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A glamorous beauty and gifted actress, she shone in historical and contemporary movies, in female and male roles.
Among her best-known films are a pair of lavish costume epics, The Magnificent Concubine (1962) and Empress Wu (1963), both with director Li Han-hsiang. The Magnificent Concubine won a Technical Grand Prize at the Cannes Film Festival, becoming the first Chinese-language movie to be honoured there.
She was the first Chinese actress to star in a Hollywood film, the 1958 war romance China Doll.
Memorably, she also starred in King Hu's The Fate Of Lee Khan (1973) as innkeeper Wan Jen-mi, a worldly woman who inspired a later incarnation, Maggie Cheung's saucy proprietress in Tsui Hark's Dragon Inn (1992).
Li also had an eye for talent. She was the one who recommended Li Han-hsiang direct her in Blood In Snow (1956), a film that succeeded and kick-started the director's career.
Li Li-hua was born into an acting family in China in 1924. Her father was Peking opera actor Li Guifang and her mother was actress Zhang Shaoquan.
Li Li-hua was 16 when she made her screen debu
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Li Lihua (李丽华), also known as Li Li-Hua, Li Hua Li and Teresa Li (李麗華, 17 July 1924 – 19 March 2017) was a Chinese actress and singer.
Li Lihua was born in Shanghai and moved to Hong Kong in 1948. She is the daughter of famous Beijing Opera actor Li Guifang (李桂芳). At age 12 she moved to Beijing and studied Beijing Opera. Four years later she moved to Shanghai and joined the Yihua Film Company. Her first movie was 3 Smiles (三笑) which was released in two parts in 1940. Her final movie was New Dream of the Red Chamber (新紅樓夢) in 1978 after which she retired and moved to the United States. She acted in over one hundred twenty movies during her 38 year career. She was known from the Shaw Brothers Studio. In 1969 she was awarded the Golden Horse Best Actress award for Storm over the Yangtze River (揚子江風雲). In 2015 she was awarded the 52nd Annual Golden Horse Lifetime Achievement Award. In April 2016 she was honored with a Hong Kong Film Awards Lifetime Achievement Award. She died on 19 March 2017, aged 92.
In 1957, Li married Hong Kong actor and director Yan Jun (嚴俊) (December 17, 1917 –
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Li Li-hua
- This is a Chinesename; the family name is Li.
Li Li-Hua (also known as Li Hua Li, Li Lihua and Teresa LiChinese: 李麗華; 17 July 1924 – 19 March 2017) was a Chinese Hong-Kong actress,[1][2][3][4] better known as an actress from the Shaw Brothers Studio.
In 1957, Li married Hong Kong actor and director Yan Jun (嚴俊).[5] He died in 1980.
Li Lihua was born on July 17, 1924 in Shanghai.
Her first movie was 3 Smiles (三笑) which was released in two parts in 1940. Her final movie was New Dream of the Red Chamber (新紅樓夢) in 1978 after which she retired and moved to the United States. She acted in over one hundred twenty movies during her 38 year career.[6] In 1969 she was awarded the Golden Horse Best Actress award for Storm over the Yangtze River (揚子江風雲).[7]
Li died in Hong Kong on 19 March 2017, aged 92.[8]
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