Kyauk Lone Explained

Kyauk Lone
Birth Name:Aung Gyi
Birth Date:1917
Birth Place:Natogyi, Myanmar
Nationality:Burmese
Occupation:Actor
Spouse:Mya Mya
Parents:U Thay
Daw Tin

Kyauk Lone (Burmese: ကျောက်လုံး; in Burmese pronounced as /tɕaʊʔ lóʊɰ̃/; also spelt as Kyauk Lon) was three-time Myanmar Academy Award-winning Burmese actor. He was the first recipient of the Best Supporting Actor Academy Award in the Burmese film industry.

He won his first Myanmar Academy Award in 1962 with the film Ah Twae, achieved his second award in 1964 with the film Yinwae Ta Theint Theint and the third award in 1965 with the film Chit Thamee .[1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

Early life and education

His birth name is Aung Gyi and he was born in 1917 in Natogyi, Myingyan District, to his father U Thay and Daw Tin. He is the fourth of seven siblings. As a child, he was educated in Myingyan and passed the tenth grade.

Personal life

Kyauk and his wife, Daw Mya Mya, have seven children, and only his granddaughter, Wah Wah Aung, entered the art world.

Death

He died on 26 May 1982 at the age of 63 at his home in Tamwe Township, Rangoon.

Awards and nominations

YearAwardCategoryNominated workResult
1962Myanmar Academy AwardBest Supporting ActorA Tway
1964Myanmar Academy AwardBest Supporting Actor"Yinwae Ta Theint Theint"
1965Myanmar Academy AwardBest Supporting Actor"Chit Thamee"

Notes and References

  1. Web site: ဒါရိုက်တာ အေဝမ်းမောင်တင်ယုနှင့် ရုပ်ရှင်စကား.
  2. Web site: မင်းသားကြီး ဦးထွန်းဝေ .
  3. Web site: ၁၉၅၂ မှ ယနေ့ထိ ရုပ်ရှင်ထူးချွန်ဆု ရရှိသူမျာ.
  4. Web site: သူတို့ စံ.
  5. Web site: မြန်မာ့ရုပ်ရှင်ထူးချွန်ဆုသမိုင်း .