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谷薇麗祖籍山東，1954年生於香港。她在香港大學主修英文及翻譯，1976年畢業，其後應徵加入麗的電視出任助理編導，最先參與製作綜藝節目《星期六晚會》，後獲晉升編導，曾攝製《貓頭鷹時間》及資訊節目《故鄉新貌》與《細說當年》，並參與編導長篇連續劇《鱷魚淚》（1978），期間與負責該台行政職務的施南生共事。八十年代初，她應施南生邀請轉投新藝城影業有限公司，處理行政及人力資源等工作。因具備電視製作經驗且英語水平高，她獲安排出任《英倫琵琶》（1984）的製片，赴英國參與拍攝，亦曾協助《專撬牆腳》（1983）在西班牙的拍攝工作，開始涉足幕後崗位。1985年，德寶電影公司拓展業務，她應邀加盟，主責行政監製職務，緊貼拍攝進度，管控製作預算。她曾參與多部重頭製作，包括統籌《皇家師姐》（1985）、《皇家戰士》（1986）與《中華戰士》（1987），又統籌及監製《龍在江湖》（1986）。其時「三人組」（高志森、于仁泰、馮世雄）製作的影片都由她監製，包括《八喜臨門》（1986）、《痴心的我》（1986）、《富貴逼人》（1987）與《鬼馬校園》（1987）；叫好叫座的《秋天的童話》（1987）亦由她擔任統籌。1987年底，她隨結婚暫別影圈，後與錢小蕙、黃炳耀成立高朋影業公司，推出《金裝大酒店》（1988），亦曾為高志森的《我未成年》（1989）任出品人。九十年代初，她與吳宇森、張家振合組新里程電影有限公司，參與監製《縱橫四海》（1991）、《我愛扭紋柴》（1992）與《辣手神探》（1992），並出任《浪漫風暴》（1996）的行政監製；期間又與張家振成立東興電影有限公司，製作《花旗少林》（1994）。九十年代中，她為照顧家庭退出影圈，後投入慈善工作，協助血癌病友、思覺失調患者及其家屬。其弟谷德昭與侄女谷祖琳均為影人。2026年她在香港辭世。
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Linda Kuk Mei-lai was born in Hong Kong in 1954 to a Shandong family. She majored in English and translation at the University of Hong Kong, graduating in 1976, and then joined RTV as an assistant director, first working on the variety show Saturday Night Live before being promoted to director of programmes such as Owl's Hour and the information shows New Look at Home and Anecdotes of Yesteryear. She also directed episodes of the long serial Crocodile Tears (1978), working alongside Nansun Shi, who handled administration at the station. In the early 1980s Shi invited her to join Cinema City, where she took charge of administration and human resources. Her television experience and strong English led to her serving as producer of A Chinese Detective (1984), travelling to Britain for the shoot, and assisting on the Spanish production of All the Wrong Spies (1983), marking her move into production. In 1985 she joined the expanding D & B Films in an administrative producer role, closely monitoring schedules and controlling budgets. She worked on major productions, coordinating Yes, Madam (1985), Royal Warriors (1986) and Eastern Condors (1987), and coordinating and producing Legacy of Rage (1986). Films by the directing trio of Clifton Ko, Ronny Yu and Alfred Cheung were produced by her, among them The Family Strikes Back (1986), Dream Lovers (1986), It's a Mad, Mad, Mad World (1987) and The Happy Bigamist (1987), and she coordinated the acclaimed An Autumn's Tale (1987). She took a break from film after marrying in late 1987, then formed Ko Pung with Amy Chin and Barry Wong, releasing The Fun, the Luck and the Tycoon (1988) and presenting Clifton Ko's I Am Not Underage (1989). In the early 1990s she co-founded Milestone Pictures with John Woo and Terence Chang, producing Once a Thief (1991), Love on Delivery (1992) and Hard Boiled (1992), and was administrative producer on Big Bullet (1996); meanwhile she and Chang set up East Asia Films, making Treasure Hunt (1994). Leaving the industry in the mid-1990s to raise her family, she later devoted herself to charity, helping leukaemia patients and people with schizophrenia. Her brother Clifton Ko and niece Louise Kuk are also film figures. She died in Hong Kong in 2026.
