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Joyce Godenzi
m. 1995
- Jo Eun-ok
m. 1973 - 1994
Dec 16, 2021 · Sammo and Joyce, who collaborated a few times onscreen, tied the knot in 1995. Comparatively, not much is known about Sammo’s first wife, Jo Eun Ok, who is Korean. The ex-couple got married in 1973, and divorced 21 years later in 1994. They have three sons and a daughter together.
Nov 21, 2020 · 21 Nov 2020 at 9:00. In case you haven’t heard, while Hongkong martial arts legend Sammo Hung is not exactly fighting fit right now, he’s definitely feeling (and looking) way better now. And we have the 68-year-old’s wife, former actress Joyce Godenzi, to thank for it.
May 23, 2024 · Fiilmmaking legend Sammo Hung was accompanied by his glamorous actress wife Joyce Mina Godenzi at the 3rd Malaysian Golden Global Awards conducted at Istana Budaya in 2019.
- Hung came from a moviemaking family – is that why he went into films? According to an interview that Hung gave to the Hong Kong Film Archive, his maternal grandfather used to build film sets in Hong Kong, and his paternal grandfather Hung Chun-ho was a big producer who once had his own studio in Kowloon, but lost it gambling on the horses.
- Did he learn his kung fu at the China Drama Academy? Like most martial artists who began at opera schools, Hung trained himself in specific martial arts styles after he left.
- Did he make his name in the film industry before his school colleague Jackie Chan? Yes, he did. Hung appeared in his first film, Education of Love, in 1961 and began working as a stuntman while at the Academy, at the age of 14.
- Did he get injured early on in his career? Injuries are all part of the job. “He nonchalantly told me he had broken his legs about seven times while working as a stuntman for Shaw Brothers and Golden Harvest,” Post journalist Cherry Mostehar wrote in 1982.
Nov 21, 2020 · Updated November 26, 2020. In case you haven’t heard, while Hongkong martial arts legend Sammo Hung is not exactly fighting fit right now, he’s definitely feeling (and looking) way better now....
For a while, Hung also starred in an American TV series, Martial Law (1998). He directed Once Upon a Time in China and America (1997) , his first film shot in the US. He and his wife, Mina, now divide their time between homes in Hong Kong and Los Angeles. More at IMDbPro. Contact info.
Apr 18, 2021 · Hung was also concerned about his English, but Tong told him not to worry – he would not have too many lines, and Hung’s English-fluent wife Mina Joyce Godenzi could be his dialogue coach.
