May Shin
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May Shin was a Burmese actress and singer, who was popular from the 1930s to the 1950s.
in British Burma. She was the youngest of five siblings. She passed seventh grade from Wesleyan School. At 18, May Shin joined A1 Film Company
as an aspiring actress. She was soon highly acclaimed for her soft gentle singing voice.
Her first film was Hpuza Shin, starring opposite actor Yegaung Chit Swe but she became known in the first Burmese sound film
Hmya Nat Maung.
As a radio presenter at the Burma Broadcasting Service in the 1950s, she actively supported U Nu
’s government against the left-wing campaign by appealing to armed insurgents to surrender. In 1958, she was awarded the title Wunnakyawhtin , the highest honor given to an artist by the Burmese government in that time. In 1962, at the age of 45, May Shin gave up acting and singing and withdrew from public life. She became devoutly Buddhist and practiced dhamma until the day she died.
In 2004, purged Prime Minister Gen Khin Nyunt visited her in Mandalay shortly before he was arrested.
In her old age, the venerated actress and singer spent most of her time in Buddhist contemplation at her residence in Mandalay. Win Win Myint (aka Nandaw Shay), author of May Shin’s biography, Pan Pwint Ye Yin Khon Than (“The Heartbeat of a Flower”), said that she never married and that she loved to uphold Burmese traditional culture and religion.
May Shin died of pulmonary edema
at her residence in Aung Daw Mu Ward, Mandalay. She was 91.
Biography
May Shin was born Than Shin in 1917 to businessman Khin Lay and his wife Pwa Yon . in MandalayMandalay
Mandalay is the second-largest city and the last royal capital of Burma. Located north of Yangon on the east bank of the Irrawaddy River, the city has a population of one million, and is the capital of Mandalay Region ....
in British Burma. She was the youngest of five siblings. She passed seventh grade from Wesleyan School. At 18, May Shin joined A1 Film Company
A1 Film Company
A1 Film Company is a Burmese-owned cinema company.The company was awarded to the Myanmar Motion Picture Academy Awards.It produced the 1940 Burmese film Chit Yay Sin and 1935 Japan Yin Thwe.- Key actors :...
as an aspiring actress. She was soon highly acclaimed for her soft gentle singing voice.
Her first film was Hpuza Shin, starring opposite actor Yegaung Chit Swe but she became known in the first Burmese sound film
Sound film
A sound film is a motion picture with synchronized sound, or sound technologically coupled to image, as opposed to a silent film. The first known public exhibition of projected sound films took place in Paris in 1900, but decades would pass before sound motion pictures were made commercially...
Hmya Nat Maung.
As a radio presenter at the Burma Broadcasting Service in the 1950s, she actively supported U Nu
U Nu
For other people with the Burmese name Nu, see Nu .U Nu was a leading Burmese nationalist and political figure of the 20th century...
’s government against the left-wing campaign by appealing to armed insurgents to surrender. In 1958, she was awarded the title Wunnakyawhtin , the highest honor given to an artist by the Burmese government in that time. In 1962, at the age of 45, May Shin gave up acting and singing and withdrew from public life. She became devoutly Buddhist and practiced dhamma until the day she died.
In 2004, purged Prime Minister Gen Khin Nyunt visited her in Mandalay shortly before he was arrested.
In her old age, the venerated actress and singer spent most of her time in Buddhist contemplation at her residence in Mandalay. Win Win Myint (aka Nandaw Shay), author of May Shin’s biography, Pan Pwint Ye Yin Khon Than (“The Heartbeat of a Flower”), said that she never married and that she loved to uphold Burmese traditional culture and religion.
May Shin died of pulmonary edema
Edema
Edema or oedema ; both words from the Greek , oídēma "swelling"), formerly known as dropsy or hydropsy, is an abnormal accumulation of fluid beneath the skin or in one or more cavities of the body that produces swelling...
at her residence in Aung Daw Mu Ward, Mandalay. She was 91.
Filmography
May Shin made 14 films in total.- Hpuza Shin
- Mhya Nat Maung
- Chit Tha Mhya
- Chit Yay SinChit Yay SinChit Yay Sin is a 1940 Burmese film.-Cast:*Tin Maung*May Shin*Yin Shwe*Tha Kone*Aung Gyi*Po Taung*Gym Sein*Ba Shin*Yoo Gyi*Sai Ta Maw...
- Hsaung Taw Shin
- Chein Tan Bi
- May Thawda
Discography
She released over 40 records with A1 Records. The following is a list of her successful records.- Chit Yay Sin
- Shin Thiwali
- Aunggyin Shitpa
- Pyo Mha Dan
- Myat Lay Ngoun
- Thawda Ngwe Min
- Kyay Say Taman
- Chit Khet Thetlya