On July 19, the agency issued an announcement announcing that the well-known actor Zheng Peipei passed away on July 17, US time, at the age of 78.
Liu Tao, He Jiajin, Cao Kefan and other colleagues in the industry posted messages of condolences.
Public information shows that Zheng Peipei was born in Shanghai on January 6, 1946. Looking back on her acting career, Zheng Peipei has played countless classic roles in her life, such as Jin Yanzi in "The Drunken Man", Mrs. Hua in "Tang Bo Hu Spots Autumn Fragrance", "Crouching Tiger, Hidden" The blue-eyed fox in "Dragon", Taijun She in "The Female General of the Yang Family", Grandma in "The Legend of Sword and Fairy", Aunt Bao in "Young Bao Qingtian", etc.
Zheng Peipei was admitted to the theater troupe in 1963. After graduation, she entered Shaw Brothers as an actor. His first film work was "Lotus Lantern", in which he tried to perform a reverse role. In 1964, he became famous after starring in the literary film "Lovers' Stone", for which he won the "Golden Samurai Award" from the International Association of Independent Producers. Since she was the first Asian actress to win this award, she was considered to be the most talented and promising newcomer in the film industry at the time. She has made more than 20 films in Shaw Brothers. Except for six films such as "Lovers' Stone" and "Moonlight Night", the rest were martial arts films. Among the famous ones are "The Drunken Man", "The Golden Swallow", "Lady Zhong Kui", etc. Since she is quite accomplished in ballet music and Chinese classical dance, she plays martial arts films with agility and beautiful postures.
In 1964, when Shaw Brothers started filming "The Drunkard", Xiao Xiang was initially chosen to play the role of Golden Swallow; however, director King Hu believed that Cheng Peipei's dance was in line with the rhythm required for the fight scenes in the film, so he asked her to audition. The performance indeed caused a sensation, and from then on her stardom was on the rise. In 1969, she was selected as the "Martial Arts Queen" by the press.
In 1971, when she was young and her career was at its peak, Zheng Peipei quit the entertainment industry, got married and had children. It was not until 1992 that she returned to the film industry. The first film she came back to was "Tang Bohu Spots Autumn Fragrance".
In 2000, Zheng Peipei played the role of a blue-eyed fox in the action martial arts film "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" directed by Ang Lee; in 2011, she won the 2011 Huading Award for Best Actress in the Costume Category for "Deep House"; In 2014, she participated in the first season of Hunan Satellite TV's reality show "Flowers and Boys"; in November 2018, Zheng Peipei won the Lifetime Achievement Award at the 24th Huading Award.
In 2020, Zheng Peipei and Liu Yifei co-starred in Disney's live-action movie "Mulan", playing the matchmaker, which was her last screen role.
[Source: Jiupai News Comprehensive Brokerage Company, 1905 Movie Network, etc.]
