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Tang Chia
Tang Chia is a Hong Konger actor and martial arts director. His father had two wives (which was legal at the time in Hong Kong), and each wife had ten children. Later, he became a kung-fu student of Yuen Woo Ping’s father, Simon Yuen Siu Tien, and then became a martial arts instructor. In the 1960s,…
Connie Chan
Among the Cantonese 'Seven Princesses' who dominated the Cantonese cinema in the 1950s-60s, two stood out. The first one was Josephine Siao, and the second one was her rival Connie Chan. Daughter of two opera stars, Chan Fei Nung and Kung Fan Hung, Connie Chan trained at a young age in Northern and…
Simon Chan
Simon Chan is known for his work on Enter the Dragon (1973), Fist of Fury (1972) and Shaolin Soccer (2001). He was active from 1971-2018. (Source: IMDB)
Shimada Yoko
Shimada Yoko was a Japanese actress. She was best known to Western audiences for her portrayal of Mariko in the 1980 miniseries Shogun. She was the only female member of Shogun's massive cast of Japanese actors shown speaking English, for which she relied on a dialogue coach, as she was not fluent in…
Susan Yam Yam Shaw
Born in Hong Kong, Susan moved to Taiwan with her father at an early age, studying nursing for five years after graduation, and then working as a nurse on a ship. After traveling through 23 countries, she decided to go ashore in Hong Kong to find another job, first singing in a nightclub and then changing…
Chia Ling
Chia Ling was born in 1951 in Taiwan. She came from a tradition of Peking Opera in her family as both her father and aunt were in this field. She studied for seven years and was a classmate of Angela Mao at their Peking Opera school and in 1972 Yeung Kwan discovered her and cast her in her first film…
Chen Sing
Chen Sing was a Thai actor born in Bangkok, Thailand. After his retirement, he lived in Canada for a while. He was married to Elizabeth Chen and had one child. Chen Hsing was trained in Okinawan Goju-Ryu style karate and was also a karate instructor in between his film career. He died on September 4,…
Lo Wei
Lo Wei is a a Hong Konger film director and film actor best known for launching the martial arts film careers of both Bruce Lee in "The Big Boss and Fist of Fury" and Jackie Chan, in "New Fist of Fury". After Lee's death, it was Lo who gave Jackie Chan his first shot at the big time as part of the wave…
