Tin Tin Nwet ( my, တင်တင်နွဲ့; 9 December 1944 – 10 November 2015) was a Burmese actress. She won Best Actress Award in the 1970 Myanmar Motion Picture Academy Awards. She had acted as a leading actress in about 43 Burmese films.

Early life

Tin Tin Nwet was born on 9 December 1944 to parents, U Kyaw Yin and

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Tin Yone in Yangon, Burma during British rule. She attended at B.E.H.S (1) Kyeemyindaing.

Career

She started her career with the film ''Myat'', directed by Chit Khin alongside

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and Chit Sabal. Tin Tin Nwet acted with stars contemporary actors such as

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, Kyi Soe, Win Nyunt,

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, Khin Maung Htwe, Soe Shwe, Htun Wai, Win Swe, Lin Aung, Zaw Lwin, Khin Maung Chin, Wah Wah Win Shwe,

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, San Shar Tin,

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. Due to the natural tone of the voice, compassion was used in dramas. During the Cassette era, she co-starred with

in the

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Bo Aung Din and appeared on several popular radio broadcasts. The cassette stories of Tin Tin Nwet,

and Danu Phyu Kyi Kyi Thein, organized by Director Maung Kyay Mone and Gandawin Maung Wine was well known in the world of

s. Among the films starring Tin Tin Nwet,

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Kyun Ma Mhar Main Ma Thar ''Kyun Ma Mhar Main Ma Thar'' ( my, ကျွန်မမှာမိန်းမသား) is a 1970 Burmese black-and-white drama film, directed by Thukha starring Soe Naing, Daisy Kyaw Win, Tin Tin Nwet and Thein Maung. Cast *Soe Naing as S ...

, Nan Ta Lain Pan Ta Lain, Chit Thu Yway Mal Chit Wae Lal, Shwe Dakhar Gyi Phwint Par Oo, Mayar Htaung Chauk, Myat, Myitta Pearl Thwe, Chit Oo Tain Pan Chi, Saydanar Man Thaw Kantayar, La Kwal Moe Hnaung, A Pyet Ma Pyaw Nae Ma Chaw, Sunt Sar Chin A Tu Tu Bal Thu Myat Tha Lae, U Paung Sin Nae Myin Nyo Shin, Maung Ma Ma Nyein, Taung Pyar Tan and Pan Thazin films were popular. She won Best Actress Award in the 1970 Myanmar Motion Picture Academy Awards for the film ''

'', directed by

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. Filming continued until 1978, after which she stopped filming due to ill health. Tin Tin Nwet had been hospitalized 13 times in Thailand, due to a heart attack. Tin Tin Nwet's last film was Thet Lal, a 1978 film directed by Ko Lin Lin.

Personal life

She was married to

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Thet Htun, who was a Judge of the

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in 1970. They had two sons, named; Soe Thura Htun and Zarni Win Htun. Her son, Zarni Win Htun died in 2009.

Death

She died at the age of about 71 on 10 November 2015 at the Yangon General Hospital.

References

{{Authority control Actresses from Yangon 1944 births 2015 deaths Burmese film actresses 20th-century Burmese actresses