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简介

Josephine Siao Fong-fong was born on 13 March 1947 in Shanghai, China, with ancestral roots in Luzhi Town, Suzhou, Jiangsu. She came from a middle-class family; her mother was Cheng Fenghui (formerly Cheng Jiahe, ex-wife of Liu Haisu) and her father Xiao Naizhen was a scholar who studied chemistry in Germany. At age two, she moved with her parents to British Hong Kong. After her father's death, she began working as a child star at age six (1953) to support the family. At age seven, she appeared in her first film "Little Star Tears" (1954). In 1955, she performed in "Mei Gu" for Shaw Brothers and won the Best Child Actress award at the 2nd Southeast Asian Film Festival, making her famous. Her breakthrough work was "The Orphan" (1960) co-starring with Hu Die. She later studied under Peking opera teacher Fen Juhua and performed alongside Chan Po-chu. Her first martial arts film was "The Nineteen Heroes of Qingcheng" (1960), and she went on to make over 230 Cantonese and Mandarin films. In 1965, she became one of the "Seven Princesses" of cinema alongside six other former child stars, ranking fourth by age. She temporarily left the film industry in 1970 to study abroad, then returned to acting. In 1977, she created the beloved comedic character Lin Yazhen, becoming hugely popular on television. She married Cheung Ching-po in 1980, moved to Australia with him, and returned to Hong Kong three years later to resume her career. She is one of only two actresses to win consecutive Golden Horse Awards for Best Actress (the other being Yang Hsiu-chen).