Dy Saveth is a Cambodian actress and first Miss Cambodia often referred to as the "actress of tears".
15 Facts About Dy Saveth
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Dy Saveth is "one of the most beloved actresses from the 1960s era of Cambodian film".
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Dy Saveth was born in Cambodia in March 4,1944 in a family of artists where women, at least since her grandmother, had been dancers of the Palace in the Royal Ballet.
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Dy Saveth obtained her first role as an actress at age 18 in 1962 in Kbuon Chivit, where she not only become famous as the "actress of tears" but helped the production make a "massive profit", encouraging the movie industry in Cambodia to produce more movies locally.
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At age 19, Dy Saveth won the first beauty pageant of Miss Cambodia.
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Dy Saveth rapidly obtained many new roles in the booming industry of Cambodian cinema, and starred in the 1969 Crepuscule movie, directed by Norodom Sihanouk, thus becoming "one of the best-known faces of the Golden Age of Khmer Cinema".
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Dy Saveth married Huoy Keng, an actor, producer and film director, during the 1970s.
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Just as Van Vanak ran his own production company, Huoy Keng and Dy Saveth jointly ran Sovann Kiry.
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Dy Saveth was invited to join Thai movies as well, working with Thai director Sor Asanajinda in the 1971 film, Rak Kham Kob Fa, in which she sings a duet with Thai actor Sombat Metanee, as well as in another Thai movie, Nam Jai Por Kha, in which she shared the screen with Thai actress Aranya Namwong in the sequel to Puos Keng Kang.
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Dy Saveth later moved to Nice where she lived for 18 years before returning to Cambodia.
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Dy Saveth returned to Cambodia in 1993 and resumed acting, after she was recognized on the street by an employee of the Cambodia National Television, while she was crying for help as a nearby was had caught fire.
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Dy Saveth has been involved in training a new generation of actors and actresses since returning to Cambodia by teaching performance at the Royal University of Fine Arts, training contemporary Khmer artists such as Leang Seckon, and participating in the Koun Khmer Film Camp.
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Dy Saveth is divorced from her ex-husband Houy Keng, with whom she had two children.
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Dy Saveth was featured in many films throughout the 1960s and 1970s until the communist takeover in 1975, and later from 1993 to present.
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Dy Saveth has starred in over 100 Cambodian films, most of which were lost due to the Khmer Rouge era, including:.