Chen Chen ( Chinese : 甄珍 ; pinyin : Zhēn Zhēn ; July 17, 1948), born Chang Chia-Chen ( Chinese : 章家珍 ; pinyin : Zhāng Jiāzhēn ) is a Taiwanese actress active in the late 1960s and 1970s. From 1966 to 1986 Chen Chen has starred in about 90 movies. Her work was in a range of genres, from Taiwan's literary romantic films (愛情文藝片; Aiqing Wenyi Pian) to patriotic films, and earned her various accolades, including two Best Actress awards at the Asian Pacific Film Festival. In 2013, Chen Chen received a Lifetime Achievement Award at the 50th Golden Horse Awards .
18-782: Chen Chen may refer to: Chen Chen (actress) (born 1948) Chen Chen (host) (born 1979) Chen Chen (poet) (born 1989) [REDACTED] Topics referred to by the same term This disambiguation page lists articles about people with the same name. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Chen_Chen&oldid=1247137999 " Category : Human name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description matches Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Chen Chen (actress) Originally named Chang Chia-Chen, Chen Chen
36-653: A conflict with the Shaw Brothers Pictures International Limited . He then left Hong Kong and established the Grand Motion Pictures Co., Ltd. in Taiwan in 1964. In the company’s first recruitment of new actors and actresses, Chen Chen was the only one selected out of more than 3000 applicants. In 1966, Chen Chen made her very first silver screen debut in a period film, A Perturbed Girl (天之驕女). Soon after, she
54-568: A young age and performed publicly. Later, she studied ethnic dance, which can be seen in the opera film Four Season Blooming Flowers (四季花開/富貴花開; 1972). Chen returned to Taiwan with her family when she was eleven. She attended Jinling Girls' Middle School in 1959 before transferring to Taibei Senior High School. She also studied dance at the Chinese Culture University ’s 5-year program, which she did not complete. After Li Han-Hsiang completed The Love Eterne in 1963, he had
72-708: Is known for portraying the romantic interest of the female lead in a love triangle in Literary Romantic Films (愛情文藝片) in the 1970s. He received two Golden Horse Awards for his performance as best leading actor. When he was young, Charlie Chin fled with his family to Hong Kong due to war. At the age of twelve, he went to Taiwan to pursue his studies at the Fu Xing Drama School (復興劇校; predecessor of National Taiwan College of Performing Arts ), specializing in Peking Opera. He adopted
90-570: The "Two Qins, Two Lins" (二秦二林) to indicate their dominating status. In 1975 and 1977, Charlie Chin won the Best Actor award at the 12th and 14th Golden Horse Awards, respectively, for his performances in Long Way from Home (長情萬縷) directed by Liu Yi (劉藝) and Far Away from Home (人在天涯) directed by Pai Ching-jui (白景瑞). In 1973, Charlie Chin went to Japan to film the Hiroshima 28 (廣島廿八). It
108-724: The United States. Chen's mother, Chang Feng-Qin (張鳳琴), was a high school music teacher. Chen has two siblings, a younger sister named Chang Jia-Xing (章家興), also known as Yin Xia (銀霞), who is a folk singer in the 1980s, and a younger brother. Chen was three months old when her family moved to Taiwan. When she was five, they moved to Japan because her father was assigned to the Embassy of the Republic of China in Japan. Chen learned ballet at
126-536: The film industry. At that time, the industry favored the warm-hearted type of male stars represented by Chin Han (秦漢), making it difficult for him to secure significant roles. Charlie Chin was part of the "Silver Rat Squad (銀色鼠隊)", a 1970s pop band formed in Hong Kong. The band, consisting of seven members.was inspired by Hollywood actor Dean Martin's Rat Pack. The band was more of a lighthearted endeavor, and all
144-462: The leading role in a cinematic adaptation of Xuan Xiaofo's (玄小佛) novel Love in a Fallen City (白屋之戀). The film kickstarted a trend of Literary Romantic films for over a decade, mostly adapted from romantic novels by Qiong Yao and other writers. The 1973 film The Young Ones (彩雲飛), directed by Lee Hsing (李行), starring Chen Chen and Alan Tang (Tang Kwong Wing) again. In the film Chen Chen plays two roles, twin sisters separated since birth. The film
162-546: The members were renowned actors at the time. The other members of the squad included Chan Chi Keung (陳自強), Zhang Chong (張沖), Patrick Tse Ka Yuk (謝賢), Alan Tang Kwong Wing (鄧光榮), Lydia Sum Tin Ha (沈殿霞), and Chen Hao (陳浩). The turning point of Charlie Chin's acting career happened in 1973. Director Lee Hsing (李行) was shooting the film Heart With A Million Knots (心有千千結). The original male lead, Alan Tang Kwong Wing (鄧光榮), could not participate due to schedule conflict. Charlie Chin
180-571: The same cast and crew from the previous film The Young Ones (彩雲飛), Li Hising's Where the Seagull Flies in the following year (1974) proved to be a bigger success in box office: the second highest in Taipei of the year with a gross of 8.5 million NTD. In 1971, Chen Chen starred in director Li Han-Hsiang's The Story of Ti-Ying (緹縈) and fell in love with the male lead Patrick Tse (謝賢). On March 22, 1974, after more than three years of dating,
198-509: The stage name Qin Fu Lin (秦復林) and selected the role of a combatant (武生) in the opera. After graduating from the Fu Xing Drama School in 1968, Charlie Chin returned to Hong Kong and made some martial arts films, but he remained unknown. While he was wondering whether he should stay in the field of Peking Opera, actor Yue Hua (岳華) advised him to become an actor. Charlie Chin was privately nicknamed "Flipper (翻跟斗)" due to his acrobatic skills in
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#1732786689512216-584: The two secretly registered their marriage in Hong Kong. On June 1, 1976, Chen signed divorce papers with Tse and began dating Steven Liu (劉家昌). In December 1978, Chen Chen went to the United States with Liu. On January 24, 1979, they had a notarized marriage in Las Vegas. She retired from the film industry in 1984, having appeared in a total of 85 films. On April 21, 1986, Chen Chen gave birth to her son, Jeremiah Zhang (originally named Zi Qian Liu). On August 31, 1987, Chen Chen and Liu were divorced, which
234-531: Was born on July 17, 1948, in Beiping (now Beijing). Her grandfather, Chang Hong-Chun (章鴻春), was the principal of the Army Cavalry School of the Republic of China. Her father, Colonel Chang Pei-Lin (章沛霖), was a Japanese Army Non-Commissioned Officer Academy graduate. He served as the military attaché of the Embassy of the Republic of China in Japan and later became an entrepreneur after moving to
252-713: Was during this time that he met actress Siao Fong Fong (蕭芳芳), and they began dating. In October 1975, they got married at the Hong Kong City Hall. However. Their marriage lasted only for a few years and they agreed to separate in 1977 and divorce in the following year. In 1976, while filming Cloud of Romance (我是一片雲), Chin met Brigitte Lin (林青霞) and they began dating. In September 1980, they got engaged in Los Angeles. Their engagement lasted for four years and they were never married to each other. Charlie Chin met his second wife Cao Chang-Li (曹昌莉) on
270-520: Was listed as one of the “Five Phoenixes of Grand” ( Chinese : 國聯五鳳 ; pinyin : Quo Lian Wu Feng ) along with Jiang Qing (江青), Wang Ling (汪玲), Niu Fangyu (鈕方雨), and Li Denghui (李登惠). Due to financial difficulties, the Grand Motion Pictures Co., Ltd. closed in 1967, and Chen Chen signed a contract with Central Motion Pictures Corporation . She became well known for her leading role in The Bride and I (新娘與我). In 1972, Chen Chen took on
288-572: Was not announced until it was revealed in 2015. Charlie Chin Charlie Chin Hsiang-lin ( Chinese : 秦祥林 ; pinyin : Qín Xianglín ; Jyutping : Ceon4 coeng4 lam4 ) is a Taiwanese actor, born on May 19, 1948 in Nanking and grew up in Hong Kong. Throughout the twenty-four years of his acting career, Chin had participated in over one hundred films. As a member of the "Two Qins, Two Lins" (二秦二林), Charlie Chin
306-569: Was ranked sixth in Taiwan's box office that year (earning 3.08 million NTD) and made Chen Chen and Tang Kwong Wing the most beloved on-screen couple of the early 1970s. Chen Chen was paired with a new actor Charlie Chin in Li Hsing's next adaptation of Qiong Yao's novel The Heart Has A Thousand Knots (心有千千結) in the same year (1973), which made Charlie Chin a household name as one of the leading stars in Literary Romantic films. With
324-557: Was recommended to Lee Hsing by Chen Chen 's mother. So he took on the role of the male lead for the first time. The film made him a star overnight. This role also landed him the Best Actor award for Outstanding Performance at the 20th Asian Film Festival . In the 1970s, literary romantic films adapted from romantic novels by Qiong Yao and other writers were extremely popular in Taiwan and South East Asia. During that time, Charlie Chin, along with renowned actors Chin Han (秦漢), Brigitte Lin (林青霞), and Joan Lin (林鳳嬌) were collectively called
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