Kim Yong-rim (Korean김용림; born March 3, 1940) is a South Korean actress. Kim made her acting debut in 1961 and has since worked steadily in Korean dramas, notably Silver Grass, for which she won the Grand Prize (Daesang) at the MBC Drama Awards in 1985.[1][2]

Kim Yong-rim
Born (1940-03-03) March 3, 1940 (age 84)
EducationKorea University - Graduate School of Mass Communication
OccupationActress
Years active1961–present
SpouseNam Il-woo [ko]
ChildrenNam Sung-jin [ko]
Korean name
Hangul
김용림
Hanja
金容琳
Revised RomanizationGim Yong-rim
McCune–ReischauerKim Yongrim

Filmography

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Film

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Year Title Role Ref.
1979 The Sleep Deeper Than Death
1980 Admiration of Nights
1988 Love's Scribble Mom
1990 Oseam Mother abbess
1991 Black Snow Ms. Baek
2020 Honest Candidate Mother-in-law

Television series

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Year Title Role Ref.
1974 Paldogangsan: Where Flowers Bloom
1975 Bride's Diary Aunt
1977 Why Do You Do That
I Regret It
1978 Lawful Wife
Young Master Housemaid
1979 Become a Mountain and a River
1980 Daughter
Terminal
1981 Gyo-dong Madam Queen Munjeong
Let's Love
1982 Market People
Annals of Renunciation - Kim Gap-sun Paek Son-haeng
Friend, Friend
Women's History - Hwang Jini
1983 Your Portrait
Father and Son Jinsa Choi's daughter-in-law
1984 Love and Truth Sang-hoon's mother
1985 Silver Grass
1986 500 Years of Joseon:
"The Hoechun Gate"
Gang Hong-rip's wife
1987 Love and Ambition Park Tae-joon's mother
1988 Forget Tomorrow Mrs. Hwang
1989 Sleepless Tree
Journal of Baekbeom Kim Koo's mother
A Happy Woman
1990 House with a Sunken Courtyard Madam Noh
That Woman Woman from Gyeongsan
1991 The Beginning of the End
Women's Time Choi Hee-soon
Dongui Bogam (Mirror of Eastern Medicine) Heo Jun's mother
Beyond the Mountains Jung-ah's grandmother
1992 Gwanchon Essay Min-gu's mother
1993 How's Your Husband? Go Min-ja
Woman's Mirror Ma In-soon
Theme Series:
"A Thing Called Love"
1994 Mudang Danggolne
Shoal Mrs. Seo
1995 Dazzling Dawn Queen Sinjeong
1996 Gomtang (Oxtail Soup) Soon-rye
Daughter-in-Law's Three Kingdoms Lee Jung-rye
Three Guys and Three Girls Kim Yong-rim
Power of Love Lee Soon-im
1997 Women Gi-nam's grandmother
1998 Shy Lovers Mother
Married 7 Years
I Hate You, But It's Fine Kim Ae-gi
1999 Trap of Youth Mrs. Han
I'm Still Loving You Hwang In-soon
Days of Delight Woman from Hongsan
2000 Ajumma Oh Sam-sook's mother
Promise Kwon Yong-soon
2001 Well Known Woman Jung Byung-hoon's mother
Empress Myeongseong Grand Royal Dowager Queen Jo
2002 Miss Mermaid Geum Sil-ra
2003 Wife Ms. Song
Wedding Gift
A Problem at My Younger Brother's House Kim Soon-ja
2004 Lotus Flower Fairy Ascetic Joo
The Age of Heroes Jin-joo's grandmother
2005 Three-Leaf Clover Ryu Yeon-ja
The Barefooted Youth Ms. Seo
My Girl Jang Hyung-ja
2006 One Day Suddenly Yang Hye-sook
2007 Bad Woman, Good Woman Mrs. Song
Landscape in My Heart Hwang Jung-sun
2008 I am Happy Kim Il-dong
Don't Be Swayed Song Ok-boon
Aster Lee Soon-shim
2009 Again, My Love Hwang Bo-seon
Two Wives Jang Young-ja
Style Lee Bang-ja (cameo)
2010 Life Is Beautiful Yang Byung-tae's mother [3]
2011 Ojakgyo Family Shim Kap-nyeon [4]
2012 KBS Drama Special:
"A Corner"
Lee Young-ae
2013 You Are the Best! Shim Mak-re
KBS Drama Special:
"Mother's Island"
Mom [5][6]
The Greatest Thing in the World Woo Sun's grandmother
Thrice Married Woman Mrs. Choi
2014 Jang Bo-ri Is Here! Park Soo-mi [7]
Everybody Say Kimchi (cameo)
Birth of a Beauty Mrs. Park
2015 Love on a Rooftop Kim Soon-im
2018 Memories of the Alhambra Oh Young-shim [8]
2021 Hello, Me! Lee Hong-nyun
2022 Tomorrow Yoo Bok-hee (Cameo, episode 13) [9]
2022 Three Bold Siblings Yoon Gap-bun [10]
2024 The Brave Yong Soo-jung Yong Soo-jung [11]

Web series

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Year Title Role Ref.
TBA When Life Gives You Tangerines [12]

Television shows

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Year Title Role Ref.
2007 Big Mama Cast member
2013 Mamado ("Mama, Too") [13][14]

Awards and nominations

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Year Award Category Nominated work Result Ref.
1973 9th Dong-A Theatre Awards Best Actress The Lion in Winter Won
1985 MBC Drama Awards Grand Prize (Daesang) Silver Grass Won
1986 22nd Baeksang Arts Awards Best Actress (TV) Won
1997 34th Savings Day Presidential Commendation Won
1999 MBC Drama Awards Special Award Won
2003 KBS Drama Awards Best Actress in a One-Act/Special/Short Drama Wedding Gift Won
2007 15th Korean Popular Entertainment Awards Talent Partnership Award in Broadcasting Won
2010 SBS Drama Awards Top Excellence Award, Actress in a Weekend/Daily Drama Life Is Beautiful Nominated
2012 KBS Drama Awards Best Actress in a One-Act/Special/Short Drama A Corner Nominated

References

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  1. ^ "인생은 아름다워 스페셜: 김용림·이민우·남규리 릴레이 인터뷰" [Life Is Beautiful Special: Interview Relay with Kim Yong-rim, Lee Min-woo and Nam Gyu-ri]. Woman DongA (in Korean). July 15, 2010. Retrieved May 25, 2015.
  2. ^ Kim, Sung-wook (June 2007). "'빅마마'의 유쾌한 수다 현장...김용림·김을동·선우용녀·김자옥". Lady Kyunghyang (in Korean). Archived from the original on December 9, 2021. Retrieved May 25, 2015.
  3. ^ Wee, Geun-woo (November 8, 2010). "Review: SBS TV series Beautiful Life - Finale Episodes". 10Asia. Archived from the original on December 7, 2022. Retrieved May 24, 2015.
  4. ^ "Ojakgyo Brothers and Moon duke it out on weekly TV charts". 10Asia. February 6, 2012. Archived from the original on April 16, 2022. Retrieved May 25, 2015.
  5. ^ "Drama Special - Mother's Island, everyone in ghost make over". Hancinema. August 26, 2013. Archived from the original on March 30, 2018. Retrieved May 24, 2015.
  6. ^ Schwartz, William (August 28, 2013). "HanCinema's Drama Review: Drama Special - Mother's Island". Hancinema. Archived from the original on April 16, 2022. Retrieved May 24, 2015.
  7. ^ "Jang Bo-ri Is Here Kim Yong-rim appoints Oh Yeon-seo as initiator for Bisulchae". Hancinema. July 20, 2014. Archived from the original on March 30, 2018. Retrieved May 24, 2015.
  8. ^ "'알함브라 궁전의 추억' 현빈-박신혜의 뜨거운 대본리딩 현장". Xports News (in Korean). September 27, 2018. Archived from the original on April 24, 2021. Retrieved September 27, 2018.
  9. ^ Ahn Eun-jae (May 13, 2022). "내일' 김영옥·김용림 특별 출연...위안부 피해자 에피소드 이끈다" [Tomorrow' Kim Young-ok and Kim Yong-rim make special appearances... Leading the episode of comfort women victims] (in Korean). News1. Archived from the original on May 29, 2023. Retrieved May 13, 2022 – via Naver.
  10. ^ Jung Ji-hyun (June 30, 2022). "삼남매가 용감하게' 김용림·정재순·이경진·송승환·장미희, 연기장인 총출동 [공식]" [Three Siblings Bravely' Kim Yong-rim, Jeong Jae-soon, Lee Kyung-jin, Song Seung-hwan, and Jang Mi-hee, acting master Chongchul-dong [Official]] (in Korean). My Daily. Archived from the original on June 30, 2022. Retrieved June 30, 2022 – via Naver.
  11. ^ Yoo, Jeong-min (March 6, 2024). MBC '용감무쌍 용수정' 박철민→김용림, 베테랑 배우 총출동 '긴장UP' [MBC 'The Brave Yong Soo-jung' Park Chul-min → Kim Yong-rim, veteran actors all show up, 'tension goes up'] (in Korean). MBC Entertainment News. Archived from the original on March 13, 2024. Retrieved March 13, 2024 – via Naver.
  12. ^ "[단독] '명품 배우' 나문희가 더하는 무게감..'폭싹 속았수다' 7일 ..." Sports Chosun (in Korean). March 10, 2023. Archived from the original on November 3, 2023. Retrieved October 16, 2023.
  13. ^ Lee, Sun-min (August 30, 2014). "Veteran actresses to share life experiences on new show". Korea JoongAng Daily. Archived from the original on June 26, 2018. Retrieved May 24, 2015.
  14. ^ "Pilot senior show Mamado gets regular slot". The Korea Herald. September 10, 2013. Archived from the original on April 16, 2022. Retrieved May 25, 2015.
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