Cheng Pei-pei

Cheng Pei-pei
鄭佩佩
Cheng Pei-pei in 2014
Cheng in 2014
Born
Jiang Pei-pei

(1946-01-06)6 January 1946
Shanghai, China
Died17 July 2024(2024-07-17) (aged 78)
San Francisco Bay Area, California, U.S.
CitizenshipUnited States
OccupationActress
Years active1964–2020
Spouse
Yuan Wen-tung
(m. 1970; div. 1987)
Children4, including Eugenia Yuan
AwardsHong Kong Film AwardsBest Supporting Actress
2000 Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon

Chinese name
Traditional Chinese鄭佩佩
Simplified Chinese郑佩佩
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinZhèng Pèipèi
Wade–GilesCheng4 P'ei4-p'ei4
IPA[ʈʂə̂ŋ pʰêɪpʰêɪ]
Yue: Cantonese
JyutpingZeng6 Pui3-pui3

Cheng Pei-pei (6 January 1946 – 17 July 2024) was a Hong Kong-American actress who started her career in 1963 and was considered cinema's first female action hero.[1][2] She was best known for King Hu's wuxia film Come Drink with Me (1966) and Ang Lee's wuxia film Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000).[3]

  1. ^ Lim, Ruey Yan (19 July 2024). "Cheng Pei-pei, star of Come Drink With Me and Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, dies at 78". The Straits Times. ISSN 0585-3923. Retrieved 22 July 2024.
  2. ^ "The First Female Action Hero (Cheng Pei-pei's Movies Explained)". Screen Rant. 24 October 2020.
  3. ^ Tam, Arthur (31 March 2015). "Cheng Pei-pei (鄭佩佩) on Ang Lee and her iconic roles with Shaw Studios". Time Out Hong Kong. Retrieved 14 March 2020.

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