Lisa Chiao Chiao (6 March 1943) is a Taiwanese

film actress An actor (masculine/gender-neutral), or actress (feminine), is a person who portrays a character in a production. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the theatre or in modern media such as film, radio, and television. ...

best known for her work in

Hong Kong cinema The cinema of Hong Kong ( zh, t=香港電影) is one of the three major threads in the history of Chinese-language cinema, alongside the cinema of China and the cinema of Taiwan. As a former Crown colony, Hong Kong had a greater degree of ar ...

Background

Born in

Chongqing ChongqingPostal Romanization, Previously romanized as Chungking ();. is a direct-administered municipality in Southwestern China. Chongqing is one of the four direct-administered municipalities under the State Council of the People's Republi ...

, on 6 March 1943, Her family moved to

Taiwan Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia. The main geography of Taiwan, island of Taiwan, also known as ''Formosa'', lies between the East China Sea, East and South China Seas in the northwestern Pacific Ocea ...

in 1949. She took up acting in 1961. In 1963, Chiao married Huang Tsung-hsing, the following year Huang left for

Hong Kong Hong Kong)., Legally Hong Kong, China in international treaties and organizations. is a special administrative region of China. With 7.5 million residents in a territory, Hong Kong is the fourth most densely populated region in the wor ...

to join 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 ...

while Chiao remained in Taiwan to continue acting. In 1966 Huang got into a car accident and Chiao moved to Hong Kong to look after him. There Chiao was invited to join the Shaw Brothers Studio, when she acted in the ''

One-Armed Swordsman ''The One-Armed Swordsman'' is a 1967 Hong Kong ''wuxia'' film produced by the Shaw Brothers Studio. Directed by Chang Cheh, it was the first of the new style of ''wuxia'' films emphasizing male anti-heroes, violent swordplay and heavy bloodle ...

'' alongside

Jimmy Wang Yu James Wang Yu (28 March 1943 – 5 April 2022) was a Hong Kong-Taiwanese martial artist, actor, film director, producer, and screenwriter. Initially a contract player for Shaw Brothers, he rose to fame for his starring role in ''The One-Armed ...

, which met with an unexpected success. She later appeared in films such as '' The Assassin'', ''

Return of the One-Armed Swordsman ''Return of the One-Armed Swordsman'', also known as ''One-Armed Swordsman Return'', is a 1969 Hong Kong ''wuxia'' film directed by Chang Cheh and produced by the Shaw Brothers Studio. The film is a sequel to the 1967 film '' The One-Armed Swor ...

'' and '' A Cause to Kill''. In 1972 she left the studio and briefly returned to Taiwan, where she made some television appearances. In 1976 while Huang was riding a motorbike in Taiwan, he got into a second car accident, however this time he did not survive. Chiao lived alone with her son in Hong Kong. She worked more extensively behind the scenes, most notably as a dubber. She then went on to appear in several Hong Kong films in the 1980s and 1990s, with her last appearance in the 1998 picture '' Bishonen'', making some 50 appearances between 1964 and 1998. In 1994, she married Hong Kong actor

Kenneth Tsang Kenneth Tsang Kong (; 5 October 1934 – 27 April 2022) was a Hongkongers, Hong Kong actor. Tsang's career spanned 50 years and included a variety of acting roles. Tsang won the Hong Kong Film Award for Best Supporting Actor, Best Supporting A ...

. In 2009, she appeared in ''Prince of Tears'' directed by

Yonfan Yonfan (born 14 October 1947) is a Hong Kong film director and photographer. Biography He was born in Wuhan, Hubei, Republic of China (1912–49), Republic of China. As the Yang family emigrated from mainland China, they lived first in Hong Kong ...

. It showed at film festivals in Venice and Toronto in 2009.

References

External links

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Lisa Chiao Chiao at hkcinemamagic.comYonfan's home page
Taiwanese film actresses Hong Kong film actresses Shaw Brothers Studio 1943 births Living people Actresses from Chongqing Taiwanese people from Chongqing {{Taiwan-actor-stub