Thanh Kim Huệ (1955- ) is a famous actress of Southern Vietnamese folk opera known as "cải lương". Born as Bùi Thị Huệ on November 14, 1955 in Saigon, South Vietnam, she began performing professionally in Southern Vietnamese folk opera theater at a very early age. At 14, Thanh Kim Huệ met her future husband, fellow Southern Vietnamese folk opera actor Thanh Điền who is 8 years her senior, while performing for the Hoa Phượng Folk Opera Theater Troupe . She along with Thanh Điền would join the Kim Chung 2 Folk Opera Theater Troupe . Prior to 1975, Thanh Kim Huệ had already established herself as one of the brightest, young talents of the Southern Vietnamese folk opera theater starring in many successful "cải lương" plays including Chuyện Tình Lan và Điệp with Chí Tâm , Đời Cô Hạnh with Minh Vương , Mỹ Châu , Phượng Liên and Thanh Tuấn and Đường Gươm Nguyên Bá with Minh Vương, Thanh Tuấn, C...