"Yam Kim-fai is an actress, a star, an icon, a legend, a myth, a mythology."

No doubt about that!

Yam Kim-Fai was the absolute legend of male role players in Cantonese Opera. Her charm and charisma were off the scale.

You can find lots of clips of her on YouTube (the best ones with her equally legendary partner Pak Suet-Sin).

I know that Cantonese Opera is so different from western music that it can be a bit of challenge, but Yam-Pak are worth it!

This came up in my search results as dated to December last year but turns out to be an archived page for a commemoration that took place in 2009 to mark 20 years since Yam Kim-Fai's death.

https://www.filmarchive.gov.hk/en/web/hkfa/pe-event-2009-2.html

#YamKimFai #PakSuetSin #YamPak #任劍輝 #白雪仙 #任白 #HongKong #CantoneseOpera #China #ChineseCulture #MaleRolePlayer #actors #icons

Forever Yam Kim-fai - Hong Kong Film Archive

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#劉緯民 陪任姐仙姐玩啤牌 同苗可秀拍拖兩年 外地營商被充公300萬 由旅行社到走水貨到珠寶業
#劉緯民 #白雪仙 #任劍輝 #郭鋒

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G3W0EGJVoT8

#劉緯民 陪任姐仙姐玩啤牌 同苗可秀拍拖兩年 外地營商被充公300萬 由旅行社到走水貨到珠寶業

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張國榮 & 汪明荃 - 《帝女花》之香夭

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NNuxnw3ImXs

據說 #張國榮 很得粵劇前輩 #任劍輝 喜愛。看他與汪明荃對唱歌的《香夭》真是精彩,尤其唱到「將柳蔭當作芙蓉帳」這一句的時候,看台上龍劍生(任劍輝弟子)等人都在喝彩。

張國榮, 汪明荃 - 帝女花之香夭

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I’m exactly one week late but last Saturday was the 110th anniversary of the birth of the great Yam Kim-Fai (1913-1989), the Cantonese Opera male role player. What a legend she was - and remains. https://www.avenueofstars.com.hk/wp-content/uploads/feature-photo/019_%E4%BB%BB%E5%8A%8D%E8%BC%9D-coverf.jpg #任劍輝 #YamKimFai #CantoneseOpera #HongKong #OldChineseFilms #gender #Cinema #Theatre #LGBTQ #YamPak
And #BookOfTheYear number 3 is this beautiful signed book of photos of #CantoneseOpera star Pak Suet-Sin (#白雪仙) mostly with her partner Yam Kim-Fai (#任劍輝). The #photographs are wonderful (and there are lots). The presentation is exquisite. The English title is: ‘How do you know how spring is like this - Pak Suet-Sin Collection Album (Numbered & Signed Edition)’
It doesn’t matter how many times I watch Yam Kim-Fai (#任劍輝), I can’t see ‘him’ as a woman. It fascinates me. Pak Suet-Sin (#白雪仙) fascinates me full stop. https://youtube.com/watch?v=x3FMOYHyZek&feature=share #YamKimFai #PakSuetSin #CantoneseOpera #HongKong #ChineseOpera
帝女花之迎鳳 (高清電影版本) -任劍輝,白雪仙,陳好逑,歐陽儉,陸飛鴻。

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#CantoneseOpera is one of the most ‘different’ performance traditions I’ve ever encountered but Pak Suet-sin / #白雪仙 and her partner Yam Kim-fai / #任劍輝 have won me over. Their chemistry is extraordinary. Pak is luminous and her face is constantly ‘talking’ to you. Yam has a lovely mixture of nobility & vulnerability. The energy is VERY different from #Takarazuka.
https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/leisure/article/3087193/how-cantonese-opera-legend-pak-suet-sin-lgbt-icon-and-yam
How Pak Suet-sin and Yam Kim-fai brought gender-bending to Chinese cinema

Pak and Yam’s on-screen relationship made romance in its most platonic form appealing, in an era where the terms ‘homosexuality’ and ‘lesbianism’ barely existed

South China Morning Post