Qian Shunying (Chinese: t=錢舜英|w=Chien Shun-ying; September 9, 1924 – March 8, 2010), better known by her stage name Ouyang Sha-fei (Chinese: t=歐陽莎菲|s=欧阳莎菲|first=t|j='''Auyeung Sa-fay'''|links=no), was a Hong Kong actress.[1]
She is known for her roles in Dragon Fist (1979), A Chinese Ghost Story II (1990), and Dream of the Red Chamber (1977).[2]
Ouyang was born in Suzhou, Jiangsu, Republic of China on September 9, 1924.
Ouyang was prolific actress; she famously starred in over 250 films in a 54-year period, between 1937 and 1991.[3] At the age of 17, she began her acting career in several Mandarin movies in Shanghai. "Spy Number One" (1946) was her first successful movie. Ouyang made 17 films between 1951 and 1952, making her one of the busiest actresses in the Hong Kong film industry in her time. For most of the movies in her early career, she collaborated with her director and husband, Tu Guangqi. This partnership lasted until 1956.
In the early 1960s, Ouyang signed with the Shaw Brothers Studio. She exclusively acted in their films until the late 1970s. As her career matured in the late 1970s, Ouyang primarily took on roles of the mother or aunt in films and received two awards as the Best Supporting Role. While in Taiwan, she collaborated primarily with local Taiwanese TV networks. After returning to Hong Kong, she made cameos in many TV shows and movies and finally retired in 1990.
As Ouyang's acting career took off in the 1940s, she married her director, Tu Guangqi (Doo Kwang Gee). Her marriage was well-known after World War II. In the 1950s, the married couple escaped to Hong Kong to escape the political turmoil in China. They separated in 1956 and were divorced.
In 1979, she remarried her first husband Doo Kwang Gee and relocated to the United States. When her spouse died the next year, she relocated to Taiwan. Ouyang later returned to Hong Kong.
After retiring in 1990, Ouyang relocated to the U.S. for a few years and experienced a bad fall in 2009. Her health declined until she died of organ failure on August 5, 2010 and was buried in Salt Lake City, Utah.
Ouyang starred in over 250 films.
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1943 | Swallows Welcome Spring | |||
| 1943 | Qiu Qi Ge | |||
| 1944 | Kai Feng | |||
| 1945 | Dream of the Red Mansions | |||
| 1945 | The Grand Hotel | |||
| 1945 | Struggle | |||
| 1946 | Spy Number One | |||
| 1948 | Murderer Among the Sisters | |||
| 1948 | The Broken Dream | |||
| 1948 | Missing Document | |||
| 1949 | Female Prisoner No. 13 | Fenglian Shi | ||
| 1949 | Reformed Lady | |||
| 1949 | The Bell-Ring in the Hanshan Temple | |||
| 1950 | Miss Du Jin | |||
| 1951 | The Open Road | Zhilan | ||
| 1951 | Modern Girl | |||
| 1951 | The Thirteen Grand Tutors | Also known as The Thirteen That Go Astray | ||
| 1951 | Modern Wives | |||
| 1951 | Missing Document | |||
| 1952 | A Double-Faced Man | Yulan Xie | ||
| 1952 | The Troubled Love of Wang Kui and Gui Ying | |||
| 1952 | Don't Tell My Husband | |||
| 1952 | Portrait of a Lady | |||
| 1952 | The Closer the Better | |||
| 1952 | Bloodbath | |||
| 1952 | Angelo | |||
| 1952 | Beautiful Corpse in the Bath | |||
| 1952 | Modern Red Chamber Dream | Baochai Xue | ||
| 1952 | A Woman's Heart | |||
| 1952 | Demon of Lust | |||
| 1952 | Fatal Attraction | |||
| 1952 | A Woman's Stifled Desires | |||
| 1952 | The World Turned Upside Down | |||
| 1952 | Gone to the Dogs | |||
| 1953 | New West Chamber | |||
| 1953 | Beauty in Disguise | |||
| 1953 | Little Couple | |||
| 1953 | A Woman's Love | |||
| 1953 | The Magic World of Filmdom | |||
| 1953 | The Illegitimate Son | Fang Ah | ||
| 1953 | Do Not Forget Tonight | |||
| 1954 | Love's Longing | |||
| 1956 | Love's Elegy | |||
| 1956 | The Flame of Love | |||
| 1957 | Little Angels of the Streets | |||
| 1958 | Return of the Prodigal Youth | |||
| 1958 | Dawn of New Hopes | |||
| 1959 | All in the Family | Du's mother | ||
| 1959 | Girl with a Thousand Guises | |||
| 1959 | Mischievous Girl | |||
| 1959 | Orphans of the Storm | |||
| 1960 | Death Traps | Rose Huang Meigui | ||
| 1960 | Secret Affairs | |||
| 1960 | Swindler's Delight | |||
| 1960 | Filial Piety | Madam Wong | ||
| 1960 | The Lady Musketeer | |||
| 1960 | Let the Young Decide | |||
| 1960 | The Wild, Wild Rose | Liang's mother | ||
| 1960 | Tragic Melody | Xiufeng Hua | ||
| 1960 | Devotion | Mrs. Shi | ||
| 1961 | Sun, Moon and Star (Part 1) | Jianbai's grandmother | ||
| 1961 | The Search of Loved One | Aunt Wong | ||
| 1961 | Venture of the Lady Musketeer | |||
| 1962 | Lily of the Valley | Mrs. Hu | ||
| 1962 | A Gratitude as Weighty as the Mountain | |||
| 1962 | Tears of a Lute Player | |||
| 1962 | 7 Playful Women | |||
| 1962 | Shan Dong Ma Yong Zhen | Jingwen Xu | ||
| 1963 | The Love Eterne | Shanbo's mother | ||
| 1963 | The Lady and the Thief | |||
| 1963 | The Adulteress | Shouying Yang | ||
| 1963 | Stepmother | Shuhua Huang | ||
| 1963 | The Second Spring | |||
| 1964 | Beyond the Great Wall | Chun's runaway maid | ||
| 1964 | The Warlord and the Actress | one of General's wives | ||
| 1964 | The Dancing Millionnairess | Yue's aunt | ||
| 1964 | The Shepherd Girl | Widow Zhu | ||
| 1964 | The Coin | Ma Chen | ||
| 1964 | The Story of Sue San | Lung's elder sister | ||
| 1964 | Between Tears and Smiles | Yuechin Huang | ||
| 1964 | Comedy of Mismatches | Yulang's mother | ||
| 1965 | Call of the Sea | Chinhu's mother | ||
| 1965 | The Mermaid | Prime Minister's wife | ||
| 1965 | Pink Tears | Ping's mother | ||
| 1965 | Squadron 77 | Kyoko | ||
| 1965 | Inside the Forbidden City | Concubine Chengfei Li | ||
| 1966 | Til the End of Time | Hsuehling's grandmother | ||
| 1966 | The Treacherous Lady Killer | |||
| 1966 | The Blue and the Black (Part 1) | Madame Kao | ||
| 1966 | The Blue and the Black (Part 2) | Madame Kao | ||
| 1966 | Sweet and Wild | Mrs. Tang | ||
| 1966 | The Joy of Spring | |||
| 1966 | The Mating Season | Secretary | ||
| 1966 | The Bridge | |||
| 1967 | The King With My Face | Empress Wei | ||
| 1967 | Hong Kong Nocturne | Tze Ching's Mother | ||
| 1967 | Sweet is Revenge | David's mother | ||
| 1967 | Swan Song | Mrs. Ge | ||
| 1967 | Too Late for Love | Mrs. Li | ||
| 1967 | The Goddess of Mercy | Princess Miaoyin | ||
| 1967 | The Mirror and the Lichee | Madam Huang | ||
| 1967 | The Midnight Murder | Liu's mother | ||
| 1967 | Madam Slender Plum | David's mother | ||
| 1967 | Four Sisters | Grandma | ||
| 1968 | The Sword of Swords | Old Madam | ||
| 1968 | Mist Over Dream Lake | Shunchuan Hsu | ||
| 1968 | When the Clouds Roll By | Mrs. Qiu | ||
| 1968 | That Fiery Girl | Chilli's Nanny | ||
| 1968 | Double Trouble | Director's wife | ||
| 1968 | The Rainbow | Chiumeng Shen | ||
| 1968 | Forever and Ever | Xiaowen's mother | ||
| 1969 | Unfinished Melody | Aunty Zhang | ||
| 1969 | Torrent of Desire | Madame Chen | ||
| 1969 | Mrs. Yeh | |||
| 1969 | Killers Five | Yue's mother | ||
| 1969 | Temptress of a Thousand Faces | Newspaper manager | ||
| 1969 | Raw Courage | Mrs. Bai | ||
| 1969 | Tropicana Interlude | Jiang Ren's mother | ||
| 1970 | Double Bliss | Mrs. Zhou (Mrs. Chu) | ||
| 1970 | Whose Baby's in the Classroom? | Head Mistress | ||
| 1970 | Apartment for Ladies | Mrs. Chan | [4] | |
| 1970 | Love Song Over the Sea | |||
| 1970 | A Place to Call Home | Mrs. Yukwa Jang | ||
| 1971 | Lady with a Sword | Feifei's mother | ||
| 1971 | The Long Years | |||
| 1971 | The Man with Two Wives | |||
| 1971 | The Swift Knight | Sister Yu | ||
| 1971 | Sunset | Julie Hu | ||
| 1971 | The Eunuch | Kun Erh | ||
| 1972 | The Fugitive | Bank customer with jade bracelet | ||
| 1972 | The Lizard | Japanese ambassador's wife | ||
| 1972 | Of Wives and Mistresses | |||
| 1972 | Let's Go to Bed | |||
| 1972 | The Merry Wife | Ms. Xia | ||
| 1972 | The 14 Amazons | Chunchu Chai | ||
| 1972 | Finger of Doom | Leader of Finger of Doom clan | ||
| 1973 | The Bastard | Brothel madam | ||
| 1973 | Tales of Larceny | Blind beggar | ||
| 1973 | Facets of Love | Mother | ||
| 1973 | The School Mistress | |||
| 1973 | Mrs. Chan | [5] | ||
| 1973 | River of Fury | Yiqing Ge's mother | ||
| 1974 | Hong Kong 73 | Dorkei Wong's wife | ||
| 1974 | Sorrow of the Gentry | Ma Zhang | ||
| 1974 | The Splendid Love in Winter | Mimi's mother | ||
| 1974 | Supremo | Mrs. Erhwen Tu | ||
| 1974 | The Playboy | |||
| 1974 | The Emerald Horse | |||
| 1974 | Cheeky Little Angels | Grandmother | ||
| 1974 | Blood Reincarnation | Dr. Liu's maid Suihong | ||
| 1974 | The Rat Catcher | Mrs. Fang | ||
| 1974 | Sex, Love and Hate | Li Ji's mother | ||
| 1974 | One Year's Fantasy | Wang's mother | ||
| 1974 | Farewell Dearest | |||
| 1974 | Gossip Street | Aunt Chau | ||
| 1975 | Black Alice | |||
| 1975 | Lover's Destiny | Fengshian's mother | ||
| 1975 | Sup Sap Bup Dup | False moustache's wife | ||
| 1975 | The Miserable Girl | |||
| 1975 | The Nutty Crook | |||
| 1975 | The Bloody Escape | Tang Li's mother | ||
| 1975 | Cuties Parade | |||
| 1975 | Lady of the Law | Madam White Brows | ||
| 1975 | Love Lock | |||
| 1975 | Temperament of Life | Manager's wife | ||
| 1975 | The Big Holdup | Inspector's mother | ||
| 1975 | The Empress Dowager | Concubine | ||
| 1975 | Bald-Headed Betty | |||
| 1975 | Hong Kong Superman | |||
| 1975 | The Bedevilled | Chia Chu's mother | ||
| 1975 | All in the Family | Ling's mother | ||
| 1975 | Enjoy Longevity-300 Years | |||
| 1975 | Moon and Stars | |||
| 1975 | Maids-in-Waiting | |||
| 1975 | Kissed by the Wolves | |||
| 1975 | Shantung Man in Hong Kong | |||
| 1975 | Gambling Syndicate | Casino guest | ||
| 1975 | Mutiny on the High Sea | |||
| 1975 | Bar Girl | |||
| 1975 | My Wacky, Wacky World | Brothel boss | ||
| 1976 | Love Swindler | Xiaolin's mother | ||
| 1976 | King Gambler | Mrs. Shaqian Li | ||
| 1976 | The Web of Death | Major clan senior | ||
| 1976 | The Dragon Missile | Long's mother | ||
| 1976 | The Big Family | Mother Lung | ||
| 1976 | Wrong Side of the Track | Aunt Liu | ||
| 1976 | Hustler from Canton | |||
| 1976 | Born Rich | |||
| 1976 | My Funny Intern | |||
| 1976 | The Forbidden Past | Mrs. Zhu | ||
| 1976 | Crossroad | Fang's mom | ||
| 1976 | The Last Tempest | Prince Duan's wife | ||
| 1976 | The Fierce Fist | Sher's mother | ||
| 1976 | The Morning Date | |||
| 1976 | The Prodigal Son | |||
| 1977 | The Diary of Di-Di | |||
| 1977 | He Has Nothing But Kung Fu | |||
| 1977 | Starlets for Sale | Mrs. Zhang | ||
| 1977 | The Battle Wizard | only in deleted footage | ||
| 1977 | Death Duel | Hsiao Li's mother | ||
| 1977 | The Flash Legs | Chang Fang's mother | ||
| 1977 | Cloud of Romance | Wanlu's adoptive mother | ||
| 1977 | The Fatal Flying Guillotines | Shen Ping's mother | ||
| 1977 | Golden Nun | |||
| 1977 | The Mad Monk | Qin's wife | ||
| 1977 | Pursuit of Vengeance | Le Yin | ||
| 1977 | Dreams of Eroticism | Siqi's mother | ||
| 1977 | The Dream of the Red Chamber | Mrs. Jia Zheng | ||
| 1977 | Forever and Ever | Prisoner's mother | ||
| 1977 | Hong Kong Emmanuelle | An Liang's mother | ||
| 1977 | Orchid in the Rain | |||
| 1977 | Judgement of an Assassin | Chief Jin Te Tien's wife | ||
| 1978 | The Avenging Eagle | Se Ma Sun's wife | ||
| 1978 | Heroes of the East | Third Aunt | ||
| 1978 | Interlude on Rails | |||
| 1978 | Clan of Amazons | Mrs. Xue | ||
| 1978 | Three Minutes Past Nine | Shen Yan's grandmother | ||
| 1978 | Duel at Tiger Village | Lee San's mother | cameo | |
| 1978 | Delinquent Teenagers | |||
| 1978 | The Cunning Hustler | |||
| 1979 | Lewd Lizard | |||
| 1979 | The Last Judgement | Mother Liang | ||
| 1979 | Invincible Enforcer | Ah Fatt's wife | ||
| 1979 | Young Lovers | Mrs. Fang | ||
| 1979 | Dragon Fist | Master Zhuang's wife | ||
| 1979 | Spiritual Boxer, Part II | Mother of missing vampire | ||
| 1979 | Spring in the Palace | |||
| 1980 | The Undated Wedding | |||
| 1980 | Haunted Tales | Yali's mother | ||
| 1981 | Sha Jia Shi Wu Nu Ying Hao | |||
| 1981 | The Women Soldiers | |||
| 1981 | Kung Fu From Beyond the Grave | Chun Sing's mother | ||
| 1982 | In Out Time | |||
| 1982 | Strange Skill | |||
| 1982 | The Persistently Devoted Son | |||
| 1982 | The Devil Fox | |||
| 1982 | Devil Returns | |||
| 1982 | Godfathers of Fury | |||
| 1983 | The Enchantress | Jiao's Japanese maid | ||
| 1983 | Take Care, Your Majesty! | Royal teacher | ||
| 1983 | Seeding of a Ghost | Guest at Fong's home | ||
| 1983 | Devil Fetus | Grandmother Cheung | ||
| 1983 | Calamity of Snakes | |||
| 1984 | Law with Two Phases | Chief B's mother | ||
| 1984 | Prince Charming | Lipin Chen's mother | ||
| 1984 | My Sentimental Little Friend | Lora | ||
| 1985 | Why Me? | Koko's grandmother | ||
| 1988 | Fatal Love | San | ||
| 1988 | Flirting | |||
| 1990 | The Fun, the Luck & the Tycoon | Sun's aunt | ||
| 1990 | A Chinese Ghost Story II | |||
| 1990 | Rebel from China | Meiling's grandmother | ||
| 1991 | The Gambling Ghost | Triad mum playing mahjong at wedding |