
Pyongyang, South Pyeongan province, Korea, Empire of Japan [now Pyongyang, North Korea]
Born in Pyongyang in 1927. She graduated from Jinnampo Girls’ High School in South Pyongan Province. She began her theater career in the early 1940s. Recognized for her acting skills on stage, she was able to make her film debut in director Lee Kang-cheon's 1956 film The Idiot Adada. Since then, she has appeared in over 80 films, including Simcheongjeon, Seaside Village, and Forest Fire. New play performances such as Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1959), Flock of Seagulls (1963), and Exchange (1966) by Shinhyup Theater Company, and musical performances such as Porgy and Bess (1962) by Drama Center.

as Boarding house' woman
1959

1956

1962

as Ms. Ma-san
1967

as Mrs. Kim (Ju-sa's wife)
1961

1961

as Miwon's mother
1961

as Mrs. Park [Do-yeong's wife]
1960

as Nanny
1961

1962

1967

1967

1970

1969

1969

1968

1968

1967

1967

as Stepmother
1967

as Court lady Oh
1967

1967

1967

as Ms. Ma-san
1967

as Old Lady with the Furnace
1966

1965

1965

1965

1964

as Bun-i's Mother
1963

1963

1963

as General Jisan's wife
1962

1962

1962

1962