Yu made her debut in film at the age of 16 in "Let's Rock" and was instantly signed by the Shaw Brothers Studio in 1976 after starring in the film "Massage Girls" with Chow Yun Fat, her future husband and in "Forever and Ever" alongside Alan Tang.
Between 1977 and 1979, she starred in six of Chu Yuan's sword films, including "Death Duel", "The Sentimental Swordsman", "Legend of the Bat", "Murder Plot", and two "Heaven Sword and Dragon Sabre" films. In the late 1970s, Yu also began appearing on television, notably the Rediffusion TV series "Reincarnated" and her appearances as Princess Xiang Xiang in the martial arts series "Book and Sword".
In 1992, Yu had a cameo role in "Swordsman 2", directed by Tsui Hark.
In 2005, Yu came out of retirement to appear in Derek Yee's film "2 Young". She has since rekindled her career, appearing in two films in 2006, "Rob-B-Hood" and "My Name Is Fame" and four films in 2007, including "Whispers And Moans", "House of Mahjong", "Exodus", and "Beauty And The 7 Beasts".
Yu received her first Hong Kong Film Awards nomination in 2007 for Best Supporting Actress in the film "My Name is Fame". In 2011, Yu received a 30th Hong Kong Film Awards Best Supporting Actress nomination for her role in "Once A Gangster". In 2012, Yu received a Hong Kong Drama Awards Best Supporting Actress nomination for her performance in The Hong Kong Repertory Theatre's "Boundless Movement".", "image": "https://i.hndrama.com/image/people/rNV232_5c.jpg" }, { "@type": "Person", "name": "Anita Mui", "alternateName": "梅艷芳", "birthDate": "October 10, 1963", "nationality": "Hong Konger", "description": "With a career that began in her early childhood, Anita Mui Yim Fong was a Hong Kong singer and actress making major contributions to the Cantopop music scene and receiving numerous awards and honors. She remained an idol throughout her career, and is regarded as a Cantopop diva. She was dubbed as the "daughter of Hong Kong" and is considered one of the most iconic Cantopop singers. After winning a singing contest in 1982, her life in the limelight began. In the early stages of her career her image was a little bit tomboy-ish and sexy (which was the reason she was called the "Madonna of Hong Kong"), and some of her songs were considered too risqué, with one of them, "Bad Girl", actually being banned from airplay due to its suggestive content. She started her acting career at about the same time, often starring with Anthony Chan, including Huai nu hai (1986) and Yi qi liang fu (1988). Other acting partners included Jackie Chan and Leslie Cheung. Both her singing and acting careers were a success. She won an enormous number of "Best Female Singer" and "Most Popular Female Singer" awards in the 1980s, and her acting career's climax was winning "Best Actress" awards (Golden Horse Award and the inaugural Golden Dragon Awards in Taiwan, Hong Kong Film Award, and the Pan-Asia Pacific Film Festival) in 1987 for Stanley Kwan's "Rouge" Yin ji kau (1988). In the early 1990s she announced her "half" retirement from the singing industry. However, by popular demand, she continued to record albums and to act in movies, and by 1994, she engineered a full comeback to great critical and popular acclaim.
On 5 September 2003, Mui publicly announced that she had cervical cancer, from which her sister had also died.
The actress eventually succumbed to cervical cancer and died of respiratory complications leading to lung failure at Hong Kong Sanatorium and Hospital on December 30th, 2003 at 2:50am Hong Kong Time, she was 40 years old. Anita Mui was cremated and her ashes are interred at the Po Lin Monastery's mausoleum on Lantau Island.
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Born in British Hong Kong, Cheung studied in England from the age of 12 until returning to Hong Kong in 1976 to pursue a career in the show business. He achieved wide popularity with his 1984 self-titled album and its single "Monica", whose upbeat dance production introduced a new popular trend to Cantopop in addition to the contemporary pool of sentimental ballads. Cheung's continued success with a string of hit albums in the mid-and late-1980s, most notably 1987 best-seller Summer Romance, which won him numerous awards, including Most Popular Male Artist at the 1988 and 1989 Jade Solid Gold Best Ten Music Awards. He announced his "retirement" from music and emigrated to Canada in 1989 in the wake of the political turmoil in mainland China, but remained active in his burgeoning acting career.
Cheung achieved widespread recognition as an actor in the 1990s. He played a role in the 1990 Days of Being Wild, which won him Best Actor at the 1991 Hong Kong Film Awards. His role as a homosexual Peking opera actor in the 1993 Farewell My Concubine catapulted him to prominence in the western world. Cheung's reputation as a queer celebrity consolidated with his role in the 1997 drama Happy Together, a film explicitly depicting a homosexual male relationship. His comeback as a recording artist in the late 1990s, particularly with his 1996 album Red, was noted for sonic experimentation and extravagant, graphic imagery. He was awarded the Golden Needle Award, the highest distinction of the RTHK Top 10 Gold Songs Awards, in 1999. In 2000, he was honored as "Asia's Biggest Superstar" at the CCTV/MTV Music Honours in mainland China.
Cheung committed suicide on 1 April 2003, having been diagnosed with severe clinical depression.
(Source: Wikipedia)", "image": "https://i.hndrama.com/image/people/0wAXkc.jpg" }, { "@type": "Person", "name": "Elliot Yue", "alternateName": "岳華, 岳华, 梁樂華, 웨화, Yo Hua, Yue Hua, Ngor Wah, Ngok Wah, Liang Le Hua, Leung Lok Wah, Yue Elliot, Elly Leung, Leung Elly, Elliot Ngok, Ngok Elliot, Юэ Хуа, Эллиот Лян", "birthDate": "July 13, 1942", "nationality": "British Hong Kong", "description": "Although his family is from Canton, Yueh Hua was born in Shanghai under the name of Liang Le-Hua. After training at the Shanghai Music Institute, he came to Hong Kong in 1962. A year later he entered the Shaw Brothers acting class after a stint with the Nan Guo experimental film group. And in 1966 was contracted with Shaw Brothers. He was cast opposite the soon to be crowned "Queen of Kung-fu films", Cheng Pei-pei, in Princess Iron Fan (1966) then in Come Drink With Me (1966), considered by many to be the precursor for all swordswomen films to come. During the 1960's and 1970's he averaged five films per year, mostly classic martial art films such as Chin Ping's Killer Darts (1968), Cheng Pei-Pei's Lady of Steel (1969) and The Shadow Whip (1970), and Taiwan's kung-fu queen Shih Szu's The Young Avenger (1972) and The Villains (1973). He also made an appearance in Jackie Chan's Rumble in the Bronx (1995). A film career that spanned more than 50 years, he was in over 140 films. Yueh and his wife, Tanny Tien Ni, moved to Canada in the 1990's. His peers and fans labelled him "Mr. Nice Guy" He became the chairman of the Association of Performing Artists in Canada. He returned to act in Hong Kong from 2006 to 2015. After that, he went back to Canada and later died from cancer in Vancouver, British Columbia, on 20 October 2018. (Adapted from Celestial) Active Years: 1964 - 2016 Education: Shanghai Conservatory of Music Occupation: actor, screenwriter Died: October 20, 2018", "image": "https://i.hndrama.com/image/people/elliot-yue.png" }, { "@type": "Person", "name": "Pat Poon", "alternateName": "潘志文, Poon Chi Man, Pan Zhi Wen, Pui Chi Man, Poon Pat", "birthDate": "March 21, 1950", "nationality": "British Hong Kong", "description": "", "image": "https://i.hndrama.com/image/people/pat-poon.png" }, { "@type": "Person", "name": "Angelina Lo", "alternateName": "盧宛茵", "birthDate": "March 15, 1953", "nationality": "Hong Konger", "description": "Lo Yuen Yen (English: Angelina) is a Hong Kong actress.", "image": "https://i.hndrama.com/image/people/GWQyPc.jpg" }, { "@type": "Person", "name": "Hui Ying Sau", "alternateName": "許英秀", "birthDate": "1910", "nationality": "Hong Konger", "description": "Hui Ying Sau was a Cantonese opera star and comic actor featured in over 200 films. He was best known for playing the righteous, simpleton or clumsy father.
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