https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/elizabeth-sung-dead-at-63-1114818
Also Best known for Joy Luck Club and others.
Also Best known for Joy Luck Club and others.
Born in Hong Kong, Sung also starred in the critically acclaimed 'The Joy Luck Club' and Rob Marshall's adaptation of 'Memoirs of a Geisha.'
Elizabeth Sung, the veteran film and TV actress who appeared in the soap The Young and the Restless, has died. She was 63.
Sung's died on Tuesday according to Soaps.com, although no cause of death was given.
Born and raised in Hong Kong, Sung studied ballet at a young age before coming to America to study dance at the prestigious Juilliard School in New York. After graduation, Sung danced for an American company before transitioning to television acting.
She is perhaps best known for her role in CBS' long-running soap The Young and the Restless. Sung played restaurant owner Luan Volien from 1994 to 1996. Her other notable TV credits include Hawaii Five-0, The Sopranos, Bones, Curb Your Enthusiasm among many others.
Sung's most memorable film roles included Wayne Wang's critically praised drama The Joy Luck Club as well as playing the part of Mrs. Sakamoto in Rob Marshall's big-screen adaptation of the worldwide best-seller Memoirs of a Geisha. Her most recent film credits have tended to be in Asian-American comedies including Anita Ho, Front Cover and Vivian Bang's White Rabbit that screened at the Sundance Festival this year.