Yeh Feng (; born 19 October 1937), also known as Julie Yeh Feng, is an actress, singer and businesswoman. She starred in various films throughout the 1950s and 1960s,
and is considered to have been one of
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 ...
's biggest stars of the period.
Biography
Yeh was born as Wang Jiuling in
Hankou,
Hubei
Hubei (; ; alternately Hupeh) is a landlocked province of the People's Republic of China, and is part of the Central China region. The name of the province means "north of the lake", referring to its position north of Dongting Lake. The prov ...
,
Republic of China
Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia, at the junction of the East and South China Seas in the northwestern Pacific Ocean, with the People's Republic of China (PRC) to the northwest, Japan to the northeast ...
. Yeh's family moved to
Taiwan
Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia, at the junction of the East and South China Seas in the northwestern Pacific Ocean, with the People's Republic of China (PRC) to the northwest, Japan to the nort ...
in 1948. She was cast in a 1954 film in Taiwan that never reached production, after which the directors
Li Han-hsiang
Richard Li Han-hsiang (; 7 March 1926 in Huludao, Jinxi, Liaoning – 17 December 1996 in Beijing) was a Chinese film director. Li directed more than 70 films in his career beginning in the 1950s and lasting till the 1990s. His ''The Enchanting ...
and Li Zuyong recommended her and she was signed to
Motion Pictures and General Investment (MP&GI).
[ Yeh made her screen debut in 1957 in the musical ''Our Sister Hedy'', which tells the story of four sisters and their sibling rivalries.][
Yeh left MP&GI in 1962, after which she signed with the Shaw Brothers Studio, one of the largest production companies in Hong Kong.][ She retired in 1969, but made a cameo in frequent co-star Lin Cui's 1975 comedy.][ Yeh currently works as a businesswoman.][
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Personal life
In 1961, Yeh married Chang Yang, an actor. In 1965, Yeh divorced from Chang Yang. Later Yeh married another actor Ling Yun, but Yeh divorced again in 1983.[
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Filmography
Films
References
External links
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Julie Yeh Feng at brns.com
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1937 births
Living people
20th-century Chinese women singers
20th-century Hong Kong actresses
21st-century Chinese businesswomen
21st-century Chinese businesspeople
Actresses from Hubei
Businesspeople from Hubei
20th-century Hong Kong women singers
Hong Kong film actresses
Hong Kong Mandopop singers
Singers from Hubei
Taiwanese emigrants to Hong Kong
Taiwanese people from Hubei
Pathé Records (Hong Kong) artists
Shaw Brothers Studio