Betty Chung (born 1947) is a former Hong Kong recording artist and actress popular during the 1960s and 1970s. She sings in English and Mandarin.

Life and career

Betty Chung was born in Hong Kong. Her ancestral hometown is

Chengdu Chengdu (, ; Simplified Chinese characters, simplified Chinese: 成都; pinyin: ''Chéngdū''; Sichuanese dialects, Sichuanese pronunciation: , Standard Chinese pronunciation: ), Chinese postal romanization, alternatively Romanization of Chi ...

(成都市)，

Sichuan Sichuan (; zh, c=, labels=no, ; zh, p=Sìchuān; alternatively romanized as Szechuan or Szechwan; formerly also referred to as "West China" or "Western China" by Protestant missions) is a province in Southwest China occupying most of the ...

Province. In 1963, she won a singing contest at the age of 16. She appeared in various TV commercials,

TVB Television Broadcasts Limited (TVB) is a television broadcasting company based in Hong Kong SAR. The Company operates five free-to-air terrestrial television channels in Hong Kong, with TVB Jade as its main Cantonese language service, and ...

shows, and movies, including

Enter the Dragon ''Enter the Dragon'' ( zh, t=龍爭虎鬥) is a 1973 martial arts film directed by Robert Clouse and written by Michael Allin. The film stars Bruce Lee, John Saxon and Jim Kelly. It was Lee's final completed film appearance before his death o ...

. Chung left Hong Kong showbiz in the 1980s. She married famous songwriter

Chris Babida Chris Babida is a composer, arranger, conductor, music director and record producer. He has also done numerous film soundtracks. His film work includes ''Dragon Force'' which was released in 1982, ''Happy Sixteen'' also released in 1982, '' Sworn ...

(Chinese: 鮑比達) but then divorced. She has one son and resides in California.

Filmography

*1965: ''Xiao yun que'' *1968: ''Hong luan xing dong'' as Nightclub singer (Guest star) *1969: ''Diao jin gui'' *1969: ''Qing chun wan sui'' *1970: ''Huan le ren sheng'' *1970: ''Hen xin di ren'' *1973: ''She wang yu yan wang'' *1973: ''

'' (龍爭虎鬥) as Mei Ling *1975: ''

All Men Are Brothers ''Water Margin'' (''Shuihu zhuan'') is one of the earliest Chinese novels written in vernacular Mandarin, and is attributed to Shi Nai'an. It is also translated as ''Outlaws of the Marsh'' and ''All Men Are Brothers''. The story, which is ...

'' (蕩寇誌) as Li Shih-shih (final film role)

Discography

*1966：《A Go Go》 *1967：《愛情鐘 Bell A Go Go》 *1967：《假惺惺 Let's Pretend》 *1968：《紅鸞星動》OST *1968：《I Want Action》 *1968：《迷你，迷你 Mini Mini》 *1968：《野火 Wild Flame》 *1969：《聖誕快樂 Merry Christmas》 *1969：《我祝福他 Massachusetts》 *1969：《桃李春風 Dark Semester》OST *1969：《春火 My Son》OST *1969：《慾燄狂流 Torrent of Desire》OST *1970：《情感的債 One Day》 *1970：《浪子之歌 The Lark》 *1970：《蝴蝶飛 The Butterfly》 *1970：《迷你小姐 Mini-Midi-Maxi Girl》 *1971：《愛情故事 Love Story》 *1974：《Betty Chung》 *1976：《Peter Pan 小飛俠》Hong Kong version OST *1977：《心有千千結》OST *1977：《大家姐與大狂魔》電影原聲帶 (好市唱片) *2005：《百代百年系列7：西洋風（一）大江東去》

TV appearances

Enjoy Yourself Tonight ''Enjoy Yourself Tonight'' or ''EYT'' is a popular variety show that was produced in British Hong Kong. It first aired on TVB Jade on 20 November 1967. The show lasted 27 years with its last broadcast on Friday, 7 October 1994.Chinanews.com.cn ...

歡樂今宵 (

) * 1st Hong Kong Gold Disc Award Presentation 第一屆香港金唱片頒獎典禮 1977 (

) *

Miss Hong Kong Pageant The Miss Hong Kong Pageant (), or Miss HK () for short, is an annual beauty pageant organised by local Hong Kong television station, TVB. The pageant was established in 1946, and acquired by TVB in 1973. The current Miss Hong Kong is Denice Lam ...

1977 (1977年度香港小姐競選) (

) * Where Are They Now? (TVB) 2006 (

)

References

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