I can only boast of fame from my acting career; no property – Efiewura’s Auntie Bee

Veteran actress Harriet Naa Akleh Okantey, popularly known as Auntie Bee of Efiewura fame has disclosed that despite decades in the industry, she has no property or substantial achievement to show for it.

The veteran actress in an interview said she was engrossed in her acting career due to her passion for it and could not learn other trade.

Auntie Bee noted that at a point in her career she took a decision not to have children as she felt it could be a destruction to her career.

Speaking in an interview on Accra FM on July 24, Auntie Bee added that she was fully occupied with set life that she did not learn a trade or other skills; a decision that is haunting her in her adult stage.

According to her, after over twenty years in the industry, she has not been able to acquire any property and can only boast of fame.

As she feels the weight of never having learnt any trade or gained anything significant outside of her acting career, she now understands the true meaning of the saying, “time waits for no man.”

“I had the passion for acting since childhood because I loved acting so I did not learn any trade. Even due to that, it didn’t make me concentrate on bearing children. I enjoyed acting.

“I have come to realized many things now and if I had the chance to be young again, I would learn about ten trades. I will involve myself in many things.

“At first there was not enough money in the industry but now that the industry is booming, we are out of the industry. A lot of actors and actresses have not gained anything from the industry.

“I have only fame. Acting didn’t allow me to marry, it didn’t allow me to do anything for myself. The car I use now was given to me by a pastor, I didn’t acquire any property from acting,” she explained.

She further mentioned that she has now resorted to selling menial items for survival since Kumawood has declined.

“I have suppliers who bring me liquid soap, bathing soaps, power zones and others which I sell but if I have not been supplied with anything, God is my helper,” she added.