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Cherie Chung

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Cherie Chung
Attending a brand event in April 2019
Born
Chung Chor-hung

(1960-02-16) 16 February 1960 (age 64)
CitizenshipBritish
OccupationActress
Years active1973–1994
Spouse
Mike Chu
(m. 1991; died 2007)
AwardsAsia Pacific Film Festival
Best Actress
1984 Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Asia Pacific Film Festival
Best Actress
1987 An Autumn's Tale
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese鍾楚紅
Simplified Chinese钟楚红
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinZhōng Chǔ Hóng
Yue: Cantonese
JyutpingChung Cho Hung

Cherie Chung Chor-hung (Chinese: 鍾楚紅; Jyutping: zung1 co2 hung4; born 16 February 1960) is a retired Hong Kong film actress. Of Hakka ancestry, she was one of the top actresses in Hong Kong film during the 1980s.

Background

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Chung participated in the 1979 Miss Hong Kong competition and came in 3rd runner-up. She was later discovered by film director Johnnie To and debuted in his first film The Enigmatic Case (1980).[1]

Her beauty and charm led her to become one of the top actresses in Hong Kong at the time. In her film career, one of her most famous performances was in Mabel Cheung's An Autumn's Tale (1987), where she portrayed Jennifer, an educated middle-class woman who falls in love with a rude and uneducated man played by Chow Yun-fat. She is known as the "Marilyn Monroe" of Hong Kong and the Chinese entertainment industry due to her beautiful looks. Chung retired from acting in the 1990s. Her last film was John Woo's Once a Thief (1991), which was also a classic.[2]

She married advertising guru Mike Chu in 1991 in the United States. Chu died of cancer in August 2007.[1]

She is also very active in promoting environmental protection.

Filmography

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Film

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Year Title Role Notes
1980 The Enigmatic Case Yao Puipui
1981 The Postman Strikes Back Guihua
The Story of Woo Viet Shum Ching
1982 It Takes Two
The Dead and the Deadly Miss Yuen
Eclipse Nominated—Hong Kong Film Award for Best Actress
1983 Twinkle Twinkle Little Star
Winners and Sinners Shirley
Salt and Pepper
Hong Kong Playboys Mei
Hong Kong, Hong Kong Man Si Sun Nominated—Hong Kong Film Award for Best Actress
Nominated—Golden Horse Award for Best Actress
Descendant of the Sun Princess
1984 Heaven Can Help Cathy
Maybe It's Love
Prince Charming Yuk Duk-mei
My Darling Genie
The Hidden Power of the Dragon Sabre
Banana Cop Amy
Cher, Last Victory Cherie Teng
1985 The Flying Mr. B
Women
Fascinating Affairs Diana
1986 Happy Ding Dong Din-Din
Peking Opera Blues Sheung Hung
1987 Double Fixation
Goodbye Darling Josephine
Spiritual Love Wei Hsiao-Tieh
Spooky Kama Sutra
An Autumn's Tale Jennifer Nominated—Hong Kong Film Award for Best Actress
Nominated—Golden Horse Award for Best Actress
1988 Moon, Stars & Sun GiGi
One Husband Too Many Frances
The Yuppie Fantasia
Fatal Love Cecilia Yau Tai-Kam
Couples, Couples, Couples Mary Huang
Walk on Fire Miss Chung
Bet on Fire Hung
Carry on Hotel
18 Times
Golden Swallow Hsiao-Hsueh / Lu Hsiao-Ping
The Eight Happiness Beautiful
The Good, the Bad and the Beauty Ko Sau-Ping
Chaos by Design
Mr. Mistress Ho's girlfriend
Golden Years Chu So-So
Last Romance
1989 Diary of a Small Man
Wild Search Cher Nominated—Golden Horse Award for Best Actress
Happy Together
Stars & Roses
1991 Zodiac Killers Mang Tit Lan
Once a Thief Red Bean

Television

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  • Floating Clouds (1981) (RTHK television series "Hong Kong, Hong Kong", no. 1)

References

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  1. ^ a b Lui, Mabel (2023-11-24). "Cherie Chung a screen goddess, the Marilyn Monroe of Hong Kong, fans said – how she retired from acting at the height of her career and hasn't looked back". South China Morning Post. Retrieved 2024-04-18.
  2. ^ Stokes, Lisa Odham (2007). Historical Dictionary of Hong Kong Cinema. Scarecrow Press. p. 127. ISBN 978-0810864580. Retrieved 2020-12-03.
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