Win Min Than
Win Min Than (Burmese: ဝင်းမင်းသန်း; born
30 November 1933) is a Burmese actress.
She is best known for her role in the 1954
Hollywood film The Purple Plain.
Win Min Than
ဝင်း မင်း သန်း
Born Helga Johnson
30 November 1933
Bago, Burma
Nationality Burmese
Australian
Occupation Actress
Years active 1954–1957
Spouse(s) Bo Setkya
Children Aka Setkya
Biography
Than was born on 30 November 1933 in
Bago, Burma, under British rule, and grew
up in Rangoon. Her father was Anglo
Burmese and her mother Germanic
Burmese. Her father was a government
officer. When the Japanese occupied
Burma during World War II, the family fled
to India. Until she was 14 years old, she
attended a convent school, where she
learned English.[1]
In 1951, her family sent her to London,
where she attended Marie Rambert’s
dance school, but she quickly realised that
she was not a dancer and returned to
Burma.
In 1954, a friend of American director
Robert Parrish visited her home and took a
photograph of her, which he sent to
Parrish. She was selected out of some 200
women for the role of Anna in the film The
Purple Plain. She had never acted in a film
before and reportedly suffered from
severe facial convulsions on set and
bulging eyes before kissing scenes.[2][3]
Variety praised her romantic scenes with
Peck, writing: "Subsequently there are
some very tender scenes played in a
neighbouring village community in which
Peck begins a new romantic entanglement
with Win Min Than, an exotic yet restrained
Burmese beauty." [4][5][6]
On 7 January 1954 in Rome, she married
the Burmese politician Bo Setkya (Thakin
Aung Than). They had one son, Aka
Setkya. Her husband died on 6 September
1969, following a heart attack. She resides
in Australia with her son.[7]
Filmography
Films …
The Purple Plain (1954)[8]
References
1. "Rewind/1954" . The Myanmar Times.
22 December 2014. Retrieved
17 November 2017.
2. "ဝင်းမင်းသန်း ှင့် ြပည်သဂျာနယ်" .
mingalarpar.org. 18 March 2012.
Retrieved 17 November 2017.
3. Steven Schochet. "Hollywood Stories:
Short, Entertaining Anecdotes about
the Stars and Legends" . Hollywood
Stories. p. 73.
4. Gerard Molyneaux. Gregory Peck: A
Bio-bibliography . Greenwood
Publishing Group. Retrieved
10 November 2017.
5. "Win Min Than as a Hapa Actress" .
eminhkhai. Retrieved 17 November
2017.
6. "ခရမ် းေရာင်လင
ွ ်ြပင် မင်းသမီ းေလး" .
missgreenlady. 21 March 2012.
Retrieved 17 November 2017.
7. "ကမာတွင် ြမန်မာ့ဂုဏ်ကို ြမင့်တင်ခဲ့
ေသာ ု ပ် ှ င်မင်းသမီ း ဝင်းမင်းသန်း" .
moemaka.com. 19 June 2013.
Retrieved 17 November 2017.
8. "Win Min Than" . hollywood.com.
Retrieved 17 November 2017.
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