27 Facts About Lydia Shum

Lydia Shum Din-ha or Lydia Sum Tin Ha was a Hong Kong-Canadian comedian, MC, actress and singer.

Lydia Shum entered the Hong Kong entertainment industry at the age of 13 in 1958.

Lydia Shum made her film debut in 1960, joining Shaw Brothers as an actress at the age of 15.

Lydia Shum debuted in When the Peach Blossoms Bloom, a 1960 Mandarin comedy directed by Griffin Yueh Feng.

Lydia Shum took some time to adjust to Hong Kong as she found the local Cantonese cuisine very different from that of her native Shanghai.

In 1967, Lydia Shum's stardom took off with the popular variety show Enjoy Yourself Tonight.

Lydia Shum first sang in the Cantopop group, the Four Golden Flowers.

Lydia Shum sang as the partner of Roman Tam from 1971 to 1973.

Lydia Shum has been established mainly as a comic and dramatic actress but is not limited to films in those genres.

Lydia Shum appeared as Richard Ng's wife in the all-star comedy Millionaire's Express, as well as a major role in the successful four movie series It's a Mad, Mad, Mad World.

Lydia Shum took a leave from her movie career that same year, and hosted a talk show on Hong Kong, along with numerous telethons and variety shows on TVB.

Lydia Shum was the sister of fashion designer Alfred Sung.

Lydia Shum married actor and singer Adam Cheng Siu-chow in January 1985 after 11 years of cohabitation.

Lydia Shum, who was in Taiwan with Cheng at the time, was reluctant to do so initially, but three days later, Lydia Shum left for San Francisco.

Lydia Shum believed that a marriage would deter any woman from becoming close to Cheng.

On 5 January 1985, Cheng and Lydia Shum flew to Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada to get married.

Lydia Shum wore a Chinese cheongsam instead, and later said in a 2006 interview in Hong Kong that one of her greatest regrets was not wearing a wedding gown for her wedding.

Lydia Shum had several serious chronic ailments: cholangitis, diabetes, and hypertension.

In September 2006, Lydia Shum was diagnosed with a liver tumor and cancer around the gallbladder.

Yuyun entered a ward at the Queen Mary Hospital on 1 October 2006 where Lydia Shum had been receiving treatment, and attempted to take photographs of Lydia Shum.

On that occasion, Lydia Shum was discharged from the hospital in July 2007.

On 11 October 2007, Lydia Shum collapsed at home with pleural effusion, and was rushed to Queen Elizabeth Hospital for emergency treatment.

Lydia Shum was discharged from that hospital on 16 October 2007.

Lydia Shum was admitted to the intensive care ward of QMH on 22 January 2008 and checked out four days later.

Lydia Shum's mother died in Canada while Lydia Shum was in hospital.

Lydia Shum was admitted to the intensive care ward of QMH on 2 February 2008, where her condition worsened.

On 24 February 2008, escorted by her daughter Joyce, Lydia Shum's body was flown on a Cathay Pacific passenger flight from Hong Kong to Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.