May Thit
Burmese actress
May Thit (Burmese: မေသစ်; born Khin Thit 1925 – 2001) was a Burmese actress and singer. She won Best Actress Award for 1960, Best Supporting Actress Award for 1964 and 1976 in Myanmar Motion Picture Academy Awards. She was famous around between 1950s and 1990s.
Early life
May Thit was born on 1925 to parents, Municipal Officer, U Ko Ko Gyi and Daw Than Shwe in Bago, British Burma. She studied education until middle school. May Thit dropped out of school after graduating from middle school because she was more interested in film art than education. She applied for a job as a hobby film actress at A1 Film Company. A1 Film Company had chosen May Thit as the new film actress. She became a film actress under the name 'May Thit' given by A1 Film Company from her original name Khin Thit. May Thit was only 16 years old at the time.
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