Kim Soo-mi
South Korean actress (1949–2024)
Kim Soo-mi (Korean: 김수미; born Kim Young-ok (김영옥); October 24, 1949 – October 25, 2024) was a South Korean actress who had a prolific career in film and television.
Career
She debuted in a talent contest in 1970, then shot to fame in Country Diaries. The landmark TV series aired for almost 20 years, making her one of the most popular Korean actresses of the 1980s.
In 2003 she made a memorable cameo as a profanity-spouting ajumma in the Jang Na-ra comedy Oh! Happy Day. It successfully revamped her image and rejuvenated her fading career. She quickly became known in the Korean entertainment industry as the "Queen of Ad-lib," with her comic talent showcased in many of her succeeding projects, notably Mapado, Twilight Gangsters, Granny's Got Talent (2015), and the Marrying the Mafia sequels.
Kim also gained attention for her turns in more serious fare, such as 2006's Barefoot Ki-bong, a heartwarming pic about a developmentally disabled man. Her 2011 film Late Blossom is a romance between two elderly couples, a topic rarely explored in Korean cinema. The low-budget indie became a sleeper hit, and for her portrayal of an Alzheimer's-afflicted woman, she won Best Supporting Actress at the Blue Dragon Film Awards.
“Kim Soo-mi” enters the record as south Korean actress (1949–2024). Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Soo-mi, South and Korean can confirm, complicate or overturn.
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The entry’s evidential value lies in the named roles, institutions and publications that can be tested against primary documentation. The source revision retrieved here is dated May 25, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q5242028. VIAF identifies the subject as 271623001. The Library of Congress control number is nr2004016696. 1 of 3 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1949, 2024, 1970 and 2003.
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