Yang Lina
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Yang Lina also known as Lina Yang, was a Singapore
an actress whose credits included dramas, included Samsui Women
. She was often cast as conniving, plotting characters.
Yang became an actress in 1984 after previously working as a bank employee. She had attended an acting class with her sister, actress Yang Libing, and then joined the Singapore Broadcasting Corporation
, which is now part of MediaCorp
. Her most well known roles included the 1986 film, Neighbours
, and Samsui Women
.
She married her husband, an make-up artist, in 1992. She took two professional breaks from acting to give birth to her two daughters.
Yang opened a hair salon with her sister in 2004. She was diagnosed with uterine cancer
during the late 2000s, but remained continued to act. Her last role was in Perfect Cut 2, in which she portrayed a wealthy, lonely woman who was dying from AIDS
. She died of cancer in the home of her younger sister, Yang Libing, on March 20, 2010. Her age was unknown. She was survived by her husband, two daughters and sister.
Singapore
Singapore , officially the Republic of Singapore, is a Southeast Asian city-state off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, north of the equator. An island country made up of 63 islands, it is separated from Malaysia by the Straits of Johor to its north and from Indonesia's Riau Islands by the...
an actress whose credits included dramas, included Samsui Women
Samsui Women (TV series)
Samsui Women is a 24-episode historical drama produced by the Singapore Broadcasting Corporation in 1986. Starring Zeng Huifen, Huang Wenyong, Hong Huifang and Li Yinzhu...
. She was often cast as conniving, plotting characters.
Yang became an actress in 1984 after previously working as a bank employee. She had attended an acting class with her sister, actress Yang Libing, and then joined the Singapore Broadcasting Corporation
Singapore Broadcasting Corporation
Singapore Broadcasting Corporation was a partially privatised mass market media conglomeration, which dominated the entire television and most of the radio broadcasting industry in Singapore during its existence...
, which is now part of MediaCorp
MediaCorp
Media Corporation of Singapore, better known as MediaCorp, is a group of commercial media companies in Singapore, with business interests in television and radio broadcasting, interactive media, and, to a lesser extent, print publishing and film-making....
. Her most well known roles included the 1986 film, Neighbours
Neighbours (film)
Neighbours is a 1952 anti-war film by Scottish-Canadian filmmaker Norman McLaren. Produced at the National Film Board of Canada in Montreal, the film uses the technique known as pixilation, an animation technique using live actors as stop-motion objects...
, and Samsui Women
Samsui Women (TV series)
Samsui Women is a 24-episode historical drama produced by the Singapore Broadcasting Corporation in 1986. Starring Zeng Huifen, Huang Wenyong, Hong Huifang and Li Yinzhu...
.
She married her husband, an make-up artist, in 1992. She took two professional breaks from acting to give birth to her two daughters.
Yang opened a hair salon with her sister in 2004. She was diagnosed with uterine cancer
Uterine cancer
The term uterine cancer may refer to any of several different types of cancer which occur in the uterus, namely:*Uterine sarcomas: sarcomas of the myometrium, or muscular layer of the uterus, are most commonly leiomyosarcomas.*Endometrial cancer:...
during the late 2000s, but remained continued to act. Her last role was in Perfect Cut 2, in which she portrayed a wealthy, lonely woman who was dying from AIDS
AIDS
Acquired immune deficiency syndrome or acquired immunodeficiency syndrome is a disease of the human immune system caused by the human immunodeficiency virus...
. She died of cancer in the home of her younger sister, Yang Libing, on March 20, 2010. Her age was unknown. She was survived by her husband, two daughters and sister.