丁蘭 (演員)

简介

Ding Lan (1938–), born Chen Yunlan, is a female American Chinese actress with ancestral roots in Fujian Province. She began filming Hokkien-language films in Taiwan in 1956 and moved to Hong Kong in 1958, where she became a star producing and acting in both Mandarin and Cantonese films, and founded her own company "Global Film Company" to produce and star in five films. Known as the "Hokkien Film Queen," she appeared on Hong Kong's RTV channel on December 4, 1961, where her Hokkien musical film *Fake Decorum* (1959) was screened; she starred as Yan Ruyu in the film, which was shot on location at Singapore's Merdeka Bridge and held charity screenings for Nanyang University and Tiong Bahru flood victims. She also performed Hokkien songs "Nanyang Scenery is Beautiful" and "Sister's Love Song" on the program, marking the first time Hokkien films and pop songs were introduced on Hong Kong television. Her first Cantonese film was *Red Men, Green Women* (1965) by Wing Wah Company, in which she played the female lead. In 1966 she returned to Taiwan to co-star with Korean actor Shin Young-kyun in *The Final Command*, and retired at the end of 1967. She married her fiancé Dai Zhujun in Hong Kong in December 1966, honeymooned in the United States, and retired from acting to assist her husband in business.