Susan Shaw Yam-Yam

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Biography

Born in Hong Kong, Susan moved to Taiwan with her father at an early age, studying nursing for five years after graduation, and then working as a nurse on a ship. After travelling through 23 countries, she decided to go ashore in Hong Kong to find another job, first singing in a nightclub and then changing her name to Xiaoyin. She has been active in the Hong Kong film industry since 1970. She has won four Hong Kong Film Awards for Best Actress (2008, 2011, 2013, 2018).

Known For

SDU: Sex Duties Unit

Thai restaurant owner

Love in the Buff

Cherie's Mother

As the Light Goes Out

Winery's Owner - Mrs. Kau

Vulgaria

Yum Yum Shaw

Gallants

Dr Fun

You Shoot, I Shoot

Mrs. Tai

Vampire Cleanup Department

Tim's grandma

Human Lanterns

Guest at Fu's Banquet

Full Filmography

Year	Title	Role
2025	Moth & I MOVIE	Self
2023	Ready O/R Rot MOVIE	Grams
2021	Coffin Homes MOVIE	Mother Leung
2021	Sugar Street Studio MOVIE	Auntie Eight
2021	77 Heartwarmings MOVIE	Self
2021	Ready O/R Knot MOVIE	Grams
2020	Fate Jealous Greed MOVIE	Self
2020	The Calling of a Bus Driver MOVIE	Kam Chi
2020	A Moment of Happiness MOVIE	Zito's Aunt
2020	MMA Diva MOVIE	Self
2019	Lion Rock MOVIE	Self
2019	Undercover Punch and Gun MOVIE	Chief B
2019	Missbehavior MOVIE	Doula
2019	A Lifetime Treasure MOVIE	Director Yam
2019	A Journey Of Happiness MOVIE	Orchid
2019	Dearest Anita MOVIE	Self
2018	Napping Kid MOVIE	Auntie Chik Nam
2018	Lucid Dreams MOVIE	Grandma
2018	Hotel Soul Good MOVIE	Old Lady
2018	House of the Rising Sons MOVIE	Self
2018	House No. 7 MOVIE	Self
2018	A Beautiful Moment MOVIE	Self
2017	Thirty Years of Adonis MOVIE	Sister Yin
2017	Never Too Late MOVIE	Self
2017	My Alien Girlfriend MOVIE	Angela 2
2017	All My Goddess MOVIE	Self
2017	Love Off the Cuff MOVIE	Cherie's Mother
2017	Vampire Cleanup Department MOVIE	Tim's grandma
2017	Macau Happy Storm MOVIE	Self
2017	Lucky Fat Man MOVIE	Self
2016	The Girl Shaman MOVIE	Self
2016	The Moment MOVIE	Self
2016	Happiness MOVIE	Self
2016	PG Love MOVIE	Self
2015	Anniversary MOVIE	Self
2015	Lazy Hazy Crazy MOVIE	Tracy's Grandmother
2015	Are You Here MOVIE	Self
2015	Wonder Mama MOVIE	Self
2015	Full Strike MOVIE	Grandma Mui
2015	回到未來錢 TV	Self
2015	Two Thumbs Up MOVIE	Aunt
2015	King of Mahjong MOVIE	Mahjong Player
2014	Dot 2 Dot MOVIE	Headmaster Winnie Tsang
2014	The Second Coming MOVIE	Self
2014	Golden Brother MOVIE	Self
2014	Twilight Online MOVIE	Self
2014	Black Comedy MOVIE	Mrs Devil
2014	Just Another Margin MOVIE	Self
2014	As the Light Goes Out MOVIE	Winery's Owner - Mrs. Kau
2013	Voyage MOVIE	Lady Red
2013	The Best Plan Is No Plan MOVIE	Self
2013	Hardcore Comedy MOVIE	Kit's mother
2013	SDU: Sex Duties Unit MOVIE	Thai restaurant owner
2013	Tales from the Dark 1 MOVIE	Chu (segment "Jing Zhe")
2013	I Love Hong Kong 2013 MOVIE	Self
2013	Hotel Deluxe MOVIE	Grandma
2012	My Sassy Hubby MOVIE	Auntie 6
2012	Vulgaria MOVIE	Yum Yum Shaw
2012	Love in the Buff MOVIE	Cherie's Mother
2012	I Love Hong Kong 2012 MOVIE	Shum Kei Yee
2011	The Fortune Buddies MOVIE	Self
2011	Love is the Only Answer MOVIE	Self
2011	I Love Hong Kong 2011 MOVIE	Self
2010	Merry-Go-Round MOVIE	Nancy
2010	Frozen MOVIE	Self
2010	Gallants MOVIE	Dr Fun
2010	72 Tenants of Prosperity MOVIE	Garbage Worker
2009	All's Well, End's Well 2009 MOVIE	Huan
2008	True Women for Sale MOVIE	Self
2008	Only the Way MOVIE	Self
2008	Run Papa Run MOVIE	Madam Si
2008	The Moss MOVIE	Chong Mom
2007	Exodus MOVIE	Professor of Poison
2007	The Pye-Dog MOVIE	Wang's grandmother
2003	Truth or Dare : 6th Floor Rear Flat MOVIE	Cinderella
2003	Cinema Hong Kong: The Beauties of the Shaw Studio MOVIE	Self
2003	Eternal Flame of Fatal Attraction MOVIE	Self
2002	The Prisoner MOVIE	Self
2001	You Shoot, I Shoot MOVIE	Mrs. Tai
2001	Shades of Fire MOVIE	Self
2000	Women's Private Parts MOVIE	Self
2000	Black Cat in Jail MOVIE	Self
1996	On Fire MOVIE	Rebecca
1995	Heaven Can't Wait MOVIE	Mrs. Chu
1995	The Raping Murderer MOVIE	Self
1994	Now You See Me, Now You Don’t MOVIE	Self
1994	Family Affairs MOVIE	Self
1994	The Romance of the Vampires MOVIE	Self
1993	Forbidden Love MOVIE	Self
1993	Love Chaser MOVIE	Self
1993	Yesteryou, Yesterme, Yesterday MOVIE	Fox
1993	Tattoo Girl MOVIE	Self
1992	The Direct Line MOVIE	Self
1992	Devil of Rape MOVIE	Self
1992	Mr Vampire 1992 MOVIE	Mother of Retarded Son
1992	Lucky Way MOVIE	Self
1992	Lucky Way MOVIE	Self
1992	The Vengeance MOVIE	Self
1992	Just Love MOVIE	Self
1992	Desperate Duo MOVIE	Self
1992	The Story of Lady Sue MOVIE	Self
1992	Battle in Hell MOVIE	General's spouse
1992	Club Girls Romance MOVIE	Self
1992	Triad Fighter MOVIE	Self
1992	The Trouble Couple MOVIE	Self
1991	Liu Jai - Home for the Intimate Ghosts MOVIE	Self
1991	Win Them All MOVIE	Self
1991	Golden Venom MOVIE	Self
1991	Ghost Gambler MOVIE	Self
1991	Affrighted Romance MOVIE	Self
1991	Once a Prisoner MOVIE	Self
1991	The Killer MOVIE	Self
1990	The Nocturnal Demon MOVIE	Self
1990	Gangland Odyssey MOVIE	Mrs. Brown
1990	Ghostly Vixen MOVIE	Self
1990	Coup De Grace MOVIE	Tina's Aunt
1989	Excuse Me, Please! MOVIE	Big Sister
1989	Avenging Trio MOVIE	Self
1989	Blood Ritual MOVIE	Self
1989	The Immigrant Policeman MOVIE	Self
1987	Fortune Hunters MOVIE	Self
1986	Night Girls MOVIE	Self
1986	Only for You MOVIE	Self
1984	Crazy 17 MOVIE	Self
1983	The Fung-shui Master MOVIE	Self
1983	Precious Adolescence MOVIE	Self
1983	Top Fit MOVIE	Self
1983	Tales of a Eunuch MOVIE	Chuen Fa
1983	101 Citizen Arrest TV	Self
1983	鹹魚豆腐白菜仔 TV	Self
1982	Buddha's Palm MOVIE	Sun Bi Ling, Flying Loops
1982	Happy Heroes TV	Self
1982	Human Lanterns MOVIE	Guest at Fu's Banquet
1982	Passing Flickers MOVIE	Shao Yin Yin
1982	Behind the Storm MOVIE	Self
1982	Green Killer MOVIE	Self
1981	Agency 24 TV	Self
1981	Story of Taxi Dancers MOVIE	Self
1981	The Phantom Killer MOVIE	Madam Hsuen
1981	Sexy Career Girls MOVIE	Self
1980	Heart Break At Long Beach TV	Self
1980	Blowing in the Wind TV	Self
1980	The Stud and the Nympho MOVIE	Fifi
1980	On The Waterfront TV	Self
1979	Jaws TV	甘珮
1979	Naughty Scandals MOVIE	Self
1979	The Scandalous Warlord MOVIE	Chen Jin Bao
1978	Sensual Pleasures MOVIE	Hai Zi
1978	Black Society MOVIE	Self
1978	Delinquent Teenagers MOVIE	Self
1978	Crocodile Tears TV	Self
1978	The Mad Monk Strikes Again MOVIE	Lan
1978	The Vengeful Beauty MOVIE	Jin Shao Zhi
1977	Chinatown Kid MOVIE	Sylvia
1977	Soul Brothers of Kung Fu MOVIE	Dong Na
1977	Starlets for Sale MOVIE	Miao Lijin
1977	To Kill a Jaguar MOVIE	Sum Chun-tsui
1977	Modern Secretaries MOVIE	Self
1977	Negotiation MOVIE	Self
1977	That Romantic Scholar MOVIE	Self
1977	Deadly Angels MOVIE	Yu Chi
1977	Mysterious Lady Killer MOVIE	Self
1977	Return of the Con Men MOVIE	Self
1977	The Mad Monk MOVIE	Yu-Chun
1977	Moods of Love MOVIE	Fung Yu-Hua / Hua Xiao-Bao
1977	Murder on the Wedding Night MOVIE	Self
1976	Big Bad Sis MOVIE	Sai Chu
1976	Girls for Sale MOVIE	Self
1976	Love Swindler MOVIE	Miss Sophie (segment "Counterfeit")
1976	I Want More! MOVIE	Self
1976	Oriental Playgirls MOVIE	Miao Chin-Hua
1975	The Running Mob MOVIE	Self
1975	The Winner Takes All MOVIE	Self
1975	Big Brother Cheng MOVIE	Self
1975	Hong Kong Superman MOVIE	Self
1975	A Haunted House MOVIE	Self

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