Xiao Fangfang
essential information
Early experience
Xiao Fangfang, formerly known as Xiao Liang, was born in Shanghai on March 13, 1947. His ancestral home is Luzhi, Wu County, Suzhou City, Jiangsu Province. His father, Xiao Naizhen, once studied in Germany, and his mother, Cheng Fenghui, worked in painting. Xiao Fangfang moved to Hong Kong with her parents when she was 2 years old, but her father died when she was 3 years old, leaving her and her mother to live together.
Xiao Fangfang, who was a filmmaker when she was young, had no time to receive formal education. Her mother hired several tutors to tutor her culture lessons and learn English. Her mother also asked her to study Peking Opera, ballet and calligraphy with pink chrysanthemum, Wang renman and Fu Lei. She also learned painting, horse riding, archery, sword dancing and Kung Fu.
Acting experience
In 1953, six-year-old Xiao Fangfang performed young master sun gaohaichen in the stage play home.
In 1954, just after Xiao Fangfang's seventh birthday, director Li Hua, a friend of Xiao's mother, invited Xiao Fangfang to play a cameo role in her new play Xiao xinglei, and Xiao Fangfang formally set foot in the film industry. As a result, Xiao's mother discovered her daughter's talent in performing arts, and then began to cultivate Xiao Fangfang's performing ability. The next year, Xiao Fangfang was admitted to the Hong Kong Zoomlion film company and performed the film lonely star blood tears with young Bruce Lee.
In 1955, Xiao Fangfang and Lin Dai co starred in Meigu. Xiao Fangfang's childhood as the heroine. This film made Xiao Fangfang famous. She won the best child star award at the second Southeast Asia Film Festival just two years after her debut. The stage name "Fangfang" was also taken by the film director Yan Jun for her.
Xiao Fangfang became famous in 1958 when she was 11 years old and co starred with Hu Die, who has been back for 30 years. This film is the first Chinese Film Nominated for the gold medal at the San Francisco International Film Festival. The theme song "only mother is good in the world", sung by Xiao Fangfang, was later introduced into Taiwan movies and became a popular song in the three places.
In 1960, at the age of 13, Xiao Fangfang starred in the first martial arts film "Nineteen heroes in Qingcheng" and the first Cantonese film "yunniang". After that, she became popular in Cantonese film circles. In 1966, Xiao Fangfang appeared in more than 100 costume films in a few short years. Sometimes she wanted to shoot two or three films in a month.
In 1966, at the age of 19, Xiao Fangfang joined Guangyi film company to play in her first fashion play "girl heart", in which she played three roles, singing and dancing, and performed 18 dances.
Since then, Xiao Fangfang has made a series of fashion films, in the "red rose thief", she plays 10 roles. In the night of purple storm, she performed Cha Cha, jazz, classical ballet and all kinds of local dances. In the true story of the flying girl, Xiao Fangfang created the image of a rebellious girl, which set the box office record of Cantonese films in Hong Kong at that time. At this time, Xiao Fangfang successfully transformed from an ancient costume actor into a fashion song and dance actor.
In the sixties and seventies of the 20th century, it was popular for Hong Kong artists to make friends. Seven girls, Xiao Fangfang, Feng Subo, Shen Zhihua, Chen Baozhu, Xue Jiayan, Wang aiming and Feng Baobao, met and made up the "seven princesses" because they were both child stars and born in Cantonese movies. Xiao Fangfang was known as the "Princess Rose". "Seven princesses" also CO produced a film of the same name "seven princesses".
In 1970, Xiao Fangfang abandoned her film and went to the United States to study. In 1973, Xiao returned to Hong Kong with a bachelor's degree in mass communication. She originally intended to take her mother to settle down in the United States and continue her studies, but was eventually persuaded by the Taiwan director to go to Japan to co shoot Hiroshima 28 with Qin Xianglin.
Returning to the film world, Xiao Fangfang began to try different types of films and roles. In 1974, she co starred in "girlfriend" with Qin Xianglin and Lin Qingxia. With this film, Xiao Fangfang won the best supporting actress award of the 12th Golden Horse Award in Taiwan. In the same year, she won the best actress award of the 5th Spanish film festival. In 1975, he once again co starred with Qin Xianglin in Sai Kung, Taipei and Kaohsiung.
In 1976, he wrote, directed and acted in the film "jumping ash". It is appraised as the prelude of the new wave of Hong Kong Film by the Hong Kong film circle.
In 1977, Xiao Fangfang hosted the funny program "a little bit as simple" on Hong Kong TVB, creating the image of "Lin Yazhen", a silly elder sister. Later, Xiao Fangfang set up her own film company to put the character on the big screen, supervised and performed a series of "Lin Yazhen" films.
In 1979, in cooperation with director Xu Anhua, he made his own "bumping into the right" (also known as "Miss bumping into the ghost") to dilute body language and integrate folk elements.
In 1980, she went to Taiwan to star in the TV series autumn water and sky. With this series, Xiao Fangfang won the best actress award of the 16th Golden Bell award of Taiwan TV.
In 1982, Xiao Fangfang went to the United States for further study. He returned to Hong Kong in 1984.
In 1988, she starred in the comedy "it's not that friends don't get together". In the same year, Xiao Fangfang won the best actress award in the 7th Hong Kong Film Awards for this film.
In 1993, he performed Fang Shiyu in cooperation with Jet Li, playing Fang Shiyu's mother Miao Cuihua. In the film, Miao Cuihua is good at martial arts and holds injustice, but careless and reckless. With the performance of the film, she began to be known by mainland fans. In the same year, she co starred with Xu Guanwen in the new year's film "money grabbing couple", both of which were shortlisted for the best actress award at the Hong Kong Golden picture awards.
In 1995, Xiao Fangfang played a middle-aged woman who suffered from life troubles in the film "woman, forty". With this film, she won the 15th Hong Kong Film golden statue award, the 1st Hong Kong Film Golden Bauhinia Award, the 2nd Hong Kong film criticism society and the 32nd Taiwan Film Golden Horse Award for best actress. She also won the best actress award of the 45th Berlin International Film Festival, and became the successor of Maggie Cheung After that, China was the Second Berlin film queen. In the same year, he won the highest achievement award of Asian filmmakers Association.
In 1996, she played a famous Cantonese Opera actor in the film "tiger door". With this film, Xiao Fangfang won the best actress award at the 41st Asia Pacific Film Festival and the 33rd Golden Horse Award of Taiwan film.
In 1997, she was awarded the queen of England MBE award and the Hong Kong artist Year Award for her performance achievements.
After CO starring in sparrow and flying dragon with Ke Shouliang and Zhao Wenzhuo in 1997, Xiao Fangfang disappeared on the screen due to ear trouble. The film also became Xiao Fangfang's last film and television work.
In 1999, with the classic role of "Lin Yazhen", Xiao Fangfang was selected as one of "my five most unforgettable heroines" by TVB.
In 2009, Xiao Fangfang, who is nearly deaf, won the lifetime achievement award at the 28th Hong Kong Film Awards ceremony in recognition of her contribution to the Hong Kong film industry.
Personal life
Xiao Fangfang once dated Xie Xian in her early years, but because of their different personalities, they fell in love for more than a year. After that, Xiao Fangfang proposed to break up with Xie Xian. According to Xie Xian, this is the first time he was asked to break up by his girlfriend.
In 1970, Xiao Fangfang chose to study mass communication at Seton Hall University in New Jersey, and then went to Graduate School of New York University and Seton Hall University. In 1973, she received a bachelor's degree in mass communication from Seton Hall University in New Jersey, and her graduation thesis "Retrospect and Prospect of Chinese film" obtained A-level results. After graduation, he worked as an assistant director of NBC TV station.
In 1974, she married Taiwanese actor Qin Xianglin. However, soon after their marriage, they found that their personalities and lifestyles were out of place, and the marriage soon ended in divorce.
In 1980, Xiao Fangfang married Zhang Zhengfu and had two daughters. In 1985, Zhang Zhengfu was invited to work in Australian TV station. Xiao Fangfang decided to abandon her film and move to Australia with her husband. Three years later, she returned to Hong Kong with her husband. During that time, she studied architecture at an Australian university. Later, because she couldn't find a babysitter to look after her children, she had to leave school. Xiao Fangfang said that in her three identities in life, the roles of wife and mother are always above the actors.
In May 2013, Xiao Fangfang's eldest daughter, Zhang Kaili, was born with the son of American husband DENYER. Xiao Fangfang, who became a grandmother for the first time, admitted that she was very happy.
Main works
Take part in the film
(film references)
Take part in TV series
Music Album
Music single
Host the program
Publishing works
(Reference)
social activities
Xiao Fangfang, who retired from the film industry due to ear disease after 1997
Chinese PinYin : Xiao Fang Fang
Xiao Fangfang
