Wu Tip Ying

Biography

Wu Tip Ying, originally named Wu Pei Huan, was a Cantonese opera and vocal opera actress born in 1911 in Zhongshan County, Guangdong Province. She began her film career in 1933 in San Francisco, USA, with the film "The Singers' Romance," which was the first Cantonese talkie produced outside of China. She self-financed and produced "Southern Sisters' Flowers" in 1939 through her own "Wu Tip Ying Films Company," which was announced at the time as her farewell film, though she continued acting. She participated in a Cantonese opera performance in 1936 alongside Guan Desheng in "Empress Yang Guifei" at the Gao Sheng Theatre in Hong Kong. She traveled to Hawaii in 1952 to film "Hawaii Beauty" (1953), and took part in charity performances there. She was also invited by a Thai charity organization to perform in Bangkok in 1953, and later visited Saigon, Vietnam. She married lawyer Guan Xuelin in 1939 in a ceremony attended by Sir Ho Tung. Her sister Wu Tip Lai was also a film and stage actress. She passed away on 12 November 2004 after a career spanning approximately 17 films.