Go Doo-shim (Korean: 고두심; born May 22, 1951) is a South Korean actress.
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Career
A native of Jeju Island, Go Doo-shim made her acting debut in 1972 and since then she had a prolific career on television, film and theater.
Best known for playing the quintessential devoted, self-sacrificing mother figure on TV, Go has won the Daesang (the highest acting prize in Korea) a record number of seven times: for her performances in the dramas Fetters of Love (1989), The Dancing Gayageum (1990), My Husband's Woman (1992), Virtue (2000), Ode to the Han River (2004), More Beautiful Than a Flower (2004) and All About My Mom (2015). Go was reported to be the top earner among all actors and entertainers who appeared on the KBS network in 2004, with total earnings of ₩373 million.
She also received acclaim for more atypical roles in the films Jealousy (1983), My Mother, the Mermaid (2004), Family Ties (2006), and Good Morning President (2009).
To celebrate her 40th anniversary in the entertainment industry, Go returned to the stage in a 2012 production of Richard Alfieri's Six Dance Lessons in Six Weeks.
Filmography
Film
The Woman Who Leaves Work in the Morning (1979)
The Hidden Hero (1980)
Two Women (1980)
Jealousy (1983)
Is The Soldier Back? (1984)
The Heat of the Green Season (1987)
Madame Freedom 1990 (1990)
Things That Sadden My Wife (1991)
The Woman Who Won't Divorce (1992)
Plum Blossom (2000)
Saving My Hubby (2002)
My Mother, the Mermaid (2004)
Thomas Ahn Jung-geun (2004)
Mom's Way (2005)
Family Ties (2006)
Good Morning President (2009)
Grand Prix (2010)
The Preparation (2017)
Exit (2019)
Start-Up (2019, cameo)
Everglow (2021)
Television shows
HD History Special (KBS1, 2005–2006) - MC
Go Doo-shim's The Art of Cooking (O'live TV, 2012)
I like Ko Doo-shim (Channel A; LG Hello Vision, 2022)
Theater
The Mistress of the Inn (1976)
Bullfighter's Waltz (1977)
Seventh Table at the Winter Hotel (1979)
The Cherry Orchard (1989)
The Visit (1990)
The Lion in Winter (1993)
느영나영 풀멍살게 (1995)
I, I'm a Woman (monodrama, 1999)
Mother (2007)
Six Dance Lessons in Six Weeks (2012)
Love Tune (2014)
Radio drama
White Butterfly (MBC, 1975)
법정야화 episode 29: The Case of the Ttukseom Serial Murders (MBC, 1978)
어떤 관계 (MBC, 1983)
30 Turbulent Years (MBC, 1989)
Accolades
Awards
1975 MBC TV: Best New Actress in TV (Tide)
1977 13th Baeksang Arts Awards: Best New Actress in TV (Purity)
1980 MBC Drama Awards: Best Supporting Actress in TV
1982 28th Asia Pacific Film Festival: Best Supporting Actress (Jealousy)
1983 22nd Grand Bell Awards: Best Supporting Actress (Jealousy)
1984 MBC Drama Awards: Excellence Award, Actress
1985 12th Korea Broadcasting Prizes: Excellence Award in TV (Country Diaries)
1985 21st Baeksang Arts Awards: Popularity Award in TV (500 Years of Joseon - The Ume Tree in the Midst of the Snow)
1986 MBC TV: Top Excellence Award, Actress
1989 25th Baeksang Arts Awards: Popularity Award
1989 KBS Drama Awards: Grand Prize (Daesang) (Fetters of Love)
1990 26th Baeksang Arts Awards: Best Actress (TV) (Fetters of Love)
1990 MBC Drama Awards: Grand Prize (Daesang) (The Dancing Gayageum, The House with a Deep Yard)
1991 27th Baeksang Arts Awards: Best Actress (TV) (The Dancing Gayageum)
1991 4th Korean PD Awards: Best Actress in TV (The Dancing Gayageum)
1991 Korea Broadcasting Prizes: Excellence Award in a TV Drama (The Dancing Gayageum)
