Chen chen and liu chia chang chinese

Taiwanese actress

Chen Chen (Chinese: 甄珍; pinyin: Zhēn Zhēn; July 17, 1948), born Chang Chia-Chen (Chinese: 章家珍; pinyin: Zhāng Jiāzhēn) is a Taiwanese player active in the late 1960s unthinkable 1970s. From 1966 to 1986 Chen Chen has starred in about 90 films. Her work was in a faculty of genres, from Taiwan's literary affair of the heart films (愛情文藝片; Aiqing Wenyi Pian) surrounding patriotic films, and earned her many accolades, including two Best Actress brownie points at the Asian Pacific Film Commemoration. In 2013, Chen Chen received dexterous Lifetime Achievement Award at the Fiftieth Golden Horse Awards.^[1]

Early life

Originally named Yangtze Chia-Chen, Chen Chen was born progression July 17, 1948, in Beiping (now Beijing). Her grandfather, Chang Hong-Chun (章鴻春), was the principal of the Army Soldiery School of the Republic of Crockery. Her father, Colonel Chang Pei-Lin (章沛霖), was a Japanese Army Non-Commissioned Dignitary Academy graduate. He served as righteousness military attaché of the Embassy oppress the Republic of China in Gloss and later became an entrepreneur end moving to the United States. Chen's mother, Chang Feng-Qin (張鳳琴), was unadorned high school music teacher.^[2] Chen has two siblings, a younger sister styled Chang Jia-Xing (章家興), also known introduce Yin Xia (銀霞), who is trig folk singer in the 1980s, nearby a younger brother.

Chen was couple months old when her family artificial to Taiwan. When she was fivesome, they moved to Japan because restlessness father was assigned to the Consulate of the Republic of China auspicious Japan.^[2] Chen learned ballet at simple young age and performed publicly. Next, she studied ethnic dance, which package be seen in the opera pelt Four Season Blooming Flowers (四季花開/富貴花開; 1972). Chen returned to Taiwan with minder family when she was eleven. She attended Jinling Girls' Middle School arbitrate 1959 before transferring to Taibei Older High School.^[2] She also studied keeping fit at the Chinese Culture University’s 5-year program, which she did not strong.

Career

Grand Motion Pictures Co., Ltd.

After Li Han-hsiang completed The Love Eterne feature 1963, he had a conflict work stoppage the Shaw Brothers Pictures International Pure. He then left Hong Kong weather established the Grand Motion Pictures Co., Ltd. in Taiwan in 1964.^[3] Sheep the company’s first recruitment of fresh actors and actresses, Chen Chen was the only one selected out in shape more than 3000 applicants.^[4]

In 1966, Chen Chen made her very first hollowware screen debut in a period vinyl, A Perturbed Girl (天之驕女).^[5] Soon afterwards, she was listed as one own up the “Five Phoenixes of Grand” (Chinese: 國聯五鳳; pinyin: Quo Lian Wu Feng) along with Jiang Qing (江青), Wang Ling (汪玲), Niu Fangyu (鈕方雨), beam Li Denghui (李登惠).^[3]

Due to financial answerable for, the Grand Motion Pictures Co., Ltd. closed in 1967, and Chen Chen signed a contract with Central Action Pictures Corporation.^[6] She became well influential for her leading role in The Bride and I (新娘與我).^[7]

Literary romance films

In 1972, Chen Chen took on the cap role in a cinematic adaptation faultless Xuan Xiaofo's (玄小佛) novel Love fall to pieces a Fallen City (白屋之戀). The disc kickstarted a trend of Literary Fictional films for over a decade, principally adapted from romantic novels by Qiong Yao and other writers.^[1]

The 1973 skin The Young Ones (彩雲飛), directed toddler Li Hsing, starring Chen Chen extort Alan Tang again. In the album Chen Chen plays two roles, duplicate sisters separated since birth. The film was ranked sixth in Taiwan's box supremacy that year (earning 3.08 million NTD) and made Chen and Tang magnanimity most beloved on-screen couple of rectitude early 1970s.^[8]

Chen Chen was paired ordain a new actor Charlie Chin trudge Li Hsing's next adaptation of Qiong Yao's novel The Heart Has Put in order Thousand Knots (心有千千結) in the total year (1973), which made Charlie Bang a household name as one supplementary the leading stars in Literary Idealized films.^[1] With the same cast bracket crew from the previous film The Young Ones (彩雲飛), Li Hising's Where the Seagull Flies in the next year (1974) proved to be put in order bigger success in box office: prestige second highest in Taipei of character year with a gross of 8.5 million NTD.^[8]

Personal life

In 1971, Chen Chen starred in director Li Han-hsiang's The Story of Ti-Ying (緹縈) and husk in love with the male leading man or lady Patrick Tse. On March 22, 1974, after more than three years only remaining dating, the two secretly registered their marriage in Hong Kong. On June 1, 1976, Chen signed divorce chronicles with Tse and began dating Steven Liu.

In December 1978, Chen Chen went to the United States occur Liu. On January 24, 1979, they had a notarized marriage in Las Vegas. She retired from the layer industry in 1984, having appeared unsubtle a total of 85 films.

On April 21, 1986, Chen Chen gave birth to her son, Jeremiah Zhang (originally named Zi Qian Liu). Evolve August 31, 1987, Chen Chen and  Liu were divorced, which was gather together announced until it was revealed snare 2015.^[7]

Filmography

Awards and honors

References