Yuen Qiu
| Yuen Qiu | |||||||||||||
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| Chinese name | 元秋 | ||||||||||||
| Chinese name | 元秋 (traditional) | ||||||||||||
| Chinese name | 元秋 (simplified) | ||||||||||||
| Born |
Cheung Cheun Nam (張轉男) 1948 (age 69–70) | ||||||||||||
| Influenced by | Yu Jim Yuen | ||||||||||||
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Yuen Qiu (Chinese: 元秋) (born Cheung Cheun-Nam, 1948) is a Chinese actress and martial artist. She is an expert of both Chinese martial arts and Beijing-opera skills, and was apprenticed under the same master, Yu Jim-yuen, as Jackie Chan and Sammo Hung Kam-Bo at the Peking Opera School.
Yuen Qiu worked as a stuntwoman and as a night club performer from the late 1960s to early 1970s. She had a small role in the international production, The Man with the Golden Gun (1974), portraying a student rescuing Roger Moore as James Bond. As there were few opportunities for stuntwomen and barely any prospects for improvement at the time, she got married in 1974 at the age of 24.
After being away from the Hong Kong film industry for nearly 20 years, she landed a role in Kung Fu Hustle only by chance. She was only accompanying a junior woman fellow of the China Drama Academy at the audition but the director's eye was on her. Reports show that Stephen Chow gave her the job after unremitting and persistent persuasion.
Yuen is also in a movie called Kung Fu Mahjong, with Yuen Wah.
On 31 March 2005, Yuen was arrested along with 10 other women and two men for illegal gambling.[1]
Filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1973 | Return to China | ||
| The Heroine | |||
| 1974 | The Man with the Golden Gun | Nara (Hip's Niece #1) | Uncredited |
| 1975 | Death of Bruce Lee | ||
| 1978 | The Angry Dragon | ||
| The Deadly Silver Ninja | |||
| 1979 | The Dragon's Snake Fist | Phoenix Kim | |
| Dragon's Claws | |||
| Fearless Duo | |||
| 1981 | Dreadnaught | White Tiger's wife | |
| 1983 | Bastard Swordsman | Rain | |
| 1984 | Long Road to Gallantry | ||
| New Tales of the Flying Fox | Hu Yidao's wife | ||
| 1985 | Disciples of the 36th Chamber | ||
| Enter the 36th Chamber of Shaolin | Miu Tsui-Fa | ||
| 2004 | Kung Fu Hustle | Landlady | Golden Horse Awards for Best Supporting Actress Hundred Flowers Awards for Best Supporting Actress Nominated - Hong Kong Film Award for Best Actress Nominated - Satellite Award for Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture Comedy or Musical |
| 2005 | Kung Fu Mahjong | Auntie Fei | |
| Kung Fu Mahjong 2 | Auntie Fei | ||
| 2006 | My Kung Fu Sweetheart | ||
| I'll Call You | Manny's Mom | ||
| 2007 | Kung Fu Mahjong 3: The Final Duel | Auntie Toni | |
| The Lady Iron Chef | Ching Har | ||
| 2008 | The Luckiest Man | Sophie | |
| Desires of the Heart | Gao Yajuan | ||
| 2009 | Looking for Jackie | Cameo | |
| 2010 | A Fistful of Stances | Au-Yeung Wai-Lan | TV series |
| 2011 | A Simple Life | ||
| 2013 | Tales from the Dark 1 | Restaurant owner[2] | |
| 2014 | Queen Divas | Wong Lin-hing | TV series |
| Delete My Love | So Fa | ||
| 2015 | Wudang Rules | Mo Yee-shan | TV series |
| Imprisoned: Survival Guide for Rich and Prodigal | Guest star | ||
| Wild City | Mona | ||
| 2016 | From Vegas to Macau III | ||
| The Bodyguard | |||
| A Fist Within Four Walls | Yuk Bo-fung | TV series |
References
- ↑ "Martial arts star Yuen Qiu arrested". USA Today. 14 April 2005. Retrieved 2010-07-26.
- ↑ Elley, Derek (October 14, 2013). "Tales from the Dark 1". Film Business Asia. Archived from the original on October 19, 2013. Retrieved October 19, 2013.
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