HONG KONG -- Anita Mui, a Canto-pop singer and major Hong Kong film star, died here Tuesday of complications from cervical cancer. She was 40. Mui was often dubbed the "Hong Kong Madonna" because of her ever-changing image. As an actress with close to 50 features under her belt, she worked with such stars as Maggie Cheung and Michelle Yeoh in The Heroic Trio, Jackie Chan in The Legend of Drunken Master and Rumble in the Bronx and Chow Yun-fat in The Greatest Lover. Her latest role was in the critically acclaimed July Rhapsody, for which she was nominated for best actress in the 2002 Hong Kong Film Awards.
- 12/31/2003
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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