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Pan Hong (Chinese: 潘虹, born November 4, 1954) is a Chinese film actress. She is widely regarded as one of the best film stars of her generation.


Early life

Born Liu Ronghua (刘蓉华) on November 4, 1954, 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 ...
. During the
Cultural Revolution The Cultural Revolution, formally known as the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution, was a sociopolitical movement in the People's Republic of China (PRC) launched by Mao Zedong in 1966, and lasting until his death in 1976. Its stated goal ...
, her parents were forced to divorce. She then changed her surname "Liu" (her father's) to Pan (her mother's) and lived with her mother, who was born in 1922. On April 19, 1968, her father killed himself because of persecution. Two days later, she came to the crematorium alone and took her father's urn back to her father's native place, Harbin, by taking the train.


Career

After Pan graduated from the
Shanghai Theatre Academy Shanghai Theatre Academy () is a public university in Shanghai, People's Republic of China dedicated to dramatic art education. Its predecessor was Shanghai Municipal Experimental Theatre School cofounded by the famous educator Gu Yuxiu (:zh:顾 ...
, she performed several supporting roles in films. In 1982, she shot to fame as a leading actress for
At the Middle Age
The movie is also known as "Ren Dao Zhong Ninan"''. She was awarded a
Hundred Flowers Award The Hundred Flowers Awards () are, together with the Golden Rooster Awards, the most prestigious film awards honouring the best in Chinese cinema, as well as Hong Kong cinema and the Cinema of Taiwan, they are classified as the Chinese equivale ...
, Changchun Film Festival Golden Deer, Shanghai Film Critics Award. As the
Golden Rooster Award for Best Actress The Golden Rooster Award for Best Actress (中国电影金鸡奖最佳女主角) is the main category of Competition of Golden Rooster Awards, awarding actresses with outstanding performances in leading roles in cinema of China. Winners & nominees ...
three-time winner, Pan received a Golden Rooster Special Award in 1994. Chinese critics named her "The last noble in the Chinese film industry". She is the vice-chairman of the
China Film Association China Film Association is a subordinate of the China Federation of Literary and Art Circles (CFLAC). Founded in July 1949, the organisation was initially named the China National Film Artists Association. In 1979, it was renamed the China Film As ...
and the China Film Performance Academic Society.


Personal life

It is said that Pan Hong's paternal grandfather is Russian. In 1978, 24-year-old Pan married Mi Jiashan (米家山) who is seven years older (born in May 1947). Mi, at that time, was a common worker in Shanghai Filmmaking Factory. Mi's hometown is in Chengdu, Sichuan. After marriage, most of time Pan lived in Chengdu. The couple divorced in 1986. After divorce, Pan returned to Shanghai and lived with her mother temporarily. At the New Year's Day in 1989, Pan Hong stayed in New York with the group who was shooting a film called ''The Last Aristocrat''. The year before that, she was photographed by an American reporter and became the cover of Times in September 12th, 1988. She was the second Chinese (the first being
Deng Xiaoping Deng Xiaoping (22 August 1904 – 19 February 1997) was a Chinese revolutionary leader, military commander and statesman who served as the paramount leader of the People's Republic of China (PRC) from December 1978 to November 1989. After CC ...
) and the first Chinese actress to become the cover of the magazine. However, there's no cover picture in the Times' official website. On February 8, 1994, Pan Hong formally moved to the house she bought with her loan. In January, 1995, Pan Hong published her diaries written throughout 1994. Around 2003, she converted herself to Buddhism and became a vegetarian. To date, Pan has never remarried and has no children.潘虹坦言:没有子女很遗憾 真爱有过一次就够了
Retrieved in 2016-09-03


Selected filmography


Film


Television


References


External links


Dianying.com-Pan Hong
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