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Hong Kong actress Anita Mui is often referred to as the "Madonna of Hong Kong" because of her huge success as a pop singer, as well as her sexy image. She has acted in a wide range of genres, from the gangster thrillers, to kung fu films. She is best known to American audiences for her role in the Jackie Chan action movie, Rumble in the Bronx (1995), which was released theatrically in the U.S. Her role in that film was a comedic turn as an unglamorous grocery-store manager; her performance as a commanding, intelligent Hong Kong cop in My Father is a Hero (1995) is perhaps a better showcase for her talent.

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Anita Mui became a a major pop star and actress in Hong Kong during the 1980s and 1990s. Often described as the Asian Madonna, the comparison described not only Mui's popularity, but also her independence, her tendency to stir up controversy, and her ability to remake her image almost constantly. Mui was sometimes dubbed "The Chameleon" or "Anita of 100 Faces." A versatile actress, she appeared in several high-quality Hong Kong films and became known to audiences in the United States through her work with Hong Kong action hero Jackie Chan. Mui's death in 2003 at age 40 sparked a strong outpouring of emotion in the Chinese-speaking world.

One of four children, the singer was born Mui Yim-fong on October 10, 1963. Many details of her early life remain obscure; she may have been born in mainland China, but she grew up in the British colonial enclave of Hong Kong. Mui's family was poor, and their situation worsened after the death of her father, whom Mui never really knew. Before age five, Mui and her sister sang for tips in an amusement park to augment the family's income, and Mui's mother became abusive under the many pressures she faced. "I am not a weak person," Mui was quoted as saying by the Los Angeles Times as she struggled with her final illness. "I can tell you that I have never had any fears and I will win this fight."

Mui dropped out of school early to sing in nightclubs, and in 1982 she entered the First New Talent Singing Contest, which was presented by Hong Kong's TVB television station. The competition was not unlike the television show American Idol in the United States. She won first place in a field of more than 3,000 other competitors, with one judge giving her a perfect score. The prize launched Mui's recording and cinematic careers. Her first album, 1983's The Crimson Anita Mui, notched sales of 250,000 copies, unusually strong for a young artist, and she appeared in the action film Dancing Warrior that same year.

Mui sang mostly in the Cantonese dialect of Chinese spoken in Hong Kong, and the genre in which she scored most of her musical successes is known as Canto-pop, although its reach extends across many Asian countries. She later added Mandarin Chinese and Japanese to her linguistic repertoire. By the time she released her fourth album, the racy Bad Girl, in 1986, Mui had become a major star. The album was banned in mainland China, but the publicity that came with the ban only stoked Mui's popularity. From 1985 to 1989, Mui won Hong Kong's Best Female Singer award, a streak that remains unsurpassed.

Apart from 1984's Fate, for which she won a Best Supporting Actress award, Mui's early films were mostly undistinguished. But she won critical acclaim for her performance in 1987's Rouge, directed by Stanley Kwan. Mui played a ghost who returns to the world of the living to try to find the lover who failed to rejoin her after a suicide pact in the 1930s. The film tapped Mui's characteristic mixture of toughness and melancholy, and Mui won Hong Kong's Golden Horse Best Actress Award.

Mui's musical career continued to grow, and in 1987 she performed for an unprecedented 28 consecutive nights at concerts in Hong Kong. The following year she performed at the opening ceremonies of the summer Olympics in Seoul, Korea. In 1989 Mui donated the proceeds from some of her concerts to a student pro-democracy movement in mainland China, and was also a generous supporter of various charitable causes. In 1991, worn out by a decade of touring and crushing publicity, Mui announced her intention to stop performing except for charity appearances, and to cut back on her film appearances. Fan demand forced her to perform at 33 consecutive concerts in late 1991 and early 1992, before she began her temporary retirement.

Although her resolve to stay away from film appearances proved to be short-lived, Mui did take a three-year break. She remained in the headlines, however, becoming romantically linked with a succession of Hong Kong movie stars, and fleeing to Singapore after a bizarre incident in which she was slapped by a Hong Kong gangster after refusing to perform for him. The gangster was gunned down shortly afterward, and Mui was besieged with death threats.

Mui resumed performing in 1994 and found that audiences' affection for her remained undiminished. Like Madonna, she looked different with each new album and concert, dressing for example as an aristocratic woman, a schoolgirl, an Arab seductress, or an athlete. Mui's later films brought her international popularity and respect. She appeared opposite Jackie Chan in the international hits Drunken Master 2 and Rumble in the Bronx, and she made several films with Hong Kong director Ann Hui. One of them, 2002's July Rhapsody, would be her last.

Early in 2003, as she worked on her autobiography, Heart of the Modern Woman, Mui was diagnosed with cervical cancer. At first she refused treatment from Western-style doctors, although she did consult a Chinese traditional healer. Various reasons were given for her decision: she mistrusted Western medicine, and she was depressed over the deaths of her friends, singers Leslie Cheung and Roman Tam. Mui herself, as quoted by Singapore's Straits Times, wrote at one point that "I'm not afraid of dying, or I would've cured myself of this illness by seeking early treatment." Her sister Ann had died of ovarian cancer three years before.

In September of 2003 Mui publicly announced her illness and vowed to fight it. Exhausted by the effects of chemotherapy, she nevertheless pressed ahead with a series of concerts at the vast Hong Kong Coliseum, some of which benefited victims of the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) epidemic. At Mui's final concert in November, Mui appeared frail. At the concert's end she left the stage in a white wedding gown, telling the crowd it was apparent that she would never marry.

Fans feared the worst when Mui failed to show up for the launch of her autobiography in early December, and she died on December 30, 2003. Thousands attended her funeral, where Chan delivered her eulogy. "Don't cry for me," was her final message to the world, according to the London Independent. "Don't say my name. Let me go on my journey in peace."

Selected discography

(all titles translated from original Cantonese)
The Crimson Anita Mui, 1983.
Bad Girl, 1983.
Manchsawa, 1985.
Witch Girl, 1986.
Hot Entanglement, 1987.
Red Lips on Fire, 1987.
Intoxicated in Our Dreams, 1988.

The Return of the Ever-Changing Anita Mui, 1988.
Graceful Lady, 1989.
Say It If You Love Me, 1989.
Cover Girl, 1990.
The Street of Animal Desire, 1991.
Intimate Lovers, 1991.
A Life of Love and Illusion, 1993.
A Life of Drama, 1993.
Watch Out!, 1994.
The Woman of Songs, 1995.
A Beautiful Echo, 1995.
Women Flower, 1997.
The Flower in the Mirror and the Moon Reflected in the Water, 1997.
Greatest Love Songs by Anita Mui, Capital, 1998.
Variation of the Midsummer, Capital, 1998.
Moonlight in Front of My Bed, 1998.
Nothing to Say, 1999.
Search for My Beloved in the Crowd, 2000.

Sources
Periodicals
Gazette (Montreal, Quebec, Canada), December 31, 2003, p. D6; January 12, 2004, p. B7.
Independent (London, England), January 2, 2004, p. 16.
Los Angeles Times, January 1, 2004, p. B10.
New York Times, January 6, 2004, p. B9.
San Francisco Chronicle, January 10, 2004, p. D3.
South China Morning Post (Hong Kong), December 31, 2003, p. News-4.
Straits Times (Singapore), December 24, 2003, Life section; December 31, 2003, Life section.
Times (London, England), January 2, 2004.

Online
"Anita Mui," All Music Guide, http://www.allmusic.com (March 2, 2004).
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Hong Kong pop diva Anita Mui was one of the most beloved stars in Asia, selling over ten million albums of songs sung in Cantonese, Mandarin, and Japanese. Mui began singing in nightclubs at the age of four, but her big break came in 1982, when she won first place in a major talent contest. In many ways, Mui's career mirrored that of Madonna. Both stars broke out in the early '80s, both conquered the film world, and both were renowned for their flashy stage shows with multiple costume changes. As an actor, Anita Mui starred in several Hong Kong blockbusters, several of which had great crossover appeal in the U.S., including Rumble in the Bronx (with Jackie Chan) and My Father Is a Hero (with Jet Li). Mui retired from music in 1991, but staged a successful comeback in 1994 and continued to perform regularly thereafter. In September of 2003, Mui announced that she was diagnosed with cancer. She continued to soldier on with her career despite her health problems and held several concerts in November. By December her condition had worsened and the Hong Kong superstar was hospitalized. On December 30, 2003, Anita Mui died at the age of 40. ~ Wade Kergan, Rovi
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Mui performing 孤身走我路 (Walk My Lonely Path of My Life) at "Anita Classic Moment Live 2003" at the Hong Kong Coliseum in Hong Kong.
Chinese name 梅艷芳 (Traditional)
Chinese name 梅艳芳 (Simplified)
Pinyin Méi Yànfāng (Mandarin)
Jyutping mui4 jim6 fong1 (Cantonese)
Ancestry Hepu, Guangxi
Origin Hong Kong
Born (1963-10-10)10 October 1963[1]
Hong Kong[2]
Died 30 December 2003(2003-12-30) (aged 40)[3]
Hong Kong
Resting place Tian Tan Buddha, Po Lin Monastery, Lantau Island, Hong Kong
Other name(s) 阿梅 (Ah Mui)
梅姐 (Mui Je; lit. Big Sister Mui)
何加男 (Karen Ho)
Occupation Singer, actress
Genre(s) Cantopop
Voice type(s) Contralto[4]
Label(s) Capital Artists (1982–2002)
Music Nation Group (2002–2004)
Years active 1982–1992
1994–2003
Partner(s) Michael Miu
Masahiko Kondō
Vincent Zhao
Parents Tam Mei-kam (mother)
Influenced Grasshopper, Andy Hui, Denise Ho, Patrick Tam, Edmond Leung, Eason Chan, William So

Anita Mui Yim-fong (10 October 1963 – 30 December 2003) was a Hong Kong singer and actress. During her prime years she made major contributions to the cantopop music scene, while receiving numerous awards and honours. She remained an idol throughout most of her career, and was generally regarded as a cantopop diva.[3] Mui once held a sell-out concert at Hammersmith, London, England, where she was dubbed the "Madonna of Asia" and brought her to further international fame.[2] That title has stayed with her throughout her career, and has been used as a comparison for both Eastern and Western media.[5][6][7]

In the 1980s the gangtai style of music was revolutionised by Mui's wild dancing and on stage femininity.[8] She was famed for her outrageous costumes and high-power performances in combination with contralto vocals, which are rare in female artists.[4] Her fanbase reached far beyond Hong Kong into much of Asia, such as Taiwan, Mainland China, Singapore and Malaysia, as well as the overseas market. In the Hong Kong entertainment industry, where stars often rise to fall quickly, Mui remained in the spotlight for nearly 20 years. Her career was only halted in 2003 by the surprising diagnosis that Mui had cervical cancer. She died at the early age of 40.[3][6] Mui left considerable music and film legacies and her involvement in charitable work and humanitarian causes whilst alive give continuing reason for her commemoration by the Hong Kong entertainment industry.

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Career

Early years

Anita Mui experienced much hardship in her childhood. She was the youngest daughter in a family of five children.[6] Her elder sister, Ann Mui, was also a singer. Their father died when Anita was five years old, thus the children were raised in a single parent family. At an early age she had to help provide for her siblings, dropping out of school to do so. More hardship followed the family when the bar her mother ran was destroyed by fire.[2] To make a living, Anita herself first entered show business at the age of five.[5][9] She performed Chinese operas and pop songs in theatres and the streets.[5][9] Both Anita and her older sister Ann Mui basically performed in any night club that offered them a chance to make a living.[2]

Music

See also: Anita Mui discography

In 1982 the first New Talent Singing Awards was held. Mui got a big break by winning the contest with the song "The Windy Season" (風的季節), beating over 3,000 contestants.[9][10] Despite her title as "new talent" at that time, she had already been a singer for more than 10 years from street and club performances during her childhood.[11]

As an award to winning the New Talent contest at the time, Mui's first album was released with the local record company Capital Artists.[11] Her debut drew a lukewarm response from the audience. But subsequent albums fared much better, as she developed her personal style and image. In 1983 and 1984, she won the RTHK Top 10 Gold Songs award back to back.[12][13] Her winning streak continued as she won another major award in 1985, her first top 10 Jade Solid Gold Best Female Singer award.[14] For the next four years, she won the award consecutively every year until 1989.[15][16][17][18]

Mui released 50 albums in total.[19] Her best selling album was the 1985 "Bad Girl" (壞女孩), which sold over 400,000 copies (platinum 8x by Hong Kong's standards).[11] In her career she sold 10 million albums.[5][9] It should be noted that the population of Hong Kong in the 1980s was only about 5 million.

In terms of live performances, her first concert was held in 1985 lasting 15 nights. Beginning in late 1987, a series of 28 consecutive concerts at the Hong Kong Coliseum were held through early 1988. This established a record at the time and dubbed Mui the title of "Ever Changing Anita Mui" (百變梅艷芳), which had become her trademark.[20] Her popularity was also gaining prominence outside of Hong Kong. As she was invited to sing at the 1988 Summer Olympics opening ceremony in Seoul, Korea on the same stage with Janet Jackson.[21] She performed in 300 concerts in her career.[5][9]

In 1990, Mui announced that she would put an end to receiving music awards to give a chance to newcomers. She held farewell concerts for 33 consecutive nights before retiring from the stage. At the age of 28 she stepped down from the industry, only to return from retirement in 1994.[22] Anita mentored several Hong Kong newcomer singers who have since become successful, most notably Andy Hui, Denise Ho, Edmond Leung and the band Grasshopper.[11] As a lifetime achievement award in music, Mui was awarded the RTHK Golden Needle Award in 1998.[23]

Mui's star on the Avenue of Stars

Acting

Main article: Anita Mui filmography

Mui was also well known as an actress across the Asian region. As she starred in more than 40 movies over a 20 year period.[24] Her films were mainly of the action-thriller and kung fu variety, but she had also taken comedic and dramatic roles. Her first acting award as a supporting actress was won at the Hong Kong Film Awards for the movie Fate in 1984. Three years later in 1987, the film Rouge won her Best Actress at Golden Horse Award.[6] She won the award again in 1989 at the Hong Kong Film Awards.

In 1993, she starred in The Heroic Trio with Michelle Yeoh and Maggie Cheung, and it proved to be one of her most popular action films. In 1995, she found some international recognition by starring opposite Jackie Chan in Rumble in the Bronx.[2]

Later on in 1997, she also won another best supporting actress at Hong Kong Film Award with the movie Eighteen Springs. In 2002, she won Best actress at Changchun Film Festival Golden Deer Awards for Best Actress with her performance in July Rhapsody.[25] Her ability to successfully play a wide range of roles from comedy to tragedy, allowed her to take part in many lead roles.

Anita was originally cast for Zhang Yimou's 2004 movie House of Flying Daggers. She resigned from her role in the movie only two weeks before her death. Zhang had held her parts of filming to the last due to her poor health.[26] Out of respect for Mui, Zhang did not cast another actress in the role and the character was removed from the screenplay. She received a dedication during the closing credits.[26]

Throughout her career, the tabloid magazines were unforgiving. Rumours never ceased to plague Mui, who was accused of being addicted to drugs, plastic surgery, being suicidal, being linked to the death of a triad leader.[11] Rumours of affairs with leading actors also circulated.[2]

Community work

Mui was actively involved in charitable projects throughout her career. The Tibetan red-crown Shamar Rinpoche once said "She had a true heart. She was an unconventional woman and brought happiness to lots of people during her life."[5][9] Her establishment of a nursing home in San Francisco, prompted the mayor of the city in 1992 to name 18 April as "Anita Mui Day".[2] In 1993, she established the "Anita Mui True Heart Charity Foundation" (梅艷芳四海一心基金會). That same year, she was also one of the founders of the Hong Kong Performing Artistes Guild.[11][27] 23 October 1993 was also announced to be "Anita Mui Day" in Toronto, Canada.[28]

One of the care centres established by Mui

During the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) outbreak, she initiated a fund raising concert titled the 1:99 Concert to raise money for SARS-affected families.[6] She was also awarded the "Fighting Against SARS Award" from RTHK and Ming pao newspaper.[27]

In 2003, she wrote and published the book The Heart of the Modern Woman (現代女人心). Profits from the book went to the "Children's Cancer Foundation".[7]

On 23 September 2004, the "Anita Mui True Heart Digital Multimedia Studio" was opened at The University of Hong Kong. It included state of the art equipment for digital audio and video editing.[29] In Causeway Bay, an Anita-mui themed cafe called "Happiness Moon" (囍月) is also dedicated to her legacy.[30]

Death and legacy

On 5 September 2003, Mui made the public announcement that she had cervical cancer.[3][9] It was widely believed that she had chosen medical rather than surgical therapy because she wanted to preserve the possibility to conceive. Knowing that she would not make it past the illness, she had a final series of shows entitled the "Anita Classic Moment Live Concert". The series consisted of eight shows held at the Hong Kong Coliseum in 2003. It was her last concert series before her death.[11] Musical guests included Jacky Cheung, Sandy Lam, David Tao, Eason Chan, Andy Hui, Alan Tam, George Lam, Hacken Lee, Grasshopper (band) and Kelly Chen.[31] Her final symbolic act was to "marry the stage", which was accompanied by her hit "Sunset Melody" (夕陽之歌) as she exited the stage for the final time. Her very last song performed on stage was "Cherish When We Meet Again" (珍惜再會時), a rendition of The Manhattans' "Let's Just Kiss And Say Goodbye". Mui eventually lost her battle to cervical cancer and died of respiratory complications leading to a lung failure at Hong Kong Sanatorium and Hospital on 30 December 2003 at 02:50 (HK local time).[3][6][7] She was 40 years old.[9] Thousands of fans turned out for her funeral in North Point in January 2004.[5][9]

In 1998 an ATV TV series Forever Love Song told a story of a character that was loosely based on the story of Anita Mui, but the character names were purposely changed. In 2007 a TV series was produced in China titled "Anita Mui Fei" (梅艷芳菲) to tell the many dramas in her life. The 42 episode series was broadcast by China Education Television. Fellow actors Andy Lau and Leslie Cheung were also portrayed in the series, though some of the sensitive subjects such as her suffering of cancer, Leslie's suicide and her mother's real estate dilemma were avoided.[32] Actress Alice Chan (陳煒) plays the role of Mui in the series.[33]

On 11 October 2008, a show on TVB was dedicated to her titled "Our Anita Mui" (我們的梅艷芳). Many off-stage fans and personnel who worked with her got a chance to talk about their personal experiences with Mui. Singers who participated in the show included Andy Hui, Edmond Leung and Stephanie Cheng.[34][35]

Her ashes are interred at the Po Lin Monastery's mausoleum on Lantau Island.

Will

In her will, she bequeathed two properties to her fashion designer, and the remainder to the Karen Trust – a trust she had set up and looked after by HSBC International Trustees. Its beneficiaries included her mother, Tam Mei-kam, and four nieces and nephews. The Karen Trust provided Tam with a life tenancy of HK$70,000 per month; upon Tam's death, the estate would go to the New Horizon Buddhist Association absolutely.[36]

In 2005, Tam received a HK$705,000 lump-sum payment from the trust in May. She applied for and obtained a hardship grant to pay for medical expenditure of $50,000 in December; her application for funds from the estate to challenge the will was denied.[37] In 2008, Anita Mui's estate was estimated to be worth HK$100 million. Tam Mei-kam contested the will, arguing that Anita was mentally unfit when she executed her will in 2003, weeks before her death. The High Court ruled that Mui was of sound mind when she signed the will, and that Mui simply did not trust her mother with money.[3] Through the years, Tam mounted several legal challenges to the will, and succeeded in having the life tenancy varied to $120,000.[38] Tam was reportedly still owing $2 million in legal costs.[36] A fresh appeal by Tam and elder brother Peter Mui failed at the Court of Final Appeal in May 2011.[38]

Incidents

Citizenship

Mui moved to Canada in the 1990s where she lived for two years and was granted landed immigrant status. However, her constant absence from Canada resulted in her status being revoked. She never gained Canadian citizenship.

Censorship

In 1995 Mui performed the song "Bad Girl" (壞女孩) in Guangzhou, China where the song was banned at the time.[8][39] It was considered during that time pornographic in nature.[8] Government authorities were infuriated when she chose to sing the song on the last day of her concert.[39]

Tour setlists

Awards

Concert Tours/Specials

Year Native name English Name Released Formats
1985–1986 梅艷芳盡顯光華演唱會 Anita Mui in Concert '85 television broadcast
1987–1988 百變梅艷芳再展光華演唱會 Anita Mui in Concert 87–88 LD/CD/VHS
1990 百變梅艷芳夏日耀光華演唱會 Anita Mui in Concert '90 LD/CD
1991–1992 百變梅艷芳告別舞台演唱會 Anita Mui Final Concert VHS (limited edition)/DVD/VCD
1994 情歸何處II梅艷芳感激歌迷演唱會 Anita Mui Appreciating the Fans Concert TV broadcast only
1995 梅艷芳一個美麗的回嚮演唱會 Anita Mui in Concert '95 LD/CD/VCD
1999 百變梅艷芳演唱會1999 / 百變梅艷芳演唱會1999延續篇 Anita Mui in Concert 1999 / Anita Mui in Concert 1999 Part 2 Not released
2001 梅艷芳 Mui Music Show Anita Mui Mui Music Show Radio / TV broadcast only
2002 梅艷芳極夢幻演唱會 Anita Mui Fantasy Gig 2002 CD/DVD/VCD
2003 梅艷芳經典金曲演唱會 Anita Classic Moment Live CD/DVD/VCD

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Jackie Chan, Yu Mo Wan
Golden Horse Award for Best Actress (1981-2000)

Sylvia Chang (1981) · Ping Wong (1982) · Xiao Fun Lu (1983) · Huei San Yang (1984) · Huei San Yang (1985) · Sylvia Chang (1986) · Anita Mui (1987) · Carol Cheng (1988) · Maggie Cheung (1989) · Brigitte Lin (1990) · Maggie Cheung (1991) · Lindzay Chan (1992) · Carrie Ng (1993) · Joan Chen (1994) · Josephine Siao (1995) · Josephine Siao (1996) · Maggie Cheung (1997) · Li Xiaolu (1998) · Loletta Lee (1999) · Maggie Cheung (2000)

(1962–1980) · (1981–2000) · (2001-present)

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