Angela Yu Chien (; 1942 – 10 April 2000)
Hong Kong Cinemagic
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Angela Yu Chien
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actress.
Biography
Yu was born in 1942, in Beijing
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. She moved to Taiwan
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with her family at age five. In 1960, she moved to Hong Kong and joined the Shaw Brothers Studio
Shaw Brothers (HK) Limited () was the largest film production company in Hong Kong, operating from 1925 to 2011.
In 1925, three Shaw brothers— Runje, Runme, and Runde—founded Tianyi Film Company (also called "Unique") in Shang ...
's Southern Drama Group as an actress.
Filmography
* 1964 ''Between Tears and Smiles
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* 1964 ''The Dancing Millionairess'' - Miss Xia
* 1964 '' Coffin from Hong Kong'' as Lee Lai
* 1964 ''Da ji
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* 1964 ''The Story of Sue San
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'' as Maid
* 1965 '' Xin hua duo duo kai'' as Julie Yeh Feng
* 1966 '' Lan yu hei'' (Shang) as Ji Huiya
* 1966 '' Lan yu hei'' (Xia) as Ji Huiya
* 1966 '' Kuai lo qing chun''
* 1967 '' Da xia fu chou ji''
* 1967 '' Yu hai qing mo'' as Shangyuan's Mistress
* 1967 '' Shao nian shi wu er shi shi''
* 1967 ''The Cave of the Silken Web ''The Cave of the Silken Web'' or ''Pan Si Dong'' may refer to the following films:
*The Cave of the Silken Web (1927 film)
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'' as Third sister
* 1967 '' Qing chun gu wang'' as Julie
* 1968 '' Hong Kong Rhapsody'' as Li Tan-Ni The Winged Tiger
''The Winged Tiger'' is a 1970 Hong Kong ''wuxia'' film produced by the Shaw Brothers Studio, starring actor Chan Hung-lit, who was well known for playing villain roles, in his first lead role as a protagonist. The film also co-stars Angela Yu ...
'' as Yin Cai Hua
* 1971 '' Chao piao yu wo''
* 1975 '' That's Adultery''
* 1975 '' Hua fei man cheng chun''
* 1975 '' Bruce: Hong Kong Master''
* 1975 '' Xiao Shandong dao Xianggang''
* 1976 '' Killer Elephants''
* 1976 '' Erotic Nights''
* 1976 '' The Oily Maniac''
* 1976 ''The Web of Death
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''
* 1976 '' The Drug Connection'' as Margaret
* 1983 '' Bruce vs. Bill''
* 1984 '' Yi ren zai jian''
* 1984 '' Da xiao bu liang''
* 1984 ''Hong Kong 1941
''Hong Kong 1941'' () is a 1984 Hong Kong war drama film directed by Po-Chih Leong, produced by John Shum and written by Sammo Hung. The film stars Chow Yun-fat, Cecilia Yip and Alex Man. For his performance in this film, Chow was awarded his fi ...
''
* 1985 '' Meng gui po ren''
* 1985 '' Fa gai si doi''
* 1987 ''Tragic Hero
A tragic hero (or sometimes tragic heroine if they are female) is the protagonist of a tragedy. In his ''Poetics (Aristotle), Poetics'', Aristotle records the descriptions of the tragic hero to the playwright and strictly defines the place that t ...
'' as Mrs. Chu
* 1988 ''The Last Conflict
''The Last Conflict'' is a 1988 Hong Kong action crime thriller television film produced by TVB directed by Raymond Lee and starring Donnie Yen, Adia Chan, Francis Ng, Stephen Chow, Lau Kong and Andy Tai.
Plot
Interpol officer Dickson Kwan i ...
'' (TV movie) as Kin's mom
* 1989 '' Life Is Cheap... But Toilet Paper Is Expensive'' as Blue Velvet
* 1992 '' Tang xi feng yue hen''
References
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1942 births
2004 deaths
Hong Kong film actresses
Actresses from Beijing