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Yoon Jeong-hee

ユン・ジョンヒ　/　ゆん・じょんひ

Film actor from South Korea

July 30, 1944 – January 19, 2023　・　Gwangju, South Korea

film actor
actor

My Take

Yoon Jeong-hee strikes me as one of the quiet pillars of Korean cinema. Born in Gwangju in 1944, she went from a Miss Korea contestant to appearing in roughly 330 films after her 1967 debut, an output that is almost unimaginable today. What I admire most is the second act: her dignified late-career returns that proved her presence only deepened with age. A Korea University graduate, she carried intelligence into every role. Her passing in 2023 closed a remarkable chapter, but the sheer volume and grace of her work means her face will keep flickering on screen for generations.

Overview

Yoon Jeong-hee (Korean: 윤정희; July 30, 1944 – January 19, 2023) was a South Korean actress and beauty pageant titleholder who competed at Miss Korea 1964. She debuted in 1967 in Theatre of Youth. She appeared in about 330 films, and her better known works are New Place (1979), Woman in Crisis (1987) and Manmubang (1994).

Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

1. Profile

Name (English): Yoon Jeong-hee
Name (Japanese): ユン・ジョンヒ
Reading: ゆん・じょんひ
Born: July 30, 1944 – January 19, 2023
Zodiac / Chinese zodiac: Leo / Monkey
Origin: Gwangju, South Korea
Blood type: Private
Height: Private
Agency: Private
Occupation: film actor / actor

2. Background

Elementary school: Private
Junior high: Private
High school: Private
University: Korea University

3. Relationships

Spouse: Private
Children: Private
Parents: Private
Siblings: Private

4. Personality

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6. Links

Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%B0%B9%E9%9D%99%E5%A7%AB

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