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Htun Wai
ထွန်းဝေ
Born	Htun Wai (1920-10-23)October 23, 1920 Natalin, Bago Region, Myanmar
Died	August 8, 2005(2005-08-08) (aged 84)
Nationality	Burmese
Occupation	Actor

Htun Wai (Burmese: ထွန်းဝေ, also spelt also Tun Wai; 23 October 1920–8 August 2005) is a three-time Myanmar Academy Award winning Burmese actor.

Htun won his first Myanmar Academy Award in 1957 with the film Bo Mya Din, achieved his second award in 1959 with the film Kagyi yae Ka and third award in 1983 with the film Tatiya arwale ei dutiya Waydanar .

Early life and education

He was born on 23 October 1920 in Nattalin, Pegu Division, British Burma (now Bago Region, Myanmar), the eldest of his siblings. His father is Kyaw Sein and mother is Shwe Yin.

Filmography

• Son Bo Aung Din (1955)
• Dr. Aung Kyaw Oo (1957)
• Bo Mya Din (1957)
• Ei Lu Baung Twin (1958)
• Ka Gyi Yay Ka (1959)
• Maung Mu Paing Shin (1964)
• First Class (1966)
• Hsaung (1966)
• Mahuyar (1976)
• Tatiya A Ywal Ei Dutiya Waydanar (1983)

Awards and nominations

Personal life

Htun first married Daw Saw. After the death of his wife, Daw Saw, he remarried his wife's niece, Daw Htwe Htwe. They have two sons.

Death

At Yankin Township, Yangon, Thiri Zeyar Road, he died at his home on August 8, 2005, at 1:25 am. He is survived by his wife, Daw Htwe Htwe, and children and his grandchildren.

References

1. "မြန်မာနဲ့ ရုပ်ရှင်". 17 March 2018.
2. "မင်းသားကြီး ဦးထွန်းဝေ".
3. "၁၉၅၂ မှ ယနေ့ထိ ရုပ်ရှင်ထူးချွန်ဆု ရရှိသူမျာ".
4. "မြန်မာ့ရုပ်ရှင်ထူးချွန်ဆုသမိုင်း".

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