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Lee Moon-shuen (Chinese: 李 滿 船; 4 February 1901 – 7 February 1965) known professionally as Lee Hoi-chuen, was a Chinese opera singer and film actor in Hong Kong. He was the father of Bruce Lee, the father-in-law of Linda Lee Cadwell, and the paternal grandfather of Brandon Lee and Shannon Lee.
Lee Hoi-chuen was a famous Cantonese opera singer and film actor. He is known worldwide as the father of the legendary film star Bruce Lee. Hoi-Chuen was born in China and worked for over a year in San Francisco around the time of Bruce Lee’s birth.
Lee's father, Lee Hoi-chuen, was one of the leading Cantonese opera and film actors at the time and was embarking on a year-long opera tour with his family on the eve of the Japanese invasion of Hong Kong. Lee Hoi-chuen had been touring the United States for many years and performing in numerous Chinese communities there.
Oct 19, 2020 · Lee Hoi-chuen died of a heart attack in 1965 at the age of 64, just six days after the birth of Bruce's son with Linda Lee Caldwell, the actor Brandon Lee. Other than a one-time interview with a young Geraldo Rivera, Grace Ho remained out of the spotlight for the remainder of her life.
At the age of three months, Lee Hoi Chuen, his wife Grace and baby Bruce returned to Hong Kong where Bruce would be raised until the age of 18. Bruce’s most prominent memory of his early years was the occupation of Hong Kong by the Japanese during World War II (1941-1945).
Lee Moon-shuen (Chinese: 李滿船; 4 February 1901 – 7 February 1965) known professionally as Lee Hoi-chuen, was a Chinese opera singer and film actor in Hong Kong. Read more on Wikipedia.
Oct 23, 2021 · Lee Moon-shuen known professionally as Lee Hoi-chuen, was a Cantonese opera singer and actor in Hong Kong. He was the father of Bruce Lee, the father-in-la...
Lee Hoi-Chuen (4 February 1901 - 7 February 1965) was Bruce Lee's father and was a Hong Kong Cantonese opera singer and film actor. Lee Hoi-chuen and his wife, Grace Ho, were...
Dec 8, 2023 · Son of noted film and Cantonese opera actor Lee Hoi-chuen, young Bruce grew up on movie sets and on the opera backstage, giving him a head start on the art of performing.
LEE Hoi-chuen. 李海泉(1898–1965.2.8) Actor. Born Lee Moon-chuen, Lee was a native of Shunde, Guangdong Province. He started out as an apprentice in a teahouse in Foshan, but he successfully impressed one of the teahouse guests and opera veteran Siu Sang Yik and thus became his disciple.
