Kim Yong-rim

Kim Yong-rim
Kim Yong-rim
Born	March 3, 1940 (age 84); Keijō, Keiki-dō, Korea, Empire of Japan
Education	Korea University - Graduate School of Mass Communication
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1961–present
Spouse	Nam Il-woo [ko]
Children	Nam Sung-jin [ko]
Korean name
Hangul	김용림
Hanja	金容琳
Revised Romanization	Gim Yong-rim
McCune–Reischauer	Kim Yongrim

Kim Yong-rim (Korean: 김용림; 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]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role
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

Year	Title	Role	Ref.
1974	Paldogangsan: Where Flowers Bloom
1975	Bride's Diary	Aunt
1977	Why Do You Do That
1977	I Regret It
1978	Lawful Wife
1978	Young Master	Housemaid
1979	Become a Mountain and a River
1980	Daughter
1980	Terminal
1981	Gyo-dong Madam	Queen Munjeong
1981	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
1983	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
1990	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
1994	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
2000	Promise	Kwon Yong-soon
2001	Well Known Woman	Jung Byung-hoon's mother
2001	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
2004	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
2007	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

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

Television shows

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

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Nominated work	Result
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)	Silver Grass	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

^ "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.
^ 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.
^ 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.
^ "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.
^ "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.
^ 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.
^ "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.
^ "'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.
^ 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.
^ 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.
^ 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.
^ "[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.
^ 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.
^ "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.

External links

Kim Yong-rim at HanCinema
Kim Yong-rim at the Korean Movie Database
Kim Yong-rim at IMDb

[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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v t e Baeksang Arts Award for Best Actress – Television
1970s	Yeo Woon-kay (1974) Kim Ja-ok, Ahn In-sook and Jung Hye-sun (1975) Kim Hye-ja and Hong Se-mi (1976) Kang Boo-ja and Kim Yoon-gyeong (1977) Kang Hyo-shil and Kim Hye-ja (1978) Kim Hye-ja, Jung Hye-sun and Kim Young-ok (1979)
1980s	Kim Min-ja (1980) Chang Mi-hee and Kim Young-ran (1981) Hwang Jung-ah and Kim Young-ae (1982) Lee Kyung-jin (1983) Jung Hye-sun (1984) Jung Ae-ri (1985) Kim Yong-rim (1986) Han Hye-sook (1987) Kim Chung (1988) Park Won-sook and Kim Hye-ja (1989)
1990s	Go Doo-shim (1990) Lee Hwi-hyang and Ha Hee-ra (1991) Chae Shi-ra (1992) Go Doo-shim and Kim Hee-ae (1993) Jung Hye-sun (1994) Kim Yoon-gyeong (1995) Kim Hye-soo (1996) Kim Young-ae (1997) Hwang Shin-hye (1998) Shim Eun-ha (1999)
2000s	Kim Young-ae (2000) Won Mi-kyung (2001) Jeon In-hwa (2002) Kim Hee-ae (2003) Ha Ji-won (2004) Kim Jung-eun (2005) Choi Jin-sil (2006) Son Ye-jin (2007) Yoon Eun-hye (2008) Moon Geun-young (2009)
2010s	Kim Nam-joo (2010) Han Hyo-joo (2011) Gong Hyo-jin (2012) Kim Hee-ae (2013) Lee Bo-young (2014) Song Yoon-ah (2015) Kim Hye-soo (2016) Seo Hyun-jin (2017) Kim Nam-joo (2018) Yum Jung-ah (2019)
2020s	Kim Hee-ae (2020) Kim So-yeon (2021) Kim Tae-ri (2022) Song Hye-kyo (2023) Lee Hanee (2024)

v t e MBC Drama Awards for Grand Prize (Daesang)
1982–1989	Lee Mi-sook (1982) Jung Hye-sun (1983) Jung Ae-ri, Won Mi-kyung (1984) Kim Yong-rim (1985) Kim Soo-mi (1986) Kim Hye-ja (1987) Won Mi-kyung (1988) Jung Ae-ri (1989)
1990–1999	Go Doo-shim (1990) Kim Hee-ae (1991) Kim Hye-ja (1992) Kim Hee-ae (1993) Chae Shi-ra (1994) Chae Shi-ra (1995) Kim Hye-soo (1996) Choi Jin-sil (1997) Kim Ji-soo (1998) Kim Hye-ja (1999)
2000s	Jun Kwang-ryul (2000) Cha In-pyo (2001) Jang Seo-hee (2002) Lee Young-ae (2003) Go Doo-shim (2004) Kim Sun-a (2005) Song Il-kook (2006) Bae Yong-joon (2007) Song Seung-heon Kim Myung-min (2008) Go Hyun-jung (2009)
2010s	Kim Nam-joo, Han Hyo-joo (2010) (2011) Cho Seung-woo (2012) Ha Ji-won (2013) Lee Yu-ri (2014) Ji Sung (2015) Lee Jong-suk (2016) Kim Sang-joong (2017) So Ji-sub (2018) Kim Dong-wook (2019)
2020s	Park Hae-jin (2020) Namkoong Min (2021) Lee Jong-suk (2022) Namkoong Min (2023)