, Suicide)
• Birthplace: Hong Kong
• Nationality: British
• Height: 159 cm
• Weight: 45.5 kg
• Star sign: Taurus
• Chinese zodiac: Pig
• Blood type: O

• Parent(s)	Weng Ming Chang (Father) Liu Ming Yee (Mother)

• Education: Rosaryhill School Anglia Ruskin University
  Central School of Art and Design
• Occupation: Actress
• Active Years: 1982 - 1985
• Talent agency: TVB

FILMOGRAPHY

TV Series

• 1982:  十三妹 The Legend of the Unknowns as     Princess Sheung (13th sister)

  1983:   射鵰英雄傳之鐵血丹心 The Legend of the Condor Heroes: The Iron-Blooded Loyalists as Wong Yung (yellow yung)
              射鵰英雄傳之東邪西毒 The Legend of the Condor Heroes: Eastern Heretic and Western Venom as Wong Yung (yellow yung)
              射鵰英雄傳之華山論劍 The Legend of the Condor Heroes: The Duel on Mount Hua as Wong Yung (yellow yung)
              夹心人 The Man in the Middle as Tung Pui-man     

  1984:     決戰玄武門 The Foundation as Chun Sik-sik         
              天師執位 The Fearless Duo as Lam Chor-yin     
              生銹橋王 United We Stand as Lam Pui-ying, Ho Doh-wan     
              楚留香之蝙蝠傳奇 The New Adventures of Chor Lau-heung as Song Siu-ching/Princess Wing-ching         

  1985:     挑戰     The Rough Ride as Tse Bik-wah         
              楚河漢界     The Battlefiel as Yuk Dip-yee

Movies

• The Crazy 83 (1983)
• Legend of The Bat (1978)

Trivia

-She was in on Hong Kong's top ten movie stars in 1983 and 1984
-Religious: Catholic
-Birthplace: Anhui Province (with mother)
-Friends with Huang Rihua, Miao Qiaowei, Yang Panpan, Zeng Jiang, etc.
-Hobby: Badminton, chat, snacks, love to drink cola
-Classic and mosted beloved character as Huang Rong in t"The Legend of the condor Heroes"

Religion: Catholic

Native origin: Anhui, China (with mother)

She moved from Hong Kong to England with her mom when she was 15 years old 

She joined Miss Hong Kong pageant in 1982 and got 8th place 

She committed suicide at age 26 in 1985, after she inhaled gas in her home.

Stephen Chow Sai-lung was called the day she committed suicide and she stated she was upset with the breakup with Ken Tong. Stephen went over to Barbara's home but she didn't answer and he left. The next morning Stephen went back, he smelled gas. He climbed into her window and saw her on the floor and she was pronounced dead on arrival to the Baptist Hospital in Kowloon.