Английская Википедия:Cherie Chung

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Cherie Chung Chor-hung (Шаблон:Zh; born 16 February 1960) is a retired Hong Kong film actress. Of Hakka ancestry, she was one of the top actresses in Hong Kong film during the 1980s.

Background

Chung participated in the 1979 Miss Hong Kong competition and came in 3rd runner-up. She was later discovered by film director Johnnie To and debuted in his first film The Enigmatic Case (1980).

Her beauty and charm led her to become one of the top actresses in Hong Kong at the time. In her film career, one of her most famous performances was in Mabel Cheung's An Autumn's Tale (1987), where she portrayed Jennifer, an educated middle-class woman who falls in love with a rude and uneducated man played by Chow Yun-fat. The film became one of the most successful romance flicks in Hong Kong film historyШаблон:Citation needed. She is known as the "Marilyn Monroe" of Hong Kong and the Chinese entertainment industry due to her beautiful looks. Chung retired from acting in the 1990s. Her last film was John Woo's Once a Thief (1991), which was also a classic.

She married advertising guru Mike Chu in 1991 in the United States. Chu was known for his achievements in the Hong Kong advertising industry. Before the wedding, they come into agreement to be "child-free". On 24 August 2007, Chu died of stomach cancer. He was given a Catholic funeral.

She is also very active in promoting environmental protection.

Filmography

Film

• Once a Thief (1991) – Red Bean
• Zodiac Killers (1991) – Mang Tit Lan
• Stars & Roses (1989)
• Happy Together (1989)
• Wild Search (1989) – Cher
• Diary of a Small Man (1989)
• Last Romance (1988)
• Golden Years (1988) – Chu So-So
• Mr. Mistress (1988) – Ho's girlfriend
• Chaos by Design (1988)
• The Good, the Bad and the Beauty (1988) – Ko Sau-Ping
• The Eight Happiness (1988) – Beautiful
• Golden Swallow (1988) – Hsiao-Hsueh/Lu Hsiao-Ping
• 18 Times (1988)
• Carry on Hotel (1988)
• Bet on Fire (1988) – Hung
• Walk on Fire (1988) – Miss Chung
• Couples, Couples, Couples (1988) – Mary Huang
• Fatal Love (1988) – Cecilia Yau Tai-Kam
• The Yuppie Fantasia (1988)
• One Husband Too Many (1988) – Frances
• Moon, Stars & Sun (1988) – GiGi
• An Autumn's Tale (1987) – Jennifer
• Spooky Kama Sutra (1987)
• Spiritual Love (1987) – Wei Hsiao-Tieh
• Goodbye Darling (1987) – Josephine
• Double Fixation (1987)
• Peking Opera Blues (1986) – Sheung Hung
• Happy Ding Dong (1986) – Din-Din
• Fascinating Affairs (1985) – Diana
• Women (1985)
• The Flying Mr. B (1985)
• Cher, Last Victory (1984) – Cherie Teng
• Banana Cop (1984) – Amy
• The Hidden Power of the Dragon Sabre (1984)
• My Darling Genie (1984)
• Prince Charming (1984) – Yuk Duk-mei
• Maybe It's Love (1984)
• Heaven Can Help (1984) – Cathy
• Descendant of the Sun (1983) – Princess
• Hong Kong, Hong Kong (1983) – Man Si Sun
• Hong Kong Playboys (1983) – Mei
• Boys and Girls (1983)
• Winners and Sinners (1983) – Shirley
• Twinkle Twinkle Little Star (1983)
• Eclipse (1982)
• The Dead and the Deadly (1982) – Miss Yuen
• It Takes Two (1982)
• The Story of Woo Viet (1981) – Shum Ching
• The Postman Strikes Back (1981) – Guihua
• The Enigmatic Case (1980) – Yao Puipui

Television

• Floating Clouds (1981) (RTHK television series "Hong Kong, Hong Kong", no. 1)

External links

• Шаблон:IMDb name
• Cherie Chung Cho Hung at hkmdb.com
• Cherie Chung Chor Hung at hkcinemagic.com
• Movie stills from An Autumn's Tale (Japan version) Шаблон:Webarchive
• Floating Clouds (45 minutes; RTHK television series "Hong Kong, Hong Kong", no. 1; broadcast on 17 October 1981; RTHK official website)
• Ford, Stacilee. Mabel Cheung Yuen-Ting's An Autumn's Tale (Hong Kong: Hong Kong University Press, 2008)