Rebecca Pan Di-hua (; also Poon Tik-wah, Pan Wan Ching) is a

Hong Kong Hong Kong ( (US) or (UK); , ), officially the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China ( abbr. Hong Kong SAR or HKSAR), is a city and special administrative region of China on the eastern Pearl River Delt ...

actress and singer.

Early life

She was born in

Shanghai Shanghai (; , , Standard Mandarin pronunciation: ) is one of the four direct-administered municipalities of the People's Republic of China (PRC). The city is located on the southern estuary of the Yangtze River, with the Huangpu River flow ...

on 29 December 1931 and moved to

in 1949.

Career

Her singing career began in 1957. One of her songs, which she recorded when she was 18, is played briefly in ''

In the Mood for Love ''In the Mood for Love'' is a 2000 romantic drama film written, produced and directed by Wong Kar-wai. A co-production between Hong Kong and France, it portrays a man ( Tony Leung) and a woman (Maggie Cheung) whose spouses have an affair toget ...

'' — the English version of an

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n folk song, "

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Discography

* 《Pan Wan Ching Sings The Four Seasons 潘迪華與世界名曲》, Diamond Records LP1004, 1961. * 《Oriental Pearls》, Diamond Records LP1006, 1962. Recorded with the Diamond Studio Orchestra conducted by Vic Christobal. * 《The Exciting Rebecca Pan 我的心．潘迪華》, Diamond Records LP1009, 1963. * 《我愛你 (I Love You)》, Diamond Records LP1013, 1964. * 《潘迪華唱 (Rebecca Pan Sings)》, Diamond Records LP1017, 1965. * 《I Am Yours‧Japanese Good-Day Baby‧Till‧First Night Of The Full Moon》, Life Records EP-2001, 1965. * 《Tropical Love Song‧Pachanga‧I Could Have Danced All Night‧Chit Chit Rit Chit》, Life Records EP-2002, 1965. * 《Pan Wan Ching Greatest Hits！潘迪華 1965 最新名曲》, Life Records LP-9001/LSP-9001, 1965. * 《潘迪華 - 花弄影‧我永遠等着你》,

EMI EMI Group Limited (originally an initialism for Electric and Musical Industries, also referred to as EMI Records Ltd. or simply EMI) was a British transnational conglomerate founded in March 1931 in London. At the time of its break-up in 201 ...

Parlophone Records Parlophone Records Limited (also known as Parlophone Records and Parlophone) is a German–British record label founded in Germany in 1896 by the Carl Lindström Company as Parlophon. The British branch of the label was founded on 8 August 19 ...

, 1965. * 《Rebecca Pan Wan-Ching．Rendezvous On Bridge 潘迪華．情人橋》,

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7EPA-182, 1965. * 《Rebecca Pan 潘迪華．When You Were Mine》,

Columbia Records Columbia Records is an American record label owned by Sony Music, Sony Music Entertainment, a subsidiary of Sony Corporation of America, the North American division of Japanese Conglomerate (company), conglomerate Sony. It was founded on Janua ...

ECHK 507, 1966. * 《Rebecca Pan．Essence Of Love 潘迪華．給我一杯愛的咖啡》,

S-CPAX-329, 1967. * 《Rebecca Pan．A Man And A Woman 潘迪華．男歡女愛》,

Angel Records Angel Records was a record label founded by EMI in 1953. It specialised in classical music, but included an occasional operetta or Broadway score. and one Peter Sellers comedy disc. The famous Recording Angel trademark was used by the Gramophon ...

S-3AEX-326, 1968. * 《Rebecca Pan．Moonlit Villa 潘迪華．月滿西樓》,

, 1968. * 《潘迪華．東方時代曲 Vol. 1》, Life Records, 1969. * 《Rebecca Pan．How Strange 潘迪華．真稀奇》, Life Records LSP-9005, 1969. * 《Rebecca Pan》, Life Records LELP 1, 1969. * 《我又想起你》, Life Records LSP-9013, 1970. * 《Hong Kong Sound With Rebecca Pan》, Sounds Of Asia Records SOA 001, 1970. * 《Rebecca Live In The Eagle's Nest》, Life Records, 1971. * 《潘迪華．今夜忘不了》, Yangtze Music YTZEP 301, 1971. * 《白孃孃 Pai Niang Niang》,

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, 1973 * 《White Christmas．Rebecca Pan & The Voices Of Maryknoll》, Man Chi Records MCLP-10201, 1974.

Filmography as actress

* ''

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'' (2009) - Sam's Mother * ''

Chinese Odyssey 2002 ''Chinese Odyssey'' is a 2002 Hong Kong mo lei tau musical film written and directed by Jeffrey Lau and produced by Wong Kar-wai. It stars Tony Leung Chiu-Wai, Faye Wong, Zhao Wei and Chang Chen. It is a parody of the 1959 Huangmei opera film '' ...

'' (2002) - Queen Mother * ''

'' (2000) - Mrs. Suen * ''

Flowers of Shanghai ''Flowers of Shanghai'' is a 1998 Taiwanese drama film directed by Hou Hsiao-hsien starring Tony Leung as a wealthy patron and Hada Michiko, Annie Shizuka Inoh, Shuan Fang, Jack Kao, Carina Lau, Rebecca Pan, Michelle Reis, and Vicky Wei as ...

'' (1998) - Huang * ''

Days of Being Wild ''Days of Being Wild'' is a 1990 Hong Kong drama film written and directed by Wong Kar-wai. Starring some of the best-known actors and actresses in Hong Kong, including Leslie Cheung, Andy Lau, Maggie Cheung, Carina Lau, Jacky Cheung and Tony Le ...

'' (1990) (as Tik-Wa Poon) - Rebecca * ''

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'' (1988) * ''

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'' (1988) - Fiona's Mum

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