Josephine Siao Explained

Josephine Siao
Birth Name:Siao Loeng (蕭亮)
Birth Date:1947 3, df=yes
Birth Place:Shanghai, China
Nationality:Australian
Alma Mater:Seton Hall University, Regis University
Occupation:Actress, television personality
Years Active:1954–1997
Spouse:
    Children:2
    Father:Xiao Naizhen
    Mother:Cheng Fenghui
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    T:蕭芳芳
    S:萧芳芳
    P:Xiāo Fāngfāng
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    Alias:Sister Fong-fong (芳芳姐)
    Background:temporary
    Origin:British Hong Kong

    Josephine Siao Fong-fong (; born 6 January 1946) is a Hong Kong film star who became popular as a child actress and continued her success as a mature actress, winning numerous awards including Best Actress at the 45th Berlin International Film Festival (for Summer Snow).[1] Since retiring from show business (partly due to her increasing deafness), she has become a writer and a psychologist, known for her work against child abuse.

    Biography

    Siao was born as Siao Liang in Shanghai, with her ancestral home in Luzhi, Suzhou, Jiangsu. At the age of two, she was brought to Hong Kong by her parents.

    Soon after her father died, at the age of six (1953), she began to become a child star to solve the family's financial problems. When she was 7 years old, she took on the first film and art film "Little Star Tears" (1954). In 1956, she performed "Aunt Mei" for the Shaw Brothers Company. Her famous work is "The Wandering Children" (1960) and this made her became one of the biggest teen idols in Hong Kong during the late 1960s, along with frequent co-star Connie Chan Po-chu. The two were often cast in wuxia films as disciples of the same master and sometimes—when Connie played the male lead—as young heroes in love. Back in the 1960s, Josephine's and Connie's fans maintained a heated rivalry. News of their fans getting into catfights was not uncommon in those days.

    Unlike many child stars, Siao made a successful transition to adult stardom, remaining one of Hong Kong's most prolific and popular actresses. She was also one of the directors (co-directing with Leung Po-Chih 梁普智) and writers of Jumping Ash (跳灰). This film is regarded as a prelude to the Hong Kong New Wave in the 1980s by film critics.

    Having largely missed out on formal education because of her acting career as a child, Siao pursued her studies in later years despite her increasing deafness and the demands of raising a family (she has two daughters by her second husband). During this time she made fewer films, but her output included highly praised work such as her award-winning performance in Summer Snow (1995) as a middle-aged widow trying to cope with her father-in-law's Alzheimer's Disease.

    Western fans of martial arts films will probably know her best from the Fong Sai-yuk films made in 1993, in which she played Jet Li's kung fu–fighting mother. (These films were released on Western DVD as The Legend and The Legend II.)

    Siao has been retired from show business since 1997 in favour of her work in child psychology. In particular, she is a noted campaigner against child abuse, and founded the End Child Sexual Abuse Foundation, which she now chairs, in 1999. She is also a published author.

    Some of the milestones in her life include:

    Filmography

    Films

    This is a partial list of films.

    Sources:[29] [30]

    Books

    Legacy

    The Siao Fong-fong Performing Art Hall was established in 1998 at Shantang Street of Luzhi township in the Siao family's former residence.

    External links

    Notes and References

    1. Web site: Berlinale: 1995 Prize Winners . 1 January 2012 . berlinale.de.
    2. Web site: A Sweet Girl . hkmdb.com . August 23, 1967 . July 30, 2021.
    3. Web site: Blood Stains The Iron Fist . hkmdb.com . December 21, 1967 . August 6, 2021.
    4. Web site: The Blue Bees . hkmdb.com . December 12, 1967 . July 30, 2021.
    5. Web site: Diamond Robbery . hkmdb.com . October 18, 1967 . July 30, 2021.
    6. Web site: The Flying Red Rose . hkmdb.com . March 14, 1967 . August 1, 2021.
    7. Web site: The Golden Cat . hkmdb.com . October 11, 1967 . August 1, 2021.
    8. Web site: Happy Years . hkmdb.com . February 8, 1967 . July 31, 2021.
    9. Web site: The Horrifying Adventure of a Girl . hkmdb.com . January 5, 1967 . July 31, 2021.
    10. Web site: I Love A-Go-Go . hkmdb.com . March 22, 1967 . August 1, 2021.
    11. Web site: Lady in Pink . hkmdb.com . October 4, 1967 . August 6, 2021.
    12. Web site: The Lady Killer . hkmdb.com . April 19, 1967 . August 5, 2021.
    13. Web site: Lau Kam Ding - the Female General (1967) . senscritique.com . February 8, 1967 . July 30, 2021.
    14. Web site: Lau Kam Ding - the Female General . hkmdb.com . February 8, 1967 . July 30, 2021.
    15. Web site: Lightning Killer . hkmdb.com . May 25, 1967 . August 1, 2021.
    16. Web site: Maiden Thief,(1967) . senscritique.com . 1967 . July 30, 2021.
    17. Web site: Maiden Thief . hkmdb.com . April 5, 1967 . July 30, 2021.
    18. Web site: The Professionals (1967) . senscritique.com . 1967 . August 8, 2021.
    19. Web site: The Professionals . hkmdb.com . June 16, 1967 . August 8, 2021.
    20. Web site: Rocambole (1967) . senscritique.com . December 13, 1967 . July 27, 2021.
    21. Web site: Rocambole . hkmdb.com . December 13, 1967 . July 28, 2021.
    22. Web site: Romance of a Teenage Girl . hkmdb.com . August 2, 1967 . August 7, 2021.
    23. Web site: Seven Princesses (Part 1) . hkmdb.com . March 1, 1967 . June 7, 2021.
    24. Web site: Seven Princesses (Part 2) . hkmdb.com . March 1, 1967 . August 1, 2021.
    25. Web site: Shaky Steps . hkmdb.com . April 26, 1967 . August 5, 2021.
    26. Web site: The Three Swordsmen . hkmdb.com . 1967 . July 30, 2021.
    27. Web site: You Are the One I Love. hkmdb.com . November 1, 1967 . August 8, 2021.
    28. Web site: Lam Ah Chun . bfi.org.uk . 1978 . October 21, 2020.
    29. Web site: Josephine Siao . 15 April 2010 . imdb.com.
    30. Web site: Josephine Siao . 15 April 2010 . chinesemov.com.

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