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简介

Fang Ying, born in 1948 as Ni Fangning, was a Hong Kong film actress of the 1960s, originally from Guizhou but raised in Hong Kong. She enrolled in the Nanguo Experimental Acting Troupe in 1962 and graduated from the second class alongside peers like Li Jing and Cheng Pei-pei. After graduation, she joined Shaw Brothers Studio and made her debut as the female lead in "The Seven Fairies" (1963). She starred in a series of successful films in the 1960s including "The Twin Phoenixes Romance," "The Western Chamber," and "Mist of Cold Jade." In 1964 she was voted seventh in Taiwan's "Top Ten Chinese Stars" election. She married in 1968 and retired from acting in 1970, then moved into television hosting and series acting in the 1970s. From the mid-1980s she transitioned to film art direction, with notable works including "Kawashima Yoshiko" (1990). She was nominated for Best Costume Design at the Golden Horse Awards for "Flowers of Shanghai" (1986). She died of pancreatic cancer in Hong Kong in 2010 at the age of 61.