[2024.08.30] CHENG PEI PEI RECEIVES POSTHUMOUS GOLDEN HORSE LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

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Cheng Pei Pei, known as the heroine of a generation, had a film and television career spanning 60 years.
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Veteran actor Cheng Pei Pei passed away from illness in the United States last month. The Golden Horse Executive Committee announced yesterday that she would be posthumously awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award at the 61st Golden Horse Awards. The 91-year-old Taiwanese photographer Lin Wenjin would also receive the same honor. After Cheng Pei Pei's children learned that their mother had won the award, they said, "We are all very proud of our mother and her career, and are deeply honored that the Golden Horse Awards recognize her achievements." This year's Golden Horse Awards will be held at the Taipei Music Center on November 23 and the nominations will be announced on October 2.

Cheng Pei Pei's film and television career span 60 years. She was a trainee in the second Shaw Brothers Southern Experimental Theater training class. She became popular in the mid-1960s. She shone in the King Hu (Wu Kam Chuen) directed COME DRINK WITH ME (DAI JUI HUP), establishing her classic image as a screen heroine. When she became popular, she starred in a large number of martial arts films, earning her the title of "Martial Arts Film Queen". In fact, she also had wonderful performances in the literary romance films LOVERS' ROCK, SONG OF ORCHID ISLAND, and the musical HONG KONG NOCTURNE. Cheng Pei Pei took a break from acting for a while after her marriage. She changed her career path and launched talk shows, dance lessons, and even documentaries on TV. She did not forget to repay her mentor. In 1983, she supported King Hu's ALL THE KING'S MEN. Returning to the film industry in the 1990s, she played Mrs. Hua in THE FLIRTING SCHOLAR starring Stephen Chow Sing Chi. In 2000, she played the role of Jade Fox in the Ang Lee directed CROUCHING TIGER, HIDDEN DRAGON and won the Hong Kong Film Awards for Best Supporting Actress. In 2014, she played a gay mother in the British film LILTING, which also received high praise and was nominated for Best Actress at the British Independent Film Award.