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鄭佩佩  ♀
Cheng Pei-Pei
Zheng Peipei,  Cheng Pui-Pui,  Betty Cheng,  Regina Yuan
Born: December 4th, 1946 (Shanghai, China)





 
Filmography (1964-2019)
 
  Actor (73 films)
    The Last Woman of Shang (1964) ... Dancing girl
    Lover's Rock (1964) ... Lin Qiu Zi/Chu Tzu
    Song of Orchid Island (1965) ... Ya Lan
    The Lotus Lamp (1965) ... Liu Yan-Chang
    The Monkey Goes West (1966) ... White-boned Demon
    Come Drink with Me (1966) ... Golden Swallow
    Princess Iron Fan (1966) ... White Bone Demon
    The Joy of Spring (1966) ... Herself [cameo]
    Hong Kong Nocturne (1967) ... Chia Chuan Chuan
    Operation Lipstick (1967) ... Lee Bing
    The Thundering Sword (1967) ... So Jiau Jiau
    The Dragon Creek (1967) ... Kuo Erh Niu
    Blue Skies (1967) ... Chen Yun
    Golden Swallow (1968) ... Golden Swallow Xie Ru Yan
    That Fiery Girl (1968) ... Hot Chilli/Pearl
    The Jade Raksha (1968) ... Leng Qiu Han (The Jade Raksha)
    Dragon Swamp (1969) ... Qing-Erh/Fan Ying
    The Flying Dagger (1969) ... Yu Ying
    Raw Courage (1969) ... Shang-Guan Hsiu-Yi
    The Golden Sword (1969) ... Ngai Jin-Feng
    Lady of Steel (1970) ... Fang Ying Qi
    Brothers Five (1970) ... Miss Yen Hsing Kung
    The Shadow Whip (1970) ... Miss Yun/Yang Kai Yun
    The Lady Hermit (1971) ... Leng Yu Shuang (Lady Hermit)
    The Yellow Muffler (1971) ... Singer
    None But the Brave (1973) ... Siu Ying
    Whiplash (1974) ... Hu Pien-Tze
    Lady Piranha (1982)    
    All the King's Men (1983)    
    Painted Faces (1988) ... Master Cheng
    Flirting Scholar (1993) ... Madame Wah
    Kidnap of Wong Chak Fai (1993) ... Kung Tse Sam
    Kung Fu Mistress (1994)    
    Wing Chun (1994) ... Wing Chun's master [cameo]
    The Gods Must Be Funny in China (1994) ... Aunty
    Lover's Lover (1994)    
    From Zero to Hero (1994) ... Susana
    Wong Fei Hung Series: The Final Victory (1996)    
    How to Meet the Lucky Stars (1996)    
    The Spirit of the Dragon (1997) ... Yun Gee
    Four Chefs and a Feast (1999)    
    A Man Called Hero (1999) ... Hero's mother [cameo]
    The Truth About Jane and Sam (1999) ... Sam's mother
    Fist Power (2000) ... Brian's mother
    Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000) ... Jade Fox
    Lavender (2000) ... Md Tung
    Shadow Mask (2001) ... Red Goddess
    Flying Dragon, Leaping Tiger (2002) ... Liu Ru Yan
    Naked Weapon (2002) ... Mrs Faye Ching
    Sex and the Beauties (2004) ... Mona
    The Miracle Box (2004) ... Joanna's mother
    Insuperable Kid Huoyuanjia (2005) ... Aunt San
    Blood Ties (2009) ... Madam Lee
    Taishan Kung Fu (2009)    
    Basic Love (2009) ... Ling's grandmother
    Flirting Scholar 2 (2010) ... Madame Hua
    Fortune King Is Coming to Town! (2010)    
    Imperial Bodyguard (2011)    
    Coming Back (2011)    
    Let Love Come Back (2011) ... 1)
    The Legendary Amazons (2011) ... She Taijun
    Double Bed Treaty (2011)    
    Speed Angels (2011) ... Auntie Fen
    Singular Puzzle (2012)    
    The Eyes of Dawn (2014)    
    The Scroll of Wing Chun White Crane (2014)    
    Streets of Macao (2014) ... 1)
    The Bat Night (2015)    
    Bright Wedding (2015)    
    The Face (2015)    
    Lost in Wrestling (2015) ... Yuanyuan
    Bell Chamber (2019)    
    Flirting Scholar from the Future (2019)    
  Dance Choreographer (1 film)
    The Last Woman of Shang (1964)    
  Planning (1 film)
    Flying Dragon, Leaping Tiger (2002)    
 
 
Biography
 
  Cheng relocated to Hong Kong when she was 14. Armed with a high school education and six years of ballet training, Cheng joined the Shaw Brothers' performing arts training course, which served as a springboard for her into a career as an actress with Shaw Brothers.

She made her film debut playing a male in The Lotus Lamp in 1963, but quickly made her screen presence felt when she starred in Pan Lei's Lover's Rock later that year.

During her years at Shaw Brothers, she made over 20 movies of which most were wuxia (martial arts) films. Cool but passionate, poised but lethal, Cheng carved herself an unbreachable niche as the "Queen of Swords" in classics such as Come Drink With Me (1966), Golden Swallow (1968), Dragon Swamp (1969), and The Lady Hermit (1971).

Cheng also showed that she was not just a swashbuckler. With her dancing background, she proved to be a natural in musicals such as Hong Kong Nocturne (1966) as well.

She left her successful career and moved to the U.S. to get married in 1971 after making The Lady Hermit in 1971. But she returned to Hong Kong in 1973 to make two movies for Golden Harvest.

She returned to Hong Kong for good in 1992, working in television, until Taiwanese auteur Ang Lee cast her as the Jade Fox in the Oscar-winning Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon. The film brought her the best supporting actress award in the Hong Kong Film Awards and took her career to new international heights.

-Celestial Pictures' biography from Come Drink With Me

Cheng can also be seen in STREETFIGHTER: THE LEGEND OF CHUN LI (2009), KUNG FU KILLER (TV; 2008), THEY WAIT (2007), SHANGHAI BABY (2007), THE COUNTING HOUSE (2006), BARBARA WOOD - DAS HAUS DER HARMONIE (TV; 2005),

Mother of Marsha Yuen and Eugenia Yuen.