Li Li-hua explained
| Li Li-hua |
| Birth Date: | 17 July 1924 |
| Birth Place: | Shanghai, Republic of China |
| Death Place: | Hong Kong, China |
| Years Active: | 1940–1978 |
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| Children: | [2] |
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| Module2: | | Embed: | yes | | Alias: | Li Hua Li
Teresa Li |
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Li Li-hua (; 17 July 1924 – 19 March 2017) was a Chinese actress,[3] [4] [5] [6] better known as an actress from the Shaw Brothers Studio. In 1957, Li married Hong Kong actor and director Yan Jun (嚴俊) (December 17, 1917 – August 18, 1980).[7]
Life and career
Li Li-hua was born on July 17, 1924, in Shanghai. She was the daughter of the famous Beijing Opera actor Li Guifang (李桂芳). At age 12, she moved to Beijing and studied Beijing Opera. Four years later she moved to Shanghai and joined the Yihua Film Company. Her first movie was 3 Smiles (三笑) which was released in two parts in 1940. Her final movie was New Dream of the Red Chamber (新紅樓夢) in 1978, after which she retired and moved to the United States. She acted in over one hundred twenty movies during her 38-year career.[8] In 1969 she was awarded the Golden Horse Best Actress award for Storm over the Yangtze River (揚子江風雲).[9] In 2015 she was awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award at the 52nd Golden Horse Awards.[5] In April 2016 she was honored with a Hong Kong Film Awards Lifetime Achievement Award.[10] She died on 19 March 2017, aged 92.[11]
Sources
- Book: Biographical Dictionary of Chinese Women : The Twentieth Century, 1912–2000. Lily Xiaohong. Lee. A D. Stefanowska. Sue. Wiles. Routledge. London; New York . 2002. 0765607980.
- Book: 中国电影大辞典. Chinese. China Cinema Encyclopaedia. Junxiang. Zhang. Jihua. Cheng. 辞书出版社. Shanghai. 1995. 7-5326-0326-1.
Notes and References
- Lee (2002), pgs 310–311
- Lee (2002), pg 312
- Web site: Li Lihua to receive Lifetime Achievement Award . 2016-01-24 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20160130173527/https://sg.celebrity.yahoo.com/post/126214148889/li-lihua-to-receive-lifetime-achievement-award . 2016-01-30 .
- Web site: Film researcher to the rescue. January 2016 . Shanghai Daily. 24 January 2016. The center also received some movies donated by the famous Chinese actress Li Lihua in 1980s, including several film in which she played leading roles..
- Web site: Actress Lee Li-hua honored for lifetime achievement at Golden Horse. 21 November 2015. Focus Taiwan. 31 May 2020.
- Web site: Big night for The Assassin with five Golden Horse Awards. The Straits Times. 22 November 2015 . 24 January 2016.
- Zhang (1995), pg 1165
- Zhang (1995), pgs 540–541
- Zhang (1995), pg 1424
- Web site: Nomination and Awardees list of The 35th Hong Kong Film Awards. HKFAA. 4 April 2016.
- Web site: 永遠的女神李麗華驚傳逝世 享壽93歲 - 中時電子報 . Chinatimes.com . 2017-03-20 . 2017-03-27.
