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21 hours ago · Photos: China Press. Chinese actress Cheng Pei-pei, renowned for her roles in Ang Lee’s Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon and King Hu’s Come Drink With Me, has died. She was 78. The news was ...
21 hours ago · Cheng Pei-pei, the Chinese-born action film icon who starred in Ang Lee’s Oscar-nominated “Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon” and King Hu’s seminal wuxia feature “Come Drink With Me,” has died. She was 78. Cheng, considered a pioneer of martial arts roles for female actors, died in the San Francisco Bay Area on Thursday. She had long suffered from a degenerative brain disease and has donated her brain to medical research.
Cheng Pei-pei (born 6 January 1946) is a Chinese actress, who is considered cinema's first female action hero. She is known for her performance in the 1966 King Hu wuxia film Come Drink with Me, as well as her portrayal of Jade Fox in the award-winning 2000 wuxia film Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon.
21 hours ago · Chinese-born action film icon Cheng Pei-pei died on July 18. She was 78. The lead actress in 1966 film Come Drink With Me was a pioneer of martial arts roles among female actors. In the film directed by King Hu, 19-year-old Cheng played Golden Swallow, a governor's daughter adept in swordfighting and martial arts who disguised herself as a man to rescue her kidnapped brother.
21 hours ago · KUALA LUMPUR, July 19 — Legendary Chinese action film icon, Cheng Pei-pei, who starred in Ang Lee’s Oscar-nominated Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon and King Hu’s groundbreaking wuxia classic Come Drink With Me, has passed away at the age of 78. Variety.com reported that Cheng died in the San Francisco Bay Area yesterday. She had bravely ...
21 hours ago · Cheng Pei-pei, who memorably starred in Ang Lee’s Oscar-nominated film, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, died Thursday at 78 in the San Francisco Bay Area from a degenerative brain disease. Cheng was born in Shanghai in 1946, moving to Hong Kong in 1962. There she began working with the iconic Shaw Brothers studio, which is widely …
21 hours ago · Veteran Chinese actress Cheng Pei-pei died on July 17 at the age of 78. The news was confirmed by her agency in a Weibo post this morning (July 19). The statement reads: "All of us at Supreme Art ...
1 day ago · Cheng Pei-pei, the pioneering Chinese actress dubbed the “Queen of Swords” and considered among the first female action stars who made her name in the Shaw Brothers classic Come Drink With Me ...
Cheng Pei-pei, the actress who starred as the villain Jade Fox in Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, has died. She was 78 years old. Variety first broke the news, reporting that she died in the San Francisco Bay area on Thursday (Jul 18) of degenerative brain disease and that she had donated her brain to medical research.
Pei-Pei Cheng was born on 4 December 1946 in Shanghai, China. She is an actress and producer, known for Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000), Lilting (2014) and Mulan (2020). She was previously married to Wen-Tung Yuan.
