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简介

Pak Yin, whose real name was Chen Yuping, was born in 1920 in Guangdong, China. She began her acting career in 1936 as an actress with the International Film Company in Guangzhou, appearing in the film "Twin Lotus Flowers." She moved to Hong Kong in 1937 and made her debut in "Beautiful Homeland." During the period of resistance against Japanese aggression, she participated in over 30 patriotic films including "Behind the Fire Lines of Shanghai," "Heroic Spirit," and "Zhong Kui Catches Ghosts." In 1952, she co-founded the "Chung Luen Film Enterprise Company" with other prominent Hong Kong actors, and in 1954 she established the "Shan Luen Film Company," producing excellent Cantonese films such as "The Jasmine Girl." She was renowned for portraying unfortunate women and virtuous mothers, earning the title "Queen of South Chinese Cinema." She was married twice and had one daughter. She retired from cinema in 1964 after her final film "The Mad Woman" and declined multiple offers to return to television. She passed away in Hong Kong on May 6, 1987 after a battle with cancer at the age of 67.