Guo Youhua (Niu-Niu)

Biography

Guo Youhua, known by her stage name Niu-Niu, was a Hong Kong and Taiwanese actress. Born in Japan on December 15, 1958, her mother Sima Yin was the 1948 Miss Hong Kong winner. She moved with her family to Taiwan in 1967 but frequently traveled between Hong Kong and Taiwan. She entered the entertainment industry as a child actor at age six, debuting in the 1967 Shaw Brothers film "Shan Shan." She participated in many Shaw Brothers films during the 1970s, including "The Brave Archer" sequels where she played Huang Rong. After her contract with Shaw Brothers ended in 1972, she moved to Japan to study singing and dancing at Toho Gakuen School, recommended by Japanese actor Ishihara Yujiro, and appeared in several Japanese films and TV dramas. She returned to Hong Kong in 1976 to host the RTV program "Niu-Niu Time" and later re-signed with Shaw Brothers. She retired from filmmaking, lived in Singapore, and later settled in Australia, and had one son and one daughter.