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Pik Sen Lim

Biography

Pik-Sen Lim was a Malaysian-British actress who left Penang for Britain in 1961 and trained at the London School of Dramatic Art. In 1964 she played a nurse in the hospital drama Emergency Ward 10. The BFI described her as the best known Chinese performer on British television in the 1970s and 1980s. She played Chin Lee in The Mind of Evil, a 1971 Doctor Who serial, Chung Su-Lee in the sitcom Mind Your Language, and Tsai Adams in the military drama Spearhead. Her film work included Johnny English Reborn (2011), in which she played a killer cleaner. Her other television work included the soap operas Albion Market and Night and Day, as well as Arabian Nights, The Bill and Little Britain. She narrated the Dark Souls video games and in 2024 voiced the narrator of the animated short The Wedding Veil of the Proud Princess.

80years old at death

  • Born Penang
  • Died Ludlow
  • Star sign: VirgoThe sign runs August 23 to September 22
  • Also credited as Lim Pik-Sen, Lîm Phaik-Seng and Lim Phaik-Seng

Movie Career

Films
5
Career span
43 years1972 to 2015

Every film, newest first

  1. 2015Roald Dahl's Esio TrotIMDb rating 6.9
  2. 2011Johnny English RebornIMDb rating 6.3
  3. 2002MirandaIMDb rating 5.4
  4. 1985PlentyIMDb rating 6.0
  5. 1972Madame SinIMDb rating 5.7

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  1. A first

    In 1966, Lim was asked to serve as Rye Fawkes at the Rye Bonfire celebrations, where she was carried in a sedan chair from the Landgate to the bonfire and handed a burning torch to set it alight.

  2. Languages

    In the sitcom Mind Your Language, Lim spoke Penang Hokkien as her Chinese language during the first three seasons. She was obliged to use an exaggerated, stereotyped Chinese accent.

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Pik Sen Lim shares two films with Burt Kwouk, and one with each of the others. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.

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