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Cheng Pei-pei

Cheng Pei-pei

Hong Kong actress (born 1946)

In this Chinese name, the family name is Cheng.

Cheng Pei-pei (born 6 January 1946) is a Chinese actress, who is considered cinema's first female action hero.[1] She is known for her performance in the 1966 King Hu wuxia film Come Drink with Me, as well as her portrayal of Jade Fox in the award-winning 2000 wuxia film Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon.[2]

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Career

Cheng moved to Hong Kong in 1962. In 1963, she began training at Shaw Brothers Studio through a recommendation by a family friend. Due to her Mandarin and dance background, she quickly worked her way up in the industry. In 1964, she made her feature film debut as Liu Qiuzi in the 1964 Taiwanese drama film Lovers' Rock.[2][3]

Cheng is perhaps best known for starring in the 1966 Hong Kong wuxia film Come Drink with Me, directed by King Hu. Set during the Ming Dynasty, it stars Cheng as Golden Swallow, a skilled swordswoman on a mission to rescue her brother. Cheng continued to play expert swordswomen in a number of films throughout the 1960s.[4]

Cheng moved to Southern California in the 1970s to raise her children. She attended business school at the University of California, Irvine.[3] During this period, she also taught Chinese dance.[5]

In 2000, she returned to international attention with her role as Jade Fox in Ang Lee's Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon.[6] Cheng had befriended director Ang Lee when she was host of the Mandarin talk show, Pei-Pei's Time, on the Los Angeles–based TV station KSCI.[2][3]

She followed this up with her portrayal of Long Po in the 2004 television miniseries Watery Moon, Hollow Sky, which was shown on Asian-American television as Paradise. She continues to work for Zhouyi Media in mainland China.

Cheng is the president of the King Hu Foundation.[3]

Personal life

Cheng has four children. Her son Harry Yuan is a host on National Geographic, and her daughters Jennifer, Marsha, and Eugenia Yuan are all actresses.[7] Cheng is Buddhist.[3] She is fluent in Shanghainese,[8] Cantonese,[9] Mandarin and English.[10]

Filmography

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References

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    "The First Female Action Hero (Cheng Pei-pei's Movies Explained)". Screen Rant. 24 October 2020.
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    Tam, Arthur (31 March 2015). "Cheng Pei-pei (鄭佩佩) on Ang Lee and her iconic roles with Shaw Studios". Time Out Hong Kong. Retrieved 14 March 2020.
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    Reid, Craig. "Cheng Pei-Pei". Kung Fu Magazine. Retrieved 14 March 2020.
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    "Cheng Pei-pei". Chinesemov.com. Retrieved 27 February 2010.
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    Blanco, Oliver (29 March 2012). "Former L.A. Laker Girl teaches dance". East Los Angeles College Campus News. Retrieved 14 March 2020.
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    "Cheng Pei-pei". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. 2015. Archived from the original on 30 June 2015.
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    Johnson, G. Allen (3 May 2018). "First major female martial arts star, Cheng Pei-Pei to be honored at CAAMFest". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved 14 March 2020.
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    "原来郑佩佩是上海人，现场用上海话聊家常，以前以为她是香港人".
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    "鄭佩佩、岳華、陳鴻烈大談邵氏昔日點滴 | 星星同學會 #25 | 鄭佩佩、岳華、陳鴻烈、吳君如、錢嘉樂 | 粵語中字 | TVB 2009". YouTube.
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    "《金星秀》第20160504期: "武侠影后"郑佩佩浓墨重彩的七十年人生 the Jinxing Show EP.20160504【东方卫视官方超清】". YouTube.
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