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Kim Young-ok
Kim in July 2019
Born	(1937-12-05) December 5, 1937 (age 87) Keijō, Keiki-dō, Korea, Empire of Japan
Occupations	Actress voice actress entertainer
Years active	1959–present
Spouse	Kim Young-gil ​(m. 1960)​
Children	2
Awards	Bogwan Order of Cultural Merit (2018)
Korean name
Hangul	김영옥
Hanja	金英玉
Revised Romanization	Gim Yeongok
McCune–Reischauer	Kim Yŏngok

Kim Young-ok (Korean: 김영옥; born January 6, 1938) is a South Korean actress who debuted in 1957. She is known as South Korea's "National Grandma" for her many portrayals of grandmothers in film and television.

Career

In 1959, Kim joined the Chuncheon Broadcasting Station as an announcer through open recruitment. In 1960, She re-entered the CBS Christian Broadcasting Company as a voice actor for the 6th term. A year later, in 1961, she officially debuted as a voice actor for the 1st round of MBC Cultural Broadcasting, and in 1969 appeared in MBC TV drama for the first time.

Kim Young-ok is one of Korea's representative actors who has been active without a hiatus since her debut. Currently, she is the oldest active actress in Korea.

Filmography

Film

Television series

Web series

Television show

Voice acting

Awards and nominations

State honors

Notes

1. Honors are given at the Korean Popular Culture and Arts Awards, arranged by the Korea Creative Content Agency and hosted by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism. They are awarded to those who have contributed to the arts and South Korea's pop culture.

References

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External links

• Kim Young-ok at the Korean Movie Database
• Kim Young-ok at IMDb
• Kim Young-ok at IMDb
• Kim Young-ok at HanCinema

• Grand Prize Paeksang Arts Award (television) winners
• 1937 births
• Living people
• 20th-century South Korean actresses
• 21st-century South Korean actresses
• South Korean television actresses
• South Korean film actresses
• South Korean voice actresses
• Gwangsan Kim clan
• Best Actress Paeksang Arts Award (television) winners
• Actresses from Gyeonggi Province