ACTOR
Helena Law Lan
Known for American Playhouse
Born Yin Ying Lo in Guangdong, China, Helena began acting as a teenager in the early 1950s and took the stage name Law Lan after actress Sophia Loren ("Law Lan" being the Cantonese pronunciation of Loren's last name). She would go on to become one of the most prolific actresses in the world, amassing well over 500 film and TV acting credits to date. Though she's adaptable to any genre, in later years she carved a niche out for herself…
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- Born
- Nov 13, 1934
- Birthplace
- Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, China
- Known For
- Acting
Biography
Born Yin Ying Lo in Guangdong, China, Helena began acting as a teenager in the early 1950s and took the stage name Law Lan after actress Sophia Loren ("Law Lan" being the Cantonese pronunciation of Loren's last name). She would go on to become one of the most prolific actresses in the world, amassing well over 500 film and TV acting credits to date. Though she's adaptable to any genre, in later years she carved a niche out for herself in horror films, including the seemingly-endless Troublesome Night series.
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Known For
Filmography
Movies
夜来风雨声
1949HS
Home, Sweet Home梅英
1950
The KidFactory worker
1950RS
Romantic Spell
1953
A Love Story唐英
1954
Neighbours All
1954
香銷十二美人樓季蘭友
1954FM
Fatso Married SkinnyDancer
1956TW
The White Crane Hero
1956
Wong Fei-Hung and the Lantern Festival DisturbanceProstitute
1956MK
My Kingdom for a HusbandQueen's Escort
1957黃
黃飛鴻血濺姑婆屋
1957AC
Ah Chiu is Getting Married
1958
Autumn Comes to Purple Rose Garden婢女
1958
Murder on a Wedding Night
1958
Sweet Girl in Terror
1958
The Prince's Romantic AffairsGuest [extra]
1958
Glass Slippers
1959
How Oriole the Heroine Solved the Case of the Three Dead Bodies
1959
Human Relationships
1959
King Kong's Adventures in the Heavenly PalaceProstitute
1959
MoneyClub patron
1959
Our Dream CarAuto Queen
1959
RoadKit Ching
1959SO
Story of the White-Haired Demon Girl (Part 1)Yin-Ying Lo
1959
The ChairWoman with little girl
1959
The Talking Bird
1959
Wong Fei Hung Trapped in Hell
1959AO
Adventure on a Deadly Island
1960
My Intimate PartnerTam Fung's wife 谭枫妻
1960
The Case of 'Missing Corpse’Secretary
1960
The Great DevotionMahjong pal
1960TS
The Story of Wong Ang the HeroineChiu's second concubine
1960
The Wild, Wild RoseNightclub patron
1960WA
Wong An Vs. the Flying TigersLee Bik-Lin
1960秋
秋风残叶
1960
Creepy Nights
1961
Dial 999 for 24-Hour Murder CaseLucy
1961
Les BellesCafe Cashier
1961
Mysterious Murderer
1962SB
Sadly Bidding My Hometown Farewell
1962
The Flaming MountainDragon Woman
1962
Madam KamChiu Yuk-Wah
1963
Three Love AffairsWong Yuk-Mui
1963TC
Two City GirlsPang Shui-ha
1963
Young Girl In Love高碧茜 (Ko Pik Sai)
1963
A Deadly NightMaid
1964
As Time Goes ByTing Wai-fong
1964HC
Homeless ChildrenMiss Lau
1964
The Beau明星
1964
The Diary of a HusbandMrs. Lung
1964
The Diary of a Husband, Part 2Mrs Lung
1964
The Student PrinceMiss Ng
1964
Black HolidaysWong Lan
1965EM
Eight Murderers黃太
1965GL
Good Luck何芳
1965
Silent LoveLan
1965SH
Standard Husband
1965TC
The Curse
1965TH
The Husband of a Lady
1965TS
The Secret CodeCheung Yuet-Ngor
1965TC
To Catch a Murderer羅太
1965难
难为了家嫂
19657
701乌龙女侦探
1966
Double Exposure露丝
1966DR
Double Relation馮霞
1966LA
Landlady and TenantAh Fong
1966LF
Little Foursome Family
1966OD
One Duel Too Many
1966
Return of Lady BondTong's stepmother
1966
Strange Romance on a BusHuang Xiufeng
1966TD
The Deadly Angel Alias: The Venomous Angel.岑美瑩
1966TD
The DetectiveMrs Wu
1966
To Marry a Ghost
1966
Twin SistersJulie, Chow's Stepwife
1966YD
You Do Me Wrong
1966天
天涯芳草
1966春
春满花开燕子归
1966神
神秘的血案女警
1966
Girl with Cat's EyeDing Lai
1967
Happy YearsMiss Pak Chen
1967SO
Song of HappinessNg Sheung-Ling
1967旺
旺财嫂
1967聖
聖火雄風大破火蓮陣
1967蓬
蓬门淑女
1967
Buddhist Spiritual Palm Returned阿嬌
1968
Let's Be Happy Tonight
1968
Young, Pregnant and UnmarriedWong Siu-Kuen/Ah Kuen
1968小
小五義大破銅網陣
1968梅
梅兰菊竹
1968玉
玉女癡情
1968TL
The Liar
1969
The Magic Cat
1969七
七彩红男绿女
1969
成家立室
1969相
相思甜如蜜Jenny Lee
1969
Happy Times
1970
Lucky SevenBlind wife
1970MF
Magic Feeding
1970
Secret agent no. 1
1970
Yesterday, Today, TomorrowSong's Sister-in-Law
1970飞
飞剑神童
1970
Bruce Lee: The Man and the LegendSelf
1973
The HeroineTaxi Dispatcher
1973
The House of 72 TenantsBrothel mamasan
1973
Fun, Hong Kong Style
1974
Games Gamblers PlayMan's Wife
1974
Gossip StreetSuzy Lo
1974
Hong Kong 73Hospital Registration Nurse
1974
Kidnap
1974
Seductive Ghost
1974
Supremo
1974
Tenants of Talkative Street
1974
The Country Bumpkin
1974TC
The Country Bumpkin-in Style
1974乜
乜都得先生
1974"B
"Fertility" Bank
1975
Enjoy Longevity - 300 Years
1975
Let's Rock
1975
Money Is Everything
1975
My Wacky, Wacky World
1975
Sup Sap Bup Dap
1975
Temperament of Life
1975
The Running Mob
1975
The Wandering Life
1975
Thief of Thieves
1975千
千奇百怪俏女傭
1975烏
烏龍賊阿爸
1975老
老夫子
1975
Laugh In
1976
You Are Wonderful
1976
大乡里与扫街添
1976
女人呢样野
1976
Money CrazyRich Chan's Wife
1977
On ProbationReform school mistress
1977
The Legend of the Purple Hairpin
1977SC
Short Cuts
1979
Energetic-21Alan's Mother
1982
Young Dreams
1982
I Do!
1983
Just for Fun
1983
The Perfect Wife?!
1983
Aces Go Places III: Our Man from Bond Street
1984
Crazy 17
1984
Winner Takes All?
1984
Devil Cat
1985
I DoSister Ngan
1985
My Heavenly Lover
1986
Royal WarriorsPatron at Nightclub California
1986
The Missed Date
1986
Fortune Hunters
1987
Trouble CouplesAgnes' mother
1987
Double Fattiness
1988
Guests in the HouseHo Fei-Feng
1988
Operation Pink SquadWong
1988
The Crazy Companies IIAmy's Mother
1988
The Greatest LoverShi's Aunt
1988
The Haunted Cop Shop IIMs. Yellow
1988
Eat a Bowl of TeaAunt Gim
1989
Gift from HeavenWu Tse Tien
1989
Miracles: The Canton GodfatherIn the Governor's Room
1989
Missing ManHousemaid
1989
Operation Pink Squad IILandlady
1989
The Iceman ComethHospital worker
1989
Vampire BusterCouncillor Tang
1989
Doctor VampireMrs. Hsieh
1990
Ghostly VixenJanitor
1990
She Shoots StraightNanny
1990
Deja Vu in Budapest
1991
Touch and GoGoose's mother
1991
Devil of Rape
1992
Once a Black SheepSister Tak Lan
1992
Royal Tramp 2Dragon Sect Founder
1992
Sting of the ScorpionChien's mother
1992
Boys Are EasyMrs. Wu
1993
Crazy Hong KongMother
1993
Don't Stop My Crazy Love for YouMiss Ho
1993
Justice Is BlindLawyer
1993
The Bride with White Hair 2Wu Tang Clan Elder
1993
Thou Shalt Not SwearLung
1993
Fatal ObsessionThe Sorceress
1994
From Zero to Hero
1994
Hello! Who Is It?May's mom
1994
I Will Wait for You!
1994
Man on the Verge of a Nervous BreakdownHung's mom
1994
Modern RomanceSister Nancy
1994
Out on a Limb
1994
The CrucifixionJogger [cameo]
1994
The Third Full MoonDr. Lung
1994
Hong Kong Graffiti
1995
Just Married
1995
The Day that Doesn't Exist
1995
Devil's WomanSi-Man's Grandmother
1996
July 13thAunt Lung
1996
Man Wanted 2: Those Were the DaysAunt Lan
1996
Young and Dangerous 3
1996
02:00 A.M.Chi
1997
24 Hrs Ghost StoryCharlie's mother
1997
Haunted KaraokeWoman Who Summons Ghosts
1997
He Comes From Planet KGranny Lone
1997
Midnight ZoneShing's Mom
1997
Stand Behind the Yellow LineMaster's grandmother
1997
TamagotchiMiss Tsui
1997
Troublesome NightGhost Granny
1997
A Long and Forgotten Ghost StoryConvenience Store Boss's Wife
1998
F***/Off
1998
Faces of Horror
1998
Grandma and Her Ghosts
1998
Haunted MansionAh Gi's mother
1998
Mr. Wai-GoMrs. Wong
1998
Nightmare ZoneGrumpy Old Woman
1998
Step Into the DarkFaith's grandmother
1998
The Pale Sky
1998
The Untold Story 2Granny San
1998
Troublesome Night 3Gigi's granny
1998
Young and Dangerous 5Nam's Grandmother
1998
Young and Dangerous: The PrequelNam's Grandmother
1998
Bullets Over SummerGranny
1999
Gigolo of Chinese HollywoodLady Kam
1999
Hanky PankyVincent's Mother
1999
He is My Enemy, Partner and Father-In-LawStallone's Mother
1999
Horoscope: The Voice from HellAunt Szeto
1999
House of the DamnedAunt Nan
1999
Immortal SpiritMike's Mother-in-Law
1999
Mr. A? Mr. C?
1999
The MirrorAunt Lan
1999
Till Death Do Us Part
1999
Troublesome Night 5Old Ghost
1999
Troublesome Night 6Heung's mother
1999
Bloody CopsSister Lan
2000
Deathnet.ComGigi's Mother
2000
Eternal Love
2000
For Bad Boys OnlySophia
2000
Ghost Meets YouHung Chi Yin
2000
Hong Kong History XAuntie Bird
2000
Jiang Hu: The Triad ZoneKei's Widow
2000
Mafia.com
2000
Raped by an Angel 5: The Final JudgementMrs. Hong
2000
Resort MassacreMrs. Lim
2000
Sworn RevengeCheong's mother
2000
Troublesome Night 7Granny Ping
2000
True Love
2000
Twilight GardenAunt Nun
2000
Bakery AmourJet's mom
2001
Clueless
2001
Comic King
2001
Dead End
2001
Esprit D'AmourAunt Ha
2001
Ghost Story - Horrible TeaLau's Mother
2001
Hong Kong History Y
2001
Human Pork ChopGrace's Grandmother
2001
Master Q 2001Referee
2001
Merry-Go-RoundLocust's grandma
2001
Seamy Side Of Life - A Black ChickYuk's grandmother
2001
Speedy Gun Shooter
2001
The Legend of a ProfessionalHo's mom
2001
Troublesome Night 10毕氏龙娣
2001
Troublesome Night 11毕氏龙娣
2001
Troublesome Night 12毕氏龙娣
2001
Troublesome Night 8毕氏龙娣
2001
Troublesome Night 9毕氏龙娣
2001
United We Stand, and SwimLittle Fish's Mom
2001
Young Guns
2001
Cafe Shop
2002
Fighting To Survive
2002
Ghost in the Family
2002
Ghost TimelessBak Sau-Sau
2002
Haunted OfficeMary Ho
2002
Return from the Other WorldShiu's Mother
2002
Taxi Driver
2002
The Conman 2002Summer's Mom
2002
The Soul Is Return
2002
Time 4 HopeChi's Mother
2002
Troublesome Night 13毕氏龙娣
2002
Troublesome Night 14毕氏龙娣
2002
Troublesome Night 15毕氏龙娣
2002
Troublesome Night 16毕氏龙娣、黄婆
2002
Troublesome Night 17毕氏龙娣
2002
Twilight Zone Cops: Ghost DrivenGranny Shaw
2002
Twilight Zone Cops: My Spirited WifeMiss Shaw
2002
Visible Secret 2Old Lady Downstairs
2002
Deals with the Dark
2003
Death TrapAuntie Sang
2003
Enjokosai Angel
2003
Foolish 23
2003
Ghost StoryThe Master
2003
Kung Fu Master Is My Grandma!Granny Wong Fei Hung
2003
My Honeymoon with a VampireAuntie Mui
2003
The Story of Soccer Bet
2003
Troublesome Night 18毕氏龙娣
2003
Troublesome Night 19毕氏龙娣
2003
Good for Nothing
2004
Gun AffinityFei's mother
2004
Papa Loves You
2004
Unplugging NightmareJoe's aunt
2004
The Unusual Youth
2005
Don't Open Your EyesAuntie Seventh
2006
Undying HeartKiko
2006
Flash PointMadam Ma
2007
Loving You Is Wrong
2007
Midnight TaxiXie shifu's wife
2009
The Haunting LoverMrs. Cui
2010
A Simple LifeMadame Lo
2012
The Cases
2012
The White StormWai's mother
2013
Flirting in the AirSister Future
2014
Overheard 3Aunt Gil
2014
An Inspector CallsButler
2015
Are You HereMaster of Wisdom
2015
Big Fortune HotelLung Poh
2015
Super Models
2015
Tales of MysteryLung Popo (segment 3)
2015
The Making of a Man
2015靈
靈魂相認
2015
A Dog Named Wang Zi
2016
Heaven in the DarkProsecution Lawyer
2016
Always Be with YouThe Taoist
2017
Cook Up a StormGrandmother Zhang
2017
Love Contractually
2017
The Ghost House
2017
Through the EyeAunt Juan
2017
A Beautiful Moment
2018
Adieu
2018
Agent Mr. ChanMeng Po
2018
Hotel Soul Good
2018
L StormRaymond Chan's mother
2018
Girl Dorm
2019
I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change!Granny Lung / Nun
2019
All's Well, End's Well 2020Headmaster Law
2020
All U Need Is LoveService Staff
2021
SynestheteModern Go-Between
2021
Burning
2022
Death NoticeOld Woman
2023
Table for Six 2Josephine's Grandmother
2024
Fight for Tomorrow
2025
RebornSister Xia
2025
823 Hostage Crisis
2026Television
Chinese Folklore10 eps
1974
The Fatal Irony25 eps
1974
The First Love11 eps
1976
This Generation25 eps
1976
A House is Not a Home110 eps
1977
Absent Minded Inspector8 eps
1977
Conflict85 eps
1978
One Sword25 eps
1978
The Giants110 eps
1978
Vanity Fair85 eps
1978
Chor Lau-heung蓉蓉的姑媽 · 65 eps
1979
Discovery Bay15 eps
1980
Five Easy Pieces28 eps
1980
In Search Of10 eps
1980
The Brothers容帼碧 · 75 eps
1980
The Bund III40 eps
1980
The Shell Game霍太太 · 25 eps
1980
An Ending To Remember15 eps
1981
The Fate六婶 · 20 eps
1981
Young's Female Warrior30 eps
1981
American PlayhouseAunt Gim · 1 eps
1982
Destiny65 eps
1982
Love With Many Phases19 eps
1982
Stardust25 eps
1982
The Buddha's Magic Palm25 eps
1982
You Only Live Twice20 eps
1982
错结良缘张妈 · 9 eps
1982
Beyond the Rose Garden20 eps
1983
Sandwiches20 eps
1983
The Fortune Teller5 eps
1983
The Fortune Teller (II)19 eps
1983
The Return of the Condor Heroes裘千尺 · 50 eps
1983
Woman on the Beat20 eps
1983
再見十九歲(數碼修復版)古修女 · 20 eps
1983
It's A Long Way To Home20 eps
1984
Police Cadet李麗媚 · 120 eps
1984
Summer Kisses Winter Tears20 eps
1984
The Duke of Mount Deer麗春院老闆娘 · 40 eps
1984
The Young Detective20 eps
1984
香江花月夜(數碼修復版)业母 · 20 eps
1984
Take Care Your Highness20 eps
1985
The Brave Squad20 eps
1985
The Tough Fight20 eps
1985
皇上保重 (數碼修復版)嬷嬷 · 20 eps
1985
Brothers Under The Skin20 eps
1986
Dharma20 eps
1986
Men of the House36 eps
1986
New Heavenly Sword and Dragon Sabre靜玄 · 40 eps
1986
The Feud of Two Brothers30 eps
1986
The Legend of Wong Tai Sin独孤婆婆 · 18 eps
1986
The Unyielding Master Lim20 eps
1986
The Seasons216 eps
1987
The Upstart and the Self-Made Man20 eps
1987
Everybody's Somebody's Favourite152 eps
1988
Leo And Sirius20 eps
1988
Two Most Honorable Knights花婆婆 · 20 eps
1988
The Jade Fox20 eps
1989
The Justice of Life曾亞彩 · 30 eps
1989
The Sect of Blood & Iron21 eps
1989
Three In A Crowd20 eps
1989
War Of The Dragon20 eps
1989
The Witness Of Time20 eps
1990
When the Sun Shines150 eps
1990
When Things Get Tough20 eps
1990
Beside the Seaside, Beside the Sea20 eps
1991
Police on the Road13 eps
1991
The Black Sabre20 eps
1991
Beyond Love六姐 · 20 eps
1992
Money And Fame20 eps
1992
Odd Man Out20 eps
1992
Source Of Evil20 eps
1992
Tales From Beyond孟男母亲 · 1 eps
1992
The Key Man余亚葵 · 30 eps
1992
Gambling On Life20 eps
1993
The Art of Being Together20 eps
1993
The Buddhism Palm Strikes Back20 eps
1993
The Edge of Righteousness30 eps
1993
The Vampire Returns张可爱 · 20 eps
1993
Crime And Passion20 eps
1994
The Last Conquest20 eps
1994
Detective Investigation Files宋甘兰 Sung Kam Lan · 3 eps
1995Detective Investigation Files陈十五 Chan Sup Ng · 5 eps
1995
From Act to Act20 eps
1995
Hand of Hope20 eps
1995
The Condor Heroes 95裘千尺 Kao Chin-chek · 32 eps
1995
When a Man Loves a Woman13 eps
1995
One Good Turn Deserves Another20 eps
1996
Outburst洪日菊 · 4 eps
1996
State of Divinity定逸师太 · 10 eps
1996
Drunken Angels20 eps
1997
Justice Sung32 eps
1997
Mystery Files20 eps
1997
Taming Of The Princess王大妈 · 20 eps
1997
Time Before Time20 eps
1997
Triumph Over Evil20 eps
1997
Untraceable Evidence傅修女 · 2 eps
1997Untraceable Evidence黎巧竹 · 3 eps
1997
A Place Of One's Own20 eps
1998
Armed Reaction刘顺好 · 32 eps
1998
Rural Hero20 eps
1998
The Duke of Mount Deer歸二娘 · 2 eps
1998
War And Remembrance多隆妻 · 20 eps
1998
A Loving Spirit20 eps
1999
Life For Life20 eps
1999
Man's Best Friend20 eps
1999
Road To Eternity20 eps
1999
Witness to a Prosecution牛妈 · 22 eps
1999
Aiming High翁美香 · 20 eps
2000
Crimson Sabre35 eps
2000
Incurable Traits20 eps
2000
Street Fighters何八 · 22 eps
2000
The Kung Fu Master張笑霞 · 20 eps
2000
Gods of Honour姚天香 · 40 eps
2001
Reaching Out50 eps
2001
The Awakening Story25 eps
2001
Unveil The Mystery主持人 · 11 eps
2001
Burning Flame II1 eps
2002
Treasure Raiders20 eps
2002
Life Begins at Forty20 eps
2003
Point of No Return30 eps
2003
The Legend Of Love20 eps
2003
Ups and Downs in the Sea of LoveGrandmother Wah · 20 eps
2003
Whatever It Takes高大娘 · 20 eps
2003
Angels of Mission20 eps
2004
Hard Fate30 eps
2004
Kung Fu Soccer33 eps
2004
Police Station No. 725 eps
2004
Wong Fei Hung – Master of Kung Fu25 eps
2004
The Academy32 eps
2005
The Battle Against Evil20 eps
2005
Be My Guest1 eps
2006
On the Road (Sr. 1)4 eps
2006
Summer Heat20 eps
2006
謎50 eps
2007謎Actor's Assistant
2007
Club Sparkle1 eps
2009
The Last Steep Ascent賀梁美娟 · 25 eps
2012
Awfully Lawful20 eps
2013
Inbound TroublesSophia · 20 eps
2013
Karma Rider20 eps
2013
最佳女主角2 eps
2013
Come On, CousinFong Gwai-lan · 30 eps
2014
Neighborhood Ghost Stories龙婆 · 7 eps
2014
Officer Geomancer20 eps
2014
Shades of Life12 eps
2014
Brick Slaves20 eps
2015
Blue VeinsLam Wong Chi Hung · 33 eps
2016
Come with Me20 eps
2016
House of SpiritsMrs Bak · 31 eps
2016
The Last Healer in Forbidden City慈禧 · 20 eps
2016
Oh My GradKong Pik · 30 eps
2017
The No No Girl20 eps
2017
Life on the Line25 eps
2018
Barrack O'Karma莎莎之婆婆 · 1 eps
2019
Police Tactical Unit30 eps
2019
Death By ZeroSo Fei Ya / "Sofia" · 30 eps
2020
Hello MissfortuneLam Sze-mei · 10 eps
2021
Sinister Beings30 eps
2021
You're Just Not Her15 eps
2023
The Fading GoldFong Luk Chiu-Kwan · 25 eps
2025
The Unusual ProsecutorDing-po · 25 eps
2026Photos
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