Kang Hyo-shil (10 February 1932 – 2 November 1996) was a South Korean film and stage actress.
Kang's parents were Kang Hong-shik, a noted singer, and actor during the Japanese occupation period of Korea and Jeon Ok, a noted actor known as "Queen of Tears", whose excellent acting as tragic heroines that evoked audiences to tears.
In addition, Kang was more active on stage than in film,[2] so she was referred to as a "characteristic actress" during her lifetime.
However, Choi had an affair with Kim Ji-mee, the most popular actress at that time,that the marriage broke off in 1962 after trials for adultery charge and divorce.
[4][5] Kang died of a chronic disease on 2 November 1996 and her body is buried in Cheonan, Gyeonggi province.