Kwon Hee-deok

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In this Korean name, the family name is Kwon.
Kwon Hee-duk
Born(1956-04-10)10 April 1956
Daejeon, South Korea
Died16 March 2018(2018-03-16) (aged 61)
South Korea
Occupations
  • Voice actress
  • Writer
SpouseKoo Ja-heung
Children2

Kwon Hee-duk (10 April 1956 – 16 March 2018) was a South Korean voice actress and writer. She developed her skills as a voice actress when she was young and was involved in more than 3,000 works in commercials, dramas and films during her professional career. Kwon authored a series of collection readings containing 14 lyrical poems from the two Koreas and an essay collection.

Biography

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On 10 April 1956, Kwon was born in Daejeon, and was brought up a Protestant.[1] She developed her voice acting skills from an early age, taking on the role of master of ceremonies for a children's programme when she was in the second grade of elementary school.[2] Kwon graduated from the Department of Broadcasting and Entertainment of the Seoul Institute of the Arts.[3] In 1976, she passed the Broadcasting Voice Actor Recruitment Test against 700 competitors,[2] making her debut not long.[3] She was the dubbed voice of major actress from the Western world such as Meg Ryan in her roles of Sally in When Harry Met Sally... and The French Kiss,[2][4] Ingrid Bergman, Lim Chung-ha,[5] and Catherine Deneuve.[6] Kwon also voiced the dub of Marie Antoinette in Lady Oscar, Shira in Queen of the Universe She Ra,[2] and the role of Cordelia in the animated film Py Story.[6]

Kwon received popularity voicing the character of her stepmother Yoo Ji-ae in the animation series Run Hani.[7] She was the dubbed voice of the protagonist Lara in Doctor Zhivago,[4] and was the narrator of a 1988 television advertisement for a Samsung Electronics video player product featuring the actress Choi Jin-sil with the tagline "It's up to you to be a man or a woman",[3][8] which earned her national recognition.[9] In 1996, she won the Grand Prize in the radio acting section at the Korea Broadcasting Awards.[5][8] Kwon authored a series of collection readings, Do not grow old, mother, which contains 14 lyrical poems from the two Koreas.[4] In 1999, she authored the essay collection entitled A woman's voice is up to her, which received a positive review from Yes24,[10] and was the CEO of Seoul Sound Design.[3] Kwon produced an animation parody called of a traditional fairy tale four years later.[11] Overall, she was involved in more than 3,000 works in commercials, dramas and films during her professional career.[12]

She was a disability campaigner,[6][13] and held a fundraising dinner show to raise funding for disabled people's welfare.[13] From May 2009, Kwon taught voice acting to nine students at Seoul Blind School.[13]

Personal life

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She was a registered member of the Myeongdong Cathedral.[14] Kwon was married to the former director of the Myeongdong Arts Theater Koo Ja-heung, with whom she had two children.[3] she died suddenly of an acute myocardial infarction that gradually worsened whilst she was in hospital on 16 March 2018.[1][4][7] Kwon's funeral took place at St. Mary's Hospital in Seoul three days later.[3]

References

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