Mary Jean Reimer

Last updated

Yung Jing-Jing
翁靜晶
Weng Jing Jing .jpg
Born (1964-05-22) 22 May 1964 (age 60)
OccupationActress
Years active1980–1984
Spouses
(m. 1984;died 2013)
Sean Eric Mclean Hotung
(m. 2018)
ChildrenJeanne Lau (daughter)
Rosemary Lau (daughter)
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese 翁靜晶
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin Wēng Jìngjīng
Yue: Cantonese
Jyutping Jung1 Zing6 Zing1

Mary Jean Reimer [note 1] (born 22 May 1964), also known as Yung Jing-Jing, is a Hong Kong solicitor and actress. She has American-Chinese-Vietnamese ancestry.

Contents

Early life and film career

Reimer was born in South Vietnam (or the United States) [2] to a Teochow Vietnamese father and Hoa mother. Her family moved to Hong Kong in 1965. She began her acting career with the TV series The Youth (年青人) and in 1980, she co-starred with Danny Chan in Clifford Choi's youth drama Encore (喝采). [3] She reached her foremost fame with fantasy Wuxia films, among which is Little Dragon Maiden (楊過與小龍女) where she played the title character Xiaolongnü. Reimer ended her acting career after marriage to Lau Kar-leung in 1984. She has two daughters, Jeanne, born 1986, and Rosemary, born 1989, with him.

Later career

Reimer started to work as an insurance consultant in 1989. She graduated from the University of Hong Kong School of Professional and Continuing Education in 1996 and began her career as a solicitor after her exam for her insurance agent qualifications has sections with regards to law, in which she scored 92 points. Reimer owned her business Reimer & Partners. In 2014, she retired after developing hypothyroidism from the physical and emotional stress from being a solicitor.

Reimer was also renowned as a TV and radio host and as a freelance writer with a newspaper column, Dangerous Persons. [4]

Reimer is a practising Buddhist who used to sit on the board of Ting Wai Monastery. She exposed Sik Chi Ding, the abbess, for mishandling millions of Hong Kong dollars in donations and sham marriages with two monks for residency purposes. She has also been active in exposing the practice of fake monks begging in Hong Kong and foreign cities. [5]

Reimer married her longtime boyfriend Sean Eric Mclean Hotung, who is a member of the Hotung family, in May 2018.

Notes and references

Notes

  1. Legally she still keeps the last name of his deceased husband and her full name is Mary Jean Reimer Lau. [1]

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Sammo Hung</span> Hong Kong actor, martial artist, producer, and director (born 1952)

Samuel "Sammo" Hung Kam-bo is a Hong Kong actor, martial artist, film producer and film director, known for his work in martial arts films, Hong Kong action cinema, and as a fight choreographer for other actors such as Kim Tai-chung, Jackie Chan, Yuen Biao, and Yuen Wah.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Maggie Cheung</span> Hong Kong actress

Margaret Cheung Man-yuk is a former Hong Kong actress. Raised in Hong Kong and Britain, she started her career after placing second in 1983's Miss Hong Kong Pageant. She achieved critical success in the late 1980s and into the early 2000s, before taking a break from acting following her last starring role in 2004. She rarely makes public appearances except for fashion events and award ceremonies.

<i>A Chinese Odyssey</i> 1995 Hong Kong film

A Chinese Odyssey is a two-part 1995 Hong Kong fantasy-comedy film directed by Jeffrey Lau and starring Stephen Chow.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Wong Jing</span> Hong Kong filmmaker and actor

Wong Yat-cheong, known professionally as Wong Jing, is a Hong Kong filmmaker and actor. A prolific filmmaker with strong instincts for crowd-pleasing and publicity, he played a prominent role in Hong Kong cinema during the 1990s.

Lau Kar-leung was a Hong Kong martial artist, filmmaker, actor, and fight choreographer. He is best known for the films he made in the 1970s and 1980s for the Shaw Brothers Studio. His most famous works include The 36th Chamber of Shaolin (1978) starring Gordon Liu as well as Drunken Master II (1994) starring Jackie Chan.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Yvonne Yung</span> Hong Kong actress (born 1968)

Yvonne Yung is a Chinese actress and beauty pageant titleholder.

Sharla Cheung Man is a Hong Kong actress and film producer.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Monica Chan</span> Hong Kong actress and spokesperson

Monica Chan Fat-yung is a Hong Kong actress, model and beauty pageant titleholder. She won the Miss Hong Kong 1989 pageant.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Christine Ng</span> Hong Kong–based actress and singer (born 1969)

Christine Ng Wing-mei is an actress and singer based on Hong Kong. She was under contract to Hong Kong's TVB and ATV. She is known for her roles in TVB's dramas including C.I.B. Files and The Silver Chamber of Sorrows.

<i>Girls Without Tomorrow 1992</i> 1992 Hong Kong film

Girls Without Tomorrow 1992 (應召女郎1988之二現代應召女郎) is a 1992 Hong Kong film directed by David Lam Tak Luk and Wong Chi. Carina Lau, Fung Bo-Bo, May Lo Mei-Mei, Vivian Chow and Pauline Chan act as five prostitutes in the story. It is a sequel to the 1988 film Girls Without Tomorrow.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Jo Kuk</span> Hong Kong actress and singer

Jo Koo Cho-lam, sometimes credited as Jo Koo is a Hong Kong actress and singer.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Pat Ha</span> Hong Kong actress

Pat Ha Man Jing is a Hong Kong actress. She has been called as the first generation of heroic women in Hong Kong

<i>Mr. Vampire IV</i> 1988 film

Mr. Vampire IV, also known as Mr. Vampire Saga Four is a 1988 Hong Kong comedy horror film directed by Ricky Lau and produced by Sammo Hung and Jessica Chan. The film is the fourth of a series of five films directed by Ricky Lau in the Mr. Vampire franchise. Mr. Vampire and its sequels were released as part of the jiangshi cinematic boom in Hong Kong during the 1980s. The Chinese title of the film literally translates to Uncle Vampire.

<i>She Shoots Straight</i> 1990 Hong Kong film

She Shoots Straight is a 1990 Hong Kong crime action film directed by Corey Yuen, and written by Yuen, Barry Wong and Yuen Kai-chi. It stars Joyce Godenzi, Carina Lau and Sammo Hung. The film was released theatrically in Hong Kong on 4 July 1990.

The Wong Fei Hung Series is a 1995 to 1996 Hong Kong–Chinese television film series of five stories about Wong Fei-hung, a Chinese martial artist and folk hero, each told in four episodes. The series was produced by Tsui Hark and starred Vincent Zhao, Maggie Shiu, Max Mok, Lau Shun, Kent Cheng, Hung Yan-yan, Power Chan and Cheung Chun-hung in the leading roles.

<i>The Unwritten Law</i> (1985 film) 1985 Hong Kong film

The Unwritten Law is a 1985 Hong Kong trial drama film directed by written, produced and directed by Ng See-yuen and starring Andy Lau and Deanie Ip. The film was a critical and commercial success and was followed by two sequels, The Truth (1988) and The Truth Final Episode (1989). Because the film and its subsequent two sequels has displayed a touching mother and son love, Deanie Ip earned the nickname "Andy Lau's mother".

<i>Dances with Dragon</i> 1991 Hong Kong film

Dances with Dragon is a 1991 Hong Kong romantic comedy film directed by Wong Jing and starring Andy Lau as a rich businessman who ends up being mistaken as an illegal immigrant from China on Lantau Island, where falls in love with an employee of his company who is unaware of his real identity.

<i>The Romancing Star III</i> 1989 Hong Kong film

The Romancing Star III is a 1989 Hong Kong romantic comedy film directed by Sherman Wong and starring Stanley Fung, Wong Jing, Lawrence Cheng, James Wong, Shing Fui-On, Sam Christopher Chan and guest stars Andy Lau, the star of The Romancing Star II

<i>The Tricky Master</i> 1999 Hong Kong film

The Tricky Master (千王之王2000) is a 1999 Hong Kong crime comedy film directed by Wong Jing.

<i>Prince Charming</i> (1999 film) 1999 film by Wong Jing

Prince Charming is a 1999 Hong Kong romantic comedy film produced, written and directed by Wong Jing and starring Andy Lau as the titular Prince Charming "Wah Dee", which shares the same name as his role in the classic film A Moment of Romance.

References

  1. "Lau Reimer Mary Jean". The Law Society of Hong Kong.
  2. Arnaud Lanuque, Mary Jean Reimer – Biographie, Hong Kong Cinemagic
  3. "Film "Encore" (1980) (喝采)". hkmdb.com.
  4. Albert Wong (1 April 2006), "Sex, scars and soured affairs", The Standard , archived from the original on 4 June 2011
  5. "Video: Hong Kong ex-actress exposes fake monk; 6 ways to spot one". 29 May 2018.