Kwon Mi-hae

Kwon Mi-hae (also Kwon Mi-hye and Gwon Mi-hye; and the station aired South Korea's first television series in 1962. Their commercial competitor, Tongyang Broadcasting (TBC), had a more aggressive program policy and aired controversial dramas. In the 1960s, television sets had been of limited availability, but in the 1970s, they started to spread among the general population. Dramas evolved from portraying dramatic historical figures to introducing national heroes like Yi Sun-sin or Sejong the Great. Contemporary series dealt with personal sufferings, such as Kim Soo-hyun's influential Stepmother (새엄마, Saeeomma), aired by MBC in 1972 and 1973. In 1973, Kwon was among the first actresses to land leading roles in major K-dramas, including Kim Ki-young's Iodo, which played at the 28th Berlin International Film Festival, The next decade she starred in Seoul Ddukbaegi (1990), and the 1995 TV series Friday's Lady.

Personal life and family Kwon hosted private dinners for industry colleagues, actors like Lee Soon-jae, and television executives, people like fashion designer André Kim and a former Miss Korea. In the Aughts, Lee Cheol-hyang died in a car accident, and Kwon was left with very little by her alcoholic husband. She sold her belongings to move to the U.S. to live with her son and his family in the Virginia suburbs.

She currently forbids being photographed.