Helena Law Lan

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Born

1934-11-13

Place of Birth

Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, China
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Helena Law Lan

Biography

Born Yin Ying Lo in Guangdong, China, Helena began acting as a teenager in the early 1950s and took the stage name Law Lan after actress Sophia Loren ("Law Lan" being the Cantonese pronunciation of Loren's last name). She would go on to become one of the most prolific actresses in the world, amassing well over 500 film and TV acting credits to date. Though she's adaptable to any genre, in later years she carved a niche out for herself in horror films, including the seemingly-endless Troublesome Night series.

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Acting History

2025
The Fading Gold as Fong Luk Chiu-Kwan
2025
Fight for Tomorrow
2025
Deadly Doll as Sister Xia
2024
Table for Six 2 as Josephine's Grandmother
2023
You're Just Not Her
2023
Death Notice as Old Woman
2022
Burning
2021
Hello Missfortune as Lam Sze-mei
2021
Synesthete as Modern Go-Between
2021
Sinister Beings
2021
All U Need Is Love as Service Staff
2020
Death By Zero as So Fei Ya / "Sofia"
2020
All's Well, Ends Well 2020 as Headmaster Law
2019
Police Tactical Unit
2019
Girl Dorm
2019
I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change!
2018
Hotel Soul Good
2018
Life on the Line
2018
L Storm as Raymond Chan's mother
2018
Adieu
2018
Agent Mr. Chan as Meng Po
2018
A Beautiful Moment
2017
Always Be with You as The Taoist
2017
Oh My Grad as Kong Pik
2017
The Ghost House
2017
Through the Eye
2017
The No No Girl
2017
Love Contractually
2017
Cook Up a Storm as Grandmother Zhang
2016
A Dog Named Wang Zi
2016
Come with Me
2016
House of Spirits as Mrs Bak
2016
Blue Veins as Lam Wong Chi Hung
2016
The Last Healer in Forbidden City as 慈禧
2016
Heaven in the Dark as Prosecution Lawyer
2015
Big Fortune Hotel as Lung Poh
2015
Are You Here
2015
Super Models
2015
The Making of a Man
2015
Brick Slaves
2015
An Inspector Calls as Butler
2015
Tales of Mystery as Lung Popo (segment 3)
2015
靈魂相認
2014
Officer Geomancer
2014
Come On, Cousin as Fong Gwai-lan
2014
Flirting in the Air as Sister Future
2014
Neighborhood Ghost Stories as 龙婆
2014
Overheard 3 as Aunt Gil
2014
Shades of Life
2013
The White Storm as Wai's mother
2013
最佳女主角
2013
Karma Rider
2013
Awfully Lawful
2013
Inbound Troubles as Sophia
2012
The Last Steep Ascent
2012
The Cases
2012
A Simple Life as Madame Lo
2010
The Haunting Lover as Mrs. Cui
2009
Midnight Taxi as Xie shifu's wife
2009
Club Sparkle
2007
Flash Point as Madam Ma
2007
謎
2007
Loving You Is Wrong
2006
Don't Open Your Eyes as Auntie Seventh
2006
Undying Heart as Kiko
2006
Summer Heat
2006
Be My Guest
2006
On the Road (Sr. 1)
2005
The Unusual Youth
2005
The Academy
2005
The Battle Against Evil
2004
Kung Fu Soccer
2004
Unplugging Nightmare as Joe's aunt
2004
Hard Fate
2004
Police Station No. 7
2004
Gun Affinity as Fei's mother
2004
Angels of Mission
2004
Wong Fei Hung – Master of Kung Fu
2004
Papa Loves You
2004
Good for Nothing
2003
Life Begins at Forty
2003
Ghost Story as The Master
2003
Point of No Return
2003
Death Trap as Auntie Sang
2003
Foolish 23
2003
Kung Fu Master Is My Grandma! as Granny Wong Fei Hung
2003
Troublesome Night 19 as 毕氏龙娣
2003
Ups and Downs in the Sea of Love as Grandmother Wah
2003
Enjokosai Angel
2003
The Legend Of Love
2003
Troublesome Night 18 as 毕氏龙娣
2003
Whatever It Takes as 高大娘
2003
The Story of Soccer Bet
2003
My Honeymoon with a Vampire as Auntie Mui
2003
Deals with the Dark
2002
Troublesome Night 17 as 毕氏龙娣
2002
Cafe Shop
2002
The Conman 2002 as Summer's Mom
2002
Burning Flame II
2002
Haunted Office as Mary Ho
2002
Troublesome Night 16 as 毕氏龙娣、黄婆
2002
Troublesome Night 15 as 毕氏龙娣
2002
Visible Secret 2 as Old Lady Downstairs
2002
Twilight Zone Cops: Ghost Driven as Granny Shaw
2002
Troublesome Night 14 as 毕氏龙娣
2002
Treasure Raiders
2002
Fighting To Survive
2002
Troublesome Night 13 as 毕氏龙娣
2002
Time 4 Hope as Chi's Mother
2002
Twilight Zone Cops: My Spirited Wife as Miss Shaw
2002
Ghost Timeless as Bak Sau-Sau
2002
Return from the Other World as Shiu's Mother
2002
The Soul Is Return
2002
Ghost in the Family
2002
Taxi Driver
2001
Seamy Side Of Life - A Black Chick as Yuk's grandmother
2001
Merry-Go-Round as Locust's grandma
2001
The Awakening Story
2001
Unveil The Mystery as 主持人
2001
Troublesome Night 12 as 毕氏龙娣
2001
Gods of Honour as 姚天香
2001
Dead End
2001
Troublesome Night 11 as 毕氏龙娣
2001
Hong Kong History Y
2001
The Legend of a Professional as Ho's mom
2001
Master Q 2001 as Referee
2001
Clueless
2001
Troublesome Night 10 as 毕氏龙娣
2001
Esprit D'Amour as Aunt Ha
2001
Bakery Amour as Jet's mom
2001
Comic King
2001
Troublesome Night 9 as 毕氏龙娣
2001
Human Pork Chop as Grace's Grandmother
2001
Troublesome Night 8 as 毕氏龙娣
2001
Ghost Story - Horrible Tea as Lau's Mother
2001
Reaching Out
2001
Young Guns
2001
Speedy Gun Shooter
2001
United We Stand, and Swim as Little Fish's Mom
2000
For Bad Boys Only as Sophia
2000
Twilight Garden as Aunt Nun
2000
Ghost Meets You as Hung Chi Yin
2000
Crimson Sabre
2000
Mafia.com
2000
Eternal Love
2000
Hong Kong History X as Auntie Bird
2000
Deathnet.Com as Gigi's Mother
2000
Jiang Hu: The Triad Zone as Kei's widow
2000
Incurable Traits
2000
Street Fighters as 何八
2000
Sworn Revenge
2000
Resort Massacre as Mrs. Lim
2000
True Love
2000
Raped by an Angel 5: The Final Judgement as Mrs. Hong
2000
Aiming High as 翁美香
2000
Bloody Cops as Sister Lan
2000
Troublesome Night 7 as Granny Ping
1999
Till Death Do Us Part
1999
Witness to a Prosecution as 牛妈
1999
He is My Enemy, Partner and Father-In-Law as Stallone's Mother
1999
House of the Damned as Aunt Nan
1999
The Mirror as Aunt Lan
1999
Road To Eternity
1999
Life For Life
1999
A Loving Spirit
1999
Mr. A? Mr. C?
1999
Troublesome Night 6 as Heung's mother
1999
Bullets Over Summer as Granny
1999
Hanky Panky as Vincent's Mother
1999
Gigolo of Chinese Hollywood as Lady Kam
1999
Immortal Spirit as Mike's Mother-in-Law
1999
Man's Best Friend
1999
Troublesome Night 5 as Old Ghost
1999
Horoscope: The Voice from Hell as Aunt Szeto
1998
Mr. Wai-Go as Mrs. Wong
1998
Nightmare Zone as Grumpy Old Woman
1998
A Long and Forgotten Ghost Story as Convenience Store Boss's Wife
1998
Faces of Horror
1998
Haunted Mansion as Ah Gi's mother
1998
Rural Hero
1998
Armed Reaction as 刘顺好
1998
Young and Dangerous: The Prequel as Nam's Grandmother
1998
The Pale Sky
1998
The Untold Story 2 as Granny San
1998
Grandma and Her Ghosts
1998
Step Into the Dark as Faith's grandmother
1998
F***/Off
1998
A Place Of One's Own
1998
Young and Dangerous 5 as Nam's Grandmother
1998
War And Remembrance as 多隆妻
1998
Troublesome Night 3 as Gigi's granny
1997
Untraceable Evidence as 傅修女
1997
Untraceable Evidence as 黎巧竹
1997
Teme Gotchi
1997
Justice Sung
1997
He Comes From Planet K as Granny Lone
1997
Time Before Time
1997
Triumph Over Evil
1997
Drunken Angels
1997
Stand Behind the Yellow Line as Master's grandmother
1997
Haunted Karaoke as Woman Who Summons Ghosts
1997
Mystery Files
1997
Troublesome Night as 垃圾婆
1997
24 Hrs Ghost Story as Charlie's mother
1997
Midnight Zone as Shing's Mom
1997
Taming Of The Princess as 王大妈
1997
02:00 A.M. as Chi
1996
One Good Turn Deserves Another
1996
Man Wanted 2: Those Were the Days as Aunt Lan
1996
Young and Dangerous 3
1996
State of Divinity as 定逸师太
1996
Devil's Woman as Si-Man's Grandmother
1996
July 13th
1995
The Day that Doesn't Exist
1995
From Act to Act
1995
When a Man Loves a Woman
1995
The Condor Heroes 95 as 裘千尺 Kao Chin-chek
1995
THE CONDOR HEROES 95 (Digital Remaster) as 裘千尺 Kao Chin-chek
1995
Just Married
1995
Detective Investigation Files as 宋甘兰 Sung Kam Lan
1995
Detective Investigation Files as 陈十五 Chan Sup Ng
1995
Hong Kong Graffiti
1995
Hand of Hope
1994
From Zero to Hero
1994
Fatal Obsession as The Sorceress
1994
Crime And Passion
1994
Modern Romance as Sister Nancy
1994
The Crucifixion as Jogger [cameo]
1994
The Third Full Moon as Dr. Lung
1994
Hello! Who Is It? as May's mom
1994
I Will Wait for You!
1994
The Last Conquest
1994
Man on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown as Hung's mom
1994
Out on a Limb
1993
The Bride with White Hair 2 as Wu Tang Clan Elder
1993
The Edge of Righteousness
1993
The Art of Being Together
1993
Thou Shalt Not Swear as Lung
1993
Boys Are Easy as Mrs. Wu
1993
Justice Is Blind as Lawyer
1993
Gambling On Life
1993
Crazy Hong Kong as Mother
1993
The Buddhism Palm Strikes Back
1993
Don't Stop My Crazy Love for You as Miss Ho
1993
The Vampire Returns as 张可爱
1992
Tales From Beyond as 孟男母亲
1992
Devil of Rape
1992
Royal Tramp 2
1992
The Key Man as 余亚葵
1992
Money And Fame
1992
Odd Man Out
1992
Once a Black Sheep as Sister Tak Lan
1992
Source Of Evil
1992
Beyond Love as 六姐
1992
Sting of the Scorpion as Chien's mother
1991
Beside the Seaside, Beside the Sea
1991
Police on the Road
1991
Touch and Go as Goose's mother
1991
The Black Sabre
1991
隔世缘
1990
Doctor Vampire as Mrs. Hsieh
1990
When the Sun Shines
1990
When Things Get Tough
1990
Ghostly Vixen as Janitor
1990
The Witness Of Time
1990
She Shoots Straight as Amah
1989
The Justice of Life as 曾亞彩
1989
Gift from Heaven as Wu Tse Tien
1989
War Of The Dragon
1989
Three In A Crowd
1989
Missing Man as Housemaid
1989
The Iceman Cometh as Hospital worker
1989
Eat a Bowl of Tea as Aunt Gim
1989
Miracles: The Canton Godfather as In the Governor's Room
1989
Vampire Buster as Councillor Tang
1989
The Sect of Blood & Iron
1989
Operation Pink Squad II as Landlady
1989
The Jade Fox
1988
The Crazy Companies II as Amy's Mother
1988
Operation Pink Squad as Wong
1988
Leo And Sirius
1988
The Greatest Lover as Shi's Aunt
1988
Two Most Honorable Knights as 花婆婆
1988
Double Fattiness
1988
The Haunted Cop Shop II as Ms. Yellow
1988
Guests in the House as Ho Fei-Feng
1988
Everybody's Somebody's Favourite
1987
Fortune Hunters
1987
Trouble Couples as Agnes' mother
1987
The Upstart and the Self-Made Man
1987
The Seasons
1986
Dharma
1986
New Heavenly Sword and Dragon Sabre as 靜玄
1986
My Heavenly Lover
1986
Men of the House
1986
Royal Warriors
1986
The Legend of Wong Tai Sin as 独孤婆婆
1986
The Missed Date
1986
The Feud of Two Brothers
1986
The Unyielding Master Lim
1986
Brothers Under The Skin
1985
The Tough Fight
1985
Take Care Your Highness
1985
Devil Cat
1985
I Do
1985
The Brave Squad
1984
Summer Kisses Winter Tears
1984
Police Cadet as 李麗媚
1984
Winner Takes All?
1984
Crazy 17
1984
The Young Detective
1984
The Duke of Mount Deer as 麗春院老闆娘
1984
It's A Long Way To Home
1984
Aces Go Places III: Our Man from Bond Street
1983
The Fortune Teller (II)
1983
Sandwiches
1983
The Return of the Condor Heroes as 裘千尺
1983
Just For Fun
1983
The Perfect Wife?!
1983
Woman on the Beat
1983
Beyond the Rose Garden
1983
I Do!
1983
Linqi：Decision
1983
The Fortune Teller
1982
Love With Many Phases
1982
Young Dreams
1982
Energetic-21 as Alan's Mother
1982
Destiny
1982
The Buddha's Magic Palm
1982
Stardust
1982
You Only Live Twice
1982
错结良缘 as 张妈
1981
An Ending To Remember
1981
Young's Female Warrior
1981
The Fate
1980
The Bund III
1980
The Shell Game as 霍太太
1980
Five Easy Pieces
1980
Discovery Bay
1980
In Search Of
1979
Chor Lau-heung as 蓉蓉的姑媽
1979
Short Cuts
1978
Conflict
1978
One Sword
1978
The Giants
1978
Vanity Fair
1977
A House is Not a Home
1977
Money Crazy as Rich Chan's Wife
1977
On Probation as Reform school mistress
1977
Absent Minded Inspector
1977
The Legend of the Purple Hairpin
1976
女人呢样野
1976
You Are Wonderful
1976
The First Love
1976
Laugh In
1976
This Generation
1976
大乡里与扫街添
1975
Let's Rock
1975
遊戲人間三百年
1975
"Fertility" Bank
1975
The Running Mob
1975
Thief of Thieves
1975
Sup Sap Bup Dap
1975
My Wacky, Wacky World
1975
The Wandering Life
1975
千奇百怪俏女傭
1975
Money Is Everything
1975
Temperament of Life
1975
老夫子
1975
烏龍賊阿爸
1974
Kidnap
1974
Chinese Folklore
1974
Games Gamblers Play as Man's Wife
1974
大乡里八面威风
1974
Seductive Ghost
1974
Supremo
1974
Gossip Street as Suzy Lo
1974
Tenants of Talkative Street
1974
Fun, Hong Kong Style
1974
Hong Kong 73 as Hospital Registration Nurse
1974
The Country Bumpkin
1974
The Fatal Irony
1974
乜都得先生
1973
Bruce Lee: The Man and the Legend as Self
1973
The House of 72 Tenants as Brothel mamasan
1973
The Heroine as Taxi Dispatcher
1970
Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow as Song's Sister-in-Law
1970
Magic Feeding
1970
Lucky Seven as Blind wife
1970
Happy Times
1970
飞剑神童
1969
成家立室
1969
The Liar
1969
The Magic Cat
1969
七彩红男绿女
1968
Let's Be Happy Tonight
1968
小五義大破銅網陣
1968
Young, Pregnant and Unmarried as Wong Siu-Kuen/Ah Kuen
1968
Buddhist Spiritual Palm Returned as 阿嬌
1968
梅兰菊竹
1968
玉女癡情
1967
The Lady with a Cat's Eyes as Ding Lai
1967
蓬门淑女
1967
Song of Happiness as Ng Sheung-Ling
1967
聖火雄風大破火蓮陣
1967
快樂年華
1967
旺财嫂
1966
Return of Lady Bond as Tong's stepmother
1966
One Duel Too Many
1966
巴士奇遇結良緣 as 黃秀鳳
1966
Twin Sisters as Julie, Chow's Stepwife
1966
To Marry a Ghost
1966
神秘的血案 as 女警
1966
Double Exposure as 露丝
1966
Landlady and Tenant as Ah Fong
1966
The Detective as Mrs Wu
1966
天涯芳草
1966
Little Foursome Family
1966
You Do Me Wrong
1966
春满花开燕子归
1966
701乌龙女侦探
1965
The Secret Code as Cheung Yuet-Ngor
1965
Silent Love as Lan
1965
Good Luck as 何芳
1965
难为了家嫂
1965
Black Holidays as Wong Lan
1965
The Curse
1964
The Diary of a Husband, Part 2 as Mrs Lung
1964
The Student Prince as Miss Ng
1964
A Deadly Night as Maid
1964
The Beau as 明星
1964
Homeless Children as Miss Lau
1964
The Diary of a Husband as Mrs. Lung
1964
As Time Goes By as Ting Wai-fong
1963
Two City Girls as Pang Shui-ha
1963
Young Girl In Love as 高碧茜 (Ko Pik Sai)
1963
Three Love Affairs as Wong Yuk-Mui
1963
Madam Kam as Chiu Yuk-Wah
1962
Sadly Bidding My Hometown Farewell
1962
Mysterious Murderer
1962
The Flaming Mountain as Dragon Woman
1961
Creepy Nights
1961
Les Belles as Cafe Cashier
1961
Dial 999 for 24-Hour Murder Case as Lucy
1960
The Story of Wong Ang the Heroine as Chiu's second concubine
1960
Adventure on a Deadly Island
1960
Wong An Vs. the Flying Tigers as Lee Bik-Lin
1960
My Intimate Partner as Tam Fung's wife 谭枫妻
1960
The Wild, Wild Rose as Nightclub patron
1960
The Case of 'Missing Corpse’ as Secretary
1960
The Great Devotion as Mahjong pal
1960
秋风残叶
1959
The Talking Bird
1959
Human Relationships
1959
How Oriole the Heroine Solved the Case of the Three Dead Bodies
1959
The Chair as Woman with little girl
1959
Glass Slippers
1959
Road as Kit Ching
1959
Wong Fei Hung Trapped in Hell
1959
King Kong's Adventures in the Heavenly Palace as Prostitute
1959
Story of the White-Haired Demon Girl (Part 1) as Yin-Ying Lo
1959
Money as Club patron
1959
Our Dream Car as Auto Queen
1958
Sweet Girl in Terror
1958
Ah Chiu is Getting Married
1958
Autumn Comes to Purple Rose Garden as 婢女
1958
Murder on a Wedding Night
1958
The Prince's Romantic Affairs as Guest [extra]
1957
My Kingdom for a Husband as Queen's Escort
1957
黃飛鴻血濺姑婆屋
1956
Fatso Married Skinny as Dancer
1956
The White Crane Hero
1956
Wong Fei-Hung and the Lantern Festival Disturbance as Prostitute
1954
Neighbours All
1954
A Love Story as 唐英
1953
Romantic Spell
1950
The Kid as Factory worker
1949
夜来风雨声