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Lydia Shum

1945 - 2008

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Lydia Shum Din-ha or Lydia Tin Ha Sum (Chinese: 沈殿霞; 21 July 1945 – 19 February 2008) was a Hong Kong-Canadian comedian, MC, actress and singer. Known for her portly figure, signature dark-rimmed glasses and bouffant hairstyle, she was affectionately known to peers and fans as Fei-fei (Chinese: 肥肥, lit. "Fat Fat" or "Fatty") or Fei Jie (Chinese: 肥姐 lit. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Lydia Shum has received more than 774,933 page views. Her biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Lydia Shum is the 2,824th most popular actor (up from 2,951st in 2019), the 777th most popular biography from China (down from 740th in 2019) and the 32nd most popular Chinese Actor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 770k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 51.72

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.36

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.98

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Lydia Shums by language

Over the past year Lydia Shum has had the most page views in the with 145,530 views, followed by English (56,886), and Japanese (7,826). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Southern Azerbaijani (59.69%), Thai (47.50%), and Japanese (34.31%)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Lydia Shum ranks 2,824 out of 13,578. Before her are Shaun Toub, Katherine Kelly Lang, Patty Duke, Fatma Girik, Madeleine Renaud, and Jon Cryer. After her are Simon Yam, Eileen Brennan, Andrey Makarevich, Susana Dosamantes, Roy Thinnes, and Lena Endre.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1945, Lydia Shum ranks 291. Before her are Jean-Claude Izzo, Terence Davies, Tom Segev, Doug Clifford, Sandro de América, and Jean Ragnotti. After her are Romeo Benetti, Betty Mahmoody, José Manuel Fuente, David Chase, John Doman, and Burning Spear. Among people deceased in 2008, Lydia Shum ranks 163. Before her are Stanley Kamel, Freddie Hubbard, Boris Yefimov, Robert Jonquet, Edwin Ernest Salpeter, and Galyani Vadhana. After her are Grigory Romanov, Simon Hantaï, Jürgen Ehlers, John Phillip Law, Cornell Capa, and René Harris.

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In China

Among people born in China, Lydia Shum ranks 777 out of 1,610. Before her are Zhang Xuan (713), Tan Dun (1957), Wu Ma (1942), Wang Xianzhi (344), Bing Xin (1900), and Zhang Zongchang (1881). After her are Sun Chuanfang (1885), Sanmao (1943), Meng Hongwei (1953), Toshiko Akiyoshi (1929), Chen Jiongming (1878), and Ricky Hui (1946).

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Among ACTORS In China

Among actors born in China, Lydia Shum ranks 32. Before her are Ng Man-tat (1952), David Chiang (1947), Cheng Pei-pei (1946), Faye Wong (1969), Bai Ling (1966), and Wu Ma (1942). After her are Ricky Hui (1946), Gordon Liu (1951), Li Li-hua (1924), Leon Lai (1966), Liu Yifei (1987), and Ching Siu-tung (1953).

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Television and Movie Roles

It's a Mad, Mad, Mad World
Aunty Lydia
Bill, a TV news reporter, tries to make ends meet to support himself, his wife and three daughters in urban Hong Kong. In the mist of the misadventures of Bill and his family, their luck and lives ultimately change when Bill's wife suddenly wins the lottery.
Jan 28o 19876.8 / 10
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad World II
Aunt Lydia
After losing their lottery winnings during the bank's closure, the Biu family's luck changes again as Bill's job promotion and daughters' education and work careers sent them and the entire family to lead their new lives in Canada, where new misadventures await.
Feb 13o 19886.5 / 10
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad World III
Aunt Lydia
The Biu Family collects their lottery winnings in Canada and returns to Hong Kong to start a new life together, minus the second daughter due to a family quarrel of her involvement with her boyfriend. After Mrs. Biu shows off her money to her old friends at her bank, she loses it all in a robbery. Now, void of their new found wealth, the Biu Family must start over from scratch again.
Feb 2o 19896.2 / 10