Saksi Sbong ( km, សាក់ ស៊ីស្បោង) is a Cambodian actress who mainly played the role of villains in Cambodian pre-Khmer Rouge films. Saksi Sbong was born in Phnom Penh, the capital city of Cambodia, in 1940. After working as a

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doing the liaison between Phnom Penh and Bangkok, she started taking up acting roles in movies produced by

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, beginning with ''

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'' in 1966 and culminating with her most famous role in '' La Joie de Vivre'', filmed in 1968–69, in which she plays Princess Sulpra. Already a "famous Cambodian actress" in 1969, she became even more popular for her cruel vicious character in films such as Tep Sodachan and Pos Keng Kong in the 1970s. Saksy Sbong fled Cambodia to live in France before the rule of the

Khmer Rouge The Khmer Rouge (; ; km, ខ្មែរក្រហម, ; ) is the name that was popularly given to members of the Communist Party of Kampuchea (CPK) and by extension to the regime through which the CPK ruled Cambodia between 1975 and 1979. ...

and only returned to Cambodia to film one last movie in the early 1990s. When Saksi Bong returned to Cambodia in 2018 to attend a royal funeral for which she shaved her head following Khmer tradition, many were surprised that she was still alive as it was widely believed she had been executed by the Khmers Rouges. Saksi Bong now considers herself as a devout Buddhist and a staunch supporter of the Cambodian monarchy.

Filmography

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'' (1966) - Rattana *''The Little Prince'' (1966) - step aunt of the little prince *''Chet Mdai'' (1967) *''Tep Sodachan'' (1968) *'' La Joie de Vivre'' (1968/1969) - Princess Sulpra *''Sdach Domrei Sa'' (1969) *''Veasna Akosol'' (1970) *''Norok Lokey'' (1970) *''Pinpea Sa Cheat'' *''Vil Vinh Na Bong (1971) *''

The Snake King's Wife ''The Snake Man'', also known as ''The Snake King's Wife'' ( km, ពស់កេងកង, ''Pós Kéngkâng''; th, งูเก็งกอง, ) is a 1970 Cambodian drama horror film based on a Cambodian myth about a snake goddess, starring th ...

'' ("Pos Keng Kong", 1972) - step wife, Sarika *''Pichayvongsa'' (1972) *''

The Snake King's Wife Part 2 ''The Snake King's Wife Part 2'' (Khmer:ពស់កេងកង ភាគពីរ ''Puos Keng Kang Pheak Pii'', Thai:งูเกงกอง ภาค 2, also ''Giant Snake 2'' and ''Snake Girl 2: Revenge'') is a 1973 Cambodian-Thai horror fi ...

'' ("Pos Keng Kong 2", 1973) - step wife, Sarika *''Pka Dos Kontuy'' *''Aso Oun Pong'' *''Lea Oun Tao Chbang''

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Sbong, Saksy 1944 births Living people 20th-century Cambodian actresses Cambodian film actresses