Pan Hong ( Chinese: 潘虹, born November 4, 1954) is a Chinese film

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Early life

Hong was born as Liu Ronghua (刘蓉华) on November 4, 1954, in

Shanghai Shanghai, Shanghainese: , Standard Chinese pronunciation: is a direct-administered municipality and the most populous urban area in China. The city is located on the Chinese shoreline on the southern estuary of the Yangtze River, with the ...

. During the

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, her parents were forced to divorce and as a result, she changed her surname from "Liu" (her father's) to "Pan" (her mother's) and lived with her mother, who was born in 1922. On April 19, 1968, her father committed suicide because of persecution. Two days later, she came to the crematorium alone and took her father's urn back to her father's native place, Harbin, by taking the train.

Career

After Pan graduated from the

Shanghai Theatre Academy Shanghai Theatre Academy () is a municipal public college for dramatic art education in Shanghai, China. It is affiliated with the Shanghai Municipal People's Government. History On December 1, 1945, the Shanghai Municipal Experimental Drama ...

, she performed several supporting roles in films. In 1982, she shot to fame as a leading actress for
At the Middle Age
The movie is also known as "Ren Dao Zhong Ninan"''. Chinese critics have named her "The last noble in the Chinese film industry". She is the vice-chairman of the China Film Association and the China Film Performance Academic Society. In February 2021 Pan's rendition of "Once Upon a Time" was used at Shanghai Disney's Enchanted Storybook Castle.

Awards

She was awarded a Hundred Flowers Award, Changchun Film Festival Golden Deer, Shanghai Film Critics Award. As the Golden Rooster Award for Best Actress three-time winner, Pan received a Golden Rooster Special Award in 1994.

Personal life

Pan Hong's paternal grandfather is

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n. In 1978, 24-year-old Pan married Mi Jiashan (米家山). At the time, Mi was working at the Shanghai Filmmaking Factory, and her hometown is in Chengdu, Sichuan. After their marriage, Pan lived in

Chengdu Chengdu; Sichuanese dialects, Sichuanese pronunciation: , Standard Chinese pronunciation: ; Chinese postal romanization, previously Romanization of Chinese, romanized as Chengtu. is the capital city of the Chinese province of Sichuan. With a ...

. However, the couple divorced in 1986. After the divorce, Pan returned to Shanghai and lived with her mother temporarily. To date, Pan has never remarried and has no children. In January 1995, Pan Hong published her diaries written throughout 1994.《潘虹独语》
Retrieved in 2018-07-09 Around 2003, Pan converted to

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and became a

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Selected filmography

Film

Television

References

External links

Dianying.com-Pan Hong
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Pan, Hong 1954 births Living people Actresses from Shanghai Chinese film actresses Chinese television actresses Shanghai Theatre Academy alumni 20th-century Chinese actresses 21st-century Chinese actresses