This photo from Southern Screen No. 3 (February, 1958) charmingly epitomizes the girl-next-door qualities of Lucilla Yu Ming. Looking at it makes me want to spend the afternoon with her — chaperoned, of course — listening to 45s and sipping sodas through a straw!
An article a few issues later (No. 6) further illustrates Lucilla Yu's simple elegance. Apparently, by this time she had changed her English name from Teressa (as seen in the photo above) to Lucilla. A scan of the original article is available here. (BTW, I couldn't help making a few grammatical corrections in my transcription below.)
Lucilla Yu Ming
Idol of the Students
The daughter of an eminent Cantonese opera star, Lucilla Yu Ming is one of the top film actresses in the Mandarin pictures. Contracted with Shaw's Studio for several years, she's become one of the stars most adored by the students. Believing in Catholicism, she goes to church more often than night clubs. With no makeup at all whenever off the screen, she spends most of her time reading. The pictures here show that she looks more like a student than a movie star.
Just a few months after this article appeared, Lucilla left Shaw Brothers, where she had got her start in 1952, and switched over to MP&GI. It was a good move: the first two films she made for the Cathay Organisation, Her Tender Heart (1959) and All in the Family (1959), garnered her consecutive Best Actress awards at the Asia Film Festival.
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