The actress, of extensive career in South Korea, died from stomach cancer.
Lee Joo-Sila veteran actress known for her role in the success of Netflix the squid game And that appeared in films like Train to Busan Throughout his six decades career, he died in his family’s house in Uijeongbu at the age of 81, the South Korean newspaper The Chosun Ilbo reported.
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The cause of death was stomach cancerfrom which Lee received a diagnosis in November.


Lee previously revealed that he had been diagnosed with breast cancer in stage 4 approximately 30 years ago and gave him a one -year prognosis, but finally fought against the disease for 13 years and overcame it.
Lee Joo-Sil’s extensive trajectory
Born on March 8, 1944 in South Korea, Lee embarked on her career in 1964, reaching fame in her native country for her voice performance and on stage. Has appeared in theatrical productions of Death of A Salesman and Macbethas well as in K-Drams like The Uncanny Counter and the action movie Commitment.
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Lee Joo-Sil in the second season of El Game del Calamar
In 2016, he was in Train to Busan, the well -received horror movie starring Gong Yoo Like your mother on screen. In season 2 of the successful series The squid gameappeared as the mother of the undercover detective Hwnag Joon-ho (Wi ha-joon).
Among its additional credits are included IT’s Beautiful Now (2022) and Country Diaries (also known as Jeonwonilgi), which was broadcast between 1980 and 2002, as well as the recent KBS2 drama Beauty and Mr. Romantic. Your papers in films include A single spark, Sikgaek (Le Grand Chef) And many others. In 2023, he won the Best Award for the Delivery Actress at the Wildflower Film Festival.
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