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Yuen Qiu

Yuen Qiu

Birthday: 1960-04-19 | Place of Birth: Hong Kong, China

Yuen Qiu (Chinese: 元秋) (born Cheung Cheun-Nam, 1948) is a Chinese actress and martial artist. She is an expert of both Chinese martial arts and Beijing-opera skills, and was apprenticed under the same master, Yu Jim-Yuen, as Jackie Chan and Sammo Hung Kam-Bo at the China Drama Academy's Peking Opera School. Yuen Qiu worked as a stuntwoman and as a night club performer from the late 1960s to early 1970s. She had a small role in the international production, The Man with the Golden Gun (1974), portraying a student rescuing Roger Moore as James Bond. As there were few opportunities for stuntwomen and barely any prospects for improvement at the time, she got married in 1974 at the age of 24. After being away from the Hong Kong film industry for nearly 20 years, she landed a role in Kung Fu Hustle only by chance. She was only accompanying a junior woman fellow of the China Drama Academy at the audition but the director's eye was on her. Reports show that Stephen Chow gave her the job after unremitting and persistent persuasion. Yuen is also in a movie called Kung Fu Mahjong, with Yuen Wah.

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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

2022
The Righteous Fists

as    Ting Sai-fung

2015
Wild City

as    Mona

2015
Lucky Star 2015

as    Ms Hung

2014
Delete My Love

as    So Fa

2010
Kung Fu Wing Chun

as    Leung's mother

2009
Jackie Chan Kung Fu Master

as    女道长

2008
Desires of the Heart

as    Gao Ya Juan

2007
Kung Fu Mahjong 3: The Final Duel

as    Auntie Toni

2007
The Lady Iron Chef

as    Lady Green / Lin Ching-Hsia

2006
I'll Call You

as    Manny's mother

2005
Kung Fu Mahjong 2

as    Auntie Fei

2005
Kung Fu Mahjong

as    Auntie Fei

2005
Kung Fu Hustle

as    Landlady

1984
Long Road to Gallantry

as    Chang Tian Yi

1983
Bastard Swordsman

as    Rain

1981
The Dragon, the Young Master

as    Xue Hua

1979
Dragon's Claws

as    Li Hua

1978
Dragon Lee Vs. The 5 Brothers

as    Good 'Brother'

1973
The Heroine

as    Agent Ho Mai-Wa

1973
Not Scared to Die

as    Rickshaw man's granddaughter