Pai Bing-bing

Pai Hsueh-hua (born 17 May 1955), born Pai Yueh-o, better known by her stage name Pai Bing-bing (also spelled Pai Ping-ping), is a Taiwanese singer, actress, media personality and social activist.

This is a Chinese name; the family name is Pai.
Pai Bing-bing
Born
Pai Yueh-o (白月娥)

(1955-05-17) 17 May 1955
Keelung, Taiwan
OccupationSinger, actress, media personality, social activist
Years active1973–present
Spouse(s)
Ikki Kajiwara
(m. 1979; div. 1981)
ChildrenPai Hsiao-yen
Chinese name
Chinese白冰冰
Pai Yueh-o
Chinese白月娥
Pai Hsueh-hua
Chinese白雪嬅

Life and career

Born to an impoverished family in Keelung, Pai dropped out of formal education in her teenage years. In 1973 she won a prize in a singing contest held by Taiwan Television and following this success she pursued a career in the local entertainment business. In 1975 she moved to Japan to study singing and acting. At this time she had a relationship with Japanese comics writer Ikki Kajiwara and they later married. Their daughter Pai Hsiao-yen was born in 1980 but their marriage was quickly dissolved the next year after Kajiwara engaged in an extramarital affair and committed domestic violence. Pai Bing-bing had to return to Taiwan and raised Hsiao-yen as a single mother. Since mid-1980s, Pai has been gaining popularity for her bantering style, becoming one of the best-known Taiwanese entertainers. Richard Lloyd-Parry of The Independent described Pai as the "Cilla Black of Taiwan".[1] Besides her entertainment career, Pai also had significant investments in local catering service industry.

In 1997 Pai Hsiao-yen, then 16 years old, was kidnapped, raped, tortured and murdered. This event subsequently made the elder Pai into a social activist to advocate the use of death penalty; Pai founded the Swallow Foundation and chaired it to date to advocate capital punishment as well as provide legal support to local crime victims. Lloyd-Parry described the attention around the murder of Pai's daughter as giving Pai "a greater, though more terrible, fame than she had as an entertainer."[1] In 2010, in the wake of the global anti-capital punishment movement, Pai successfully held a protest against former ROC Minister of Justice Wang Ching-feng, resulting in Wang's resignation and the resumption of executions in the Republic of China.[2]

Filmography

Film
Year English title Original title Role Notes
1978Karate Warsカラテ大戦争
1983Chinese Magic中國法術
1990The Hilarious Army大笑兵團
Ghost Married鬼出嫁Hua
Seventh Moon七月鬼門開
1992Kung-Fu Kids沒大沒小Nanny Gu
1994Lonely Hearts Club寂寞芳心俱樂部Chen Chunnu
1997Yours and Mine我的神經病
2010Comedy Makes You Cry拍賣春天Lingling
2016Like Life人生按個讚Hsu Chuan-chenalso co-writer, supervising producer

Television series
Year English title Chinese title Role Notes
1994The Seven Heroes and Five Gallants七俠五義Gu Atao
2006Emerald on the Roof屋顶上的绿宝石Fang Min
2007Love at First Fight武十郎Lei Laohu
I Shall Succeed我一定要成功Chen Suchun

References
  1. Lloyd-Parry, Richard. "Celebrity killings stir rage in Taiwan". The Independent. Sunday 13 July 1997. Retrieved 12 December 2009.
  2. "Taiwan justice minister resigns over death penalty". BBC. Friday 12 March 2010. Retrieved 6 September 2011.
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