Shi Hui

Biography

Shi Hui, originally named Sun Hui Li, is a Chinese film actress from Hong Kong, descended from a family in Wu Xing, Zhejiang Province, and born in Nanjing in 1934. She moved to Hong Kong in 1947 during the Chinese Civil War and attended Ling Ying Middle School and Tsai Wen College. In 1951 she joined the Great Wall Film Company and began her acting career. She is considered one of the "Three Princesses of Great Wall" alongside Xia Meng and Chen Si Si. Her notable works include the films "Portrait of a Lady" and "Spring of One Family." In 1954 she married the famous actor and director Fu Qi, with whom she had two daughters and a son, including actress Fu Ming Xian. Shi Hui was politically active on the left; she participated in protests during the 1967 riots, which led to her and her husband being imprisoned for eight months and facing attempted deportation by the British Hong Kong government. She held prominent political positions in China, including membership in the fourth, fifth, and sixth sessions of the National People's Congress and the seventh Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference. In 1980 she became general manager of the Qiaofa Trade Department at the Yin Du Institution in Hong Kong, and in 1985 she served on the Basic Law Consultative Committee. She managed a duty-free shop at Kai Tak Airport in Hong Kong in 1987, then moved with her husband to Canada in 1991 on the eve of Hong Kong's handover.