Dy Saveth
Dy Saveth is a Cambodian actress and first Miss Cambodia. She was featured in many films throughout the 1960s and 1970s until the communist takeover in 1975, and later from 1993 to present. She married Huoy Keng, an actor, producer and film director, during the 1970s. Just as Van Vanak ran his own production company, Huoy Keng and Dy Saveth jointly ran Sovann Kiry. After the Khmer Rouge came to power in 1975, Dy Saveth and Huoy Keng escaped to France together and later moved to Hong Kong. There they separated while Keng continued his film business and became one of Hong Kong's first millionaires.
Saveth returned to Cambodia in 1993 and resumed acting. In 2011, she appeared in the documentary Golden Slumbers by filmmaker Davy Chou. In 2012, she made her stage debut in the play Cambodia, Here I Am by Jean-Baptiste Phou.
Films
Dy Saveth has starred in over 100 Cambodian films, most of which were lost due to the Khmer Rouge era, including:| Year | Movie | Role | Other notes | ||
| 1962 | Kboun Chivit | ||||
| 1963 | Onlong Veasna | ||||
| 1964 | Kathreuy Moha Sronoh | ||||
| 1965 | Veasna Akosol | Present Existence | |||
| 1965 | Sayon Touch Yum | ||||
| 1965 | Loloke Nhee Chmole | ||||
| 1965 | L'oiseau Du Paradis | Khmer-French joint film | |||
| 1966 | Kyong Sangselajey | ||||
| 1966 | Neang Keo Nama Thida Muk Seh | Keo Nama | |||
| 1966 | Ka ek Prot Bongkong | 1st wife of general Mcholpich | |||
| 1967 | Teuk Pneik Leu Knong Phnom | Present Existence | |||
| 1968 | Love and War | Present Existence | |||
| 1968 | Sa'ek Oun Lea Bong Heuy | , directed by and starring Norodom Sihanouk and Huoy Keng | Neang Sopheap | Present Existence | |
| 1969 | Sdach Domrei Saw | ||||
| 1969 | Lea Heuy Duong Dara | Present Existence | |||
| 1969 | Sayon Koma, Neang Preah,Neang Teptida | This film won 6 awards in Singapore International Film Festival | |||
| 1970 | Loloke Nhee Chmole | ||||
| 1970 | Sayon Touche Yuom | ||||
| 1970 | Sdach Domrei Saw | ||||
| 1970 | Botra Preah Athtih Psong Cheam Mday | ||||
| 1971 | Neang Lvea Chake | ||||
| 1971 | Velveng Na Bong | Rumchong | Present Existence | ||
| 1971 | Kolap Pailin | ||||
| 1971 | Srey Krop Leak | ||||
| 1971 | Sa'ek Oun Lea Bong Heuy | ||||
| 1972 | 'Chivit Tmey' | ||||
| 1972 | Bopha Angkor | ||||
| 1972 | Mak Teung | ||||
| 1972 | Preah Song Mdai | ||||
| 1972 | Vongveng Pruos Snae | ||||
| 1972 | Pnhau Kong Chong Dai | ||||
| 1972 | Tuk Pneik Leu Knong Phnom' | ||||
| 1973 | Chivit Psong Praeng | Soundtrack in both Khmer and Thai. Duet by Sinn Si Samouth and Dy Saveth herself in both languages. Present Existence | |||
| 1973 | Ok Pruot Tronum | Present Existence | |||
| 1973 | Dao Dek 32 | ||||
| 1973 | Ka'ek Pruot Bongkong | ||||
| 1973 | Tngai Lich Oun Sronoh | ||||
| 1973 | Thida Sak Pos | ||||
| 1973 | Pous Keng Kong 2 | Soriya | The Sequence to The Snake King of 1972 which won 6 awards at the Singapore International Film Festival. The film includes 2 versionsof the songs "Soriya Psong Snae" by Sinn Sisamouth and Ros Serey Sothear | ||
| 1973 | Sa'op Nass Srolanh Nass | ||||
| 1973 | Onlong Veasna | ||||
| 1974 | Crocodile Man | ||||
| 1974 | Pnhnau Kong Chong Dai | ||||
| 1974 | Pros Aprey Srey Rong Kam | ||||
| 1974 | Bopha Tol Den | ||||
| 1974 | Chompa Battambang | ||||
| 1974 | Snake Girl | ||||
| 1975 | Snake Girl In Drop | ||||
| 1975 | Blood Boxing Girl | ||||
| 1975 | Tngai Lich Oun Sronoh | ||||
| 1983 | Crocodile Men | ||||
| 2002 | Neak Mdai | Dy Saveth portrays herself as a mother through her own experience. | |||
| 2003 | Min Yoke Te Pdey Jass Saóp Nass Pdei Kmeng | ||||
| 2004 | Att Bey | ||||
| 2005 | The Crocodile | ||||
| 2006 | Soriya Lngeach Tngai | ||||
| 2008 | Keo Pnake Somnop Jet | ||||
| 2012 | I Am Super Student | ||||
| 2014 | The Last Reel'' | Dy Saveth's character is Srey Mom/Sothea. The film won The Spirit of Asia Award at the 2014 Tokyo Film Festival. |