According to director Hu Xuehua and host Cao Kefan, actor Zheng Peipei passed away at the age of 78.
Zheng Peipei
Hu Xuehua posted in Moments: "I remember that twenty-seven years ago, in Los Angeles, you hosted the memorial service for Director Hu Jinquan. Today, the 'Martial Arts Queen' is chasing after Hu Daxia, and she will surely relive "The Drunken Man" in heaven. The glory of the Cannes Film Festival. Good luck to Peppa Girl."
host Cao Kefan also posted a message on Weibo to express his condolences: "Every time I meet Sister Peipei, I am moved by her hearty laughter, even if I talk about the difficulties in the past. Over the years, she never complained or lamented. We often communicated in Shanghainese. She said that when she spoke Shanghainese, she felt like she was back in her childhood, and the soft and elegant old-fashioned Shanghainese sounded very friendly. In recent years, I have been hearing that Sister Peipei is in poor health. Unexpectedly, she is separated from us forever. There is no pain in heaven. I wish her a good journey! "
Zheng Peipei and Cao Kefan
For the young viewers born in the 1990s, Zheng Peipei is the generous and wise "Sister Peipei" in the reality show "Flowers and Boys". For movie fans born in the 1970s and 1980s, Zheng Peipei is the "Mrs. Hua" in "Tang Bohu Spots Autumn Fragrance", the "Taijun She" in the "The Young Lady" series, and the "Blue-Eyed Fox" in "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon". However, For older audiences, Cheng Peipei is the most glorious and beautiful chivalrous woman in early Hong Kong martial arts movies.
Zheng Peipei was born on January 6, 1946 in Shanghai. In 1963, he was admitted to the Southern Experimental Theater Company and joined Shaw Brothers Film Company after graduation. In 1963, Cheng Peipei starred in her first movie "Lotus Lantern", in which she played the male role of Liu Yanchang. In 1964, she starred in the literary film "The Lover's Stone" and won the Golden Samurai Award from the International Association of Independent Producers, becoming the first Asian actress to win this award. In 1966, she played the role of Jin Yanzi in "The Drunken Man", the first of China's new martial arts blockbusters directed by King Hu, and was named the "Martial Arts Queen" by the press for this film.
Young Zheng Peipei
In 1969, Zheng Peipei married Yuan Wentong. In 1970, Cheng Peipei decided to stop acting and immigrated to the United States with Yuan Wentong. In 1989, Zheng Peipei and Yuan Wentong divorced. Her most familiar roles were all played after she returned to Hong Kong and the film industry in 1992. In 1993, the movie "Tang Bo Hu Spots Autumn Fragrance" starring her and Stephen Chow was released, in which she played Mrs. Hua deeply rooted in the hearts of the people.
In 2000, Cheng Peipei played the role of the blue-eyed fox in the action martial arts film "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" directed by Ang Lee, and won the Best Supporting Actress Award at the 20th Hong Kong Film Awards for this film. In 2011, she also won the Best Actress Award in the Costume Category at the 2011 Huading Awards China's Top 100 TV Drama Awards Ceremony for "Deep House". In 2014, the British film "Shaking Gently" starring her and Ben Whishaw premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in the United States. Cheng Peipei was nominated for the Best Actress Award at the 17th British Independent Film Awards. In November 2018, Zheng Peipei won the Lifetime Achievement Award at the 24th Huading Award.
Zheng Peipei plays Mrs. Hua in "Tang Bohu Spots Autumn Fragrance"
Liu Tao, who became a lifelong friend because she and Zheng Peipei participated in the first season of the variety show "Flowers and Boys", recently burst into tears while participating in the new season of the show, revealing that Zheng Peipei's current situation: "Pei's mother is not in good health anymore and needs support." Zheng Peipei once sent a message to Liu Tao, "How can it not be as satisfactory as everyone wants, but I hope it will be worthy of my heart."
Stills of "Flowers and Boys", Liu Tao, Zheng Peipei
(Source: The Paper, Xinmin Evening News, public information, etc.)
