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Me Me Lai (born 1952), sometimes billed as Me Me Lay, is a Burmese-born actress and television host who worked mainly in British and Italian films, most notably in the horror genre.

Life

She was born in Burma in 1952, to a Burmese mother and an English father. She moved to England in her teens, where she soon started her acting career, at first in television series like Paul Temple and Jason King. Soon, she made the transition to acting in movies, starting with the 1971 horror movie Crucible of Terror, soon followed by the 1972 sex comedy Au Pair Girls.

Lai came into her own during the era of Italian cannibal films, playing lead roles in two genre-defining movies: Man from the Deep River (1972) by Umberto Lenzi, and Last Cannibal World (1977) by Ruggero Deodato. Additionally, she also had a part in Eaten Alive! (1980), again by Umberto Lenzi, in which one of her scenes from Last Cannibal World was re-used. Outside the cannibal genre, she had a brief role as a Chinese brothel girl in Blake Edwards's 1978 comedy Revenge of the Pink Panther.

Me Me Lai also was co-hostess of British game shows The Golden Shot and Sale of the Century,and appeared on the 1970s Yorkshire Television programme Origami, with Robert Harbin.

Her last movie was Lars von Trier's The Element of Crime in 1984.

Filmography

Television appearances

References

Me Me Lai - A Biography on (re)Search my Trash
Sheridan, Simon 2005. Keeping the British End Up: Four Decades of Saucy Cinema Reynolds & Hearn Books ISBN 1-903111-92-7

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 ==Life==
-She was born in [[Burma]] in 1952, to a Burmese mother and an English father. She moved to [[England]] in her teens, where she soon started her acting career, at first in television series like ''[[Paul Temple]]'' and ''[[Jason King (TV series)|Jason King]]''. Soon, she made the transition to acting in movies, starting with the 1971 horror movie ''[[Crucible of Terror]]'', soon followed by th 1972 sex comedy ''[[Au Pair Girls]]''.
+She was born in [[Burma]] in 1952, to a Burmese mother and an English father. She moved to [[England]] in her teens, where she soon started her acting career, at first in television series like ''[[Paul Temple]]'' and ''[[Jason King (TV series)|Jason King]]''. Soon, she made the transition to acting in movies, starting with the 1971 horror movie ''[[Crucible of Terror]]'', soon followed by the 1972 sex comedy ''[[Au Pair Girls]]''.
 Lai came into her own during the era of [[Cannibal film|Italian cannibal films]], playing lead roles in two genre-defining movies: ''[[Man from the Deep River]]'' (1972) by [[Umberto Lenzi]], and ''[[Ultimo Mondo Cannibale|Last Cannibal World]]'' (1977) by [[Ruggero Deodato]]. Additionally, she also had a part in ''[[Eaten Alive!]]'' (1980), again by [[Umberto Lenzi]], in which one of her scenes from ''Last Cannibal World'' was re-used. Outside the cannibal genre, she had a brief role as a Chinese brothel girl in [[Blake Edwards]]'s 1978 comedy ''[[Revenge of the Pink Panther]]''.