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Cheng Pei-pei

Cheng Pei-pei

Highest Rated: 100% Come Drink With Me (1966)

Lowest Rated: 3% Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li (2009)

Birthday: Dec 4, 1946

Birthplace: Shanghai, China

Chinese actress Pei-pei Cheng rose to fame in the 1960s playing swordswomen numerous martial arts films. Born in Shanghai, Cheng moved to Hong Kong as a teenager. Training for many years as a ballet dancer, Cheng's physical skills helped in her many martial arts roles. The actress caught her big break in the 1964 film "Lovers' Rock" and was subsequently cast in numerous Hong Kong martial arts films throughout the 1960s and 1970s. Cheng is perhaps known best for her role as Golden Swallow, the deft swordswoman and lead character in the 1966 film "Come Drink with Me" by director King Hu. She continued to take on similar roles as the sword-wielding heroines of films such as "Golden Swallow," "Dragon Swamp" and "The Lady Hermit." She later gained international recognition when she joined the cast of Ang Lee's 2000 blockbuster "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" as Jade Fox, a woman who acquires her fighting skills by poisoning a martial arts master after being denied entry into an all-male monastery; this was Cheng's first role as a villain in a martial arts film. Following her appearance in Lee's movie, she took roles in several Hollywood films, including the 2007 thriller "They Wait," the 2009 action film "Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li" and the 2011 drama "Shanghai Hotel." Cheng Pei-pei died on July 18, 2024 in San Francisco, CA at the age of 77.

Highest rated movies

100% 74% Come Drink With Me
98% 86% Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
90% 90% Meditation Park
82% 80% Lilting
76% 71% Goldstone 72% 46% Mulan 63% In a New York Minute
40% 38% They Wait

Filmography

Movies

Credit
72% 46% Mulan The Matchmaker (Character) - 2020
63% No Score Yet In a New York Minute Amy's Mother (Character) - 2019
90% 90% Meditation Park Maria (Character) - 2017
76% 71% Goldstone Mrs. Lao (Character) $78.8K 2016
No Score Yet No Score Yet Cooking for Two Network Exec (Character),
Executive Producer
- 2016
82% 80% Lilting Unknown (Character) $26.7K 2014
No Score Yet No Score Yet Singular Cay Unknown (Character) - 2012
No Score Yet No Score Yet Shanghai Hotel Madam (Character) - 2011
No Score Yet 67% My Wedding and Other Secrets Mrs Chu (Character) - 2011
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Guardsman Unknown (Character) - 2011
No Score Yet 19% Legendary Amazons She Saihua (Character) - 2011
No Score Yet 43% Blood Ties Unknown (Character) - 2009
3% 18% Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li Zhilan (Character) $8.7M 2009
No Score Yet No Score Yet Kung Fu Killer II Unknown (Character) - 2008
40% 38% They Wait Aunt Mei (Character) - 2007
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Counting House Lia (Character) - 2007
No Score Yet 43% House of Harmony Amah (Character) - 2005
No Score Yet 60% Flying Dragon, Leaping Tiger Liu Ru Yan (Character) - 2002
No Score Yet 54% Naked Weapon Faye Ching (Character) - 2002
No Score Yet 58% Lavender Unknown (Character) - 2001
No Score Yet No Score Yet Shadow Mask Red Goddess (Character) - 2001
98% 86% Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon Jade Fox (Character) $451.2K 2000
No Score Yet 48% A Man Called Hero Unknown (Character) - 1999
No Score Yet No Score Yet Four Chefs and a Feast Unknown (Character) - 1998
No Score Yet No Score Yet Lover's Lover Unknown (Character) - 1995
No Score Yet 88% Flirting Scholar Madam Wah (Character) - 1994
No Score Yet No Score Yet Painted Faces Ching (Character) - 1988
No Score Yet 64% The Lady Hermit 'Lady Hermit' Shang Yu-ling (Character) - 1971
No Score Yet 58% The Shadow Whip Yun Kai-yun (Character) - 1971
No Score Yet No Score Yet Brothers Five Heroine Yen Hsing-kung (Character) - 1970
No Score Yet No Score Yet Lady of Steel Unknown (Character) - 1970
No Score Yet No Score Yet Dragon Swamp Unknown (Character) - 1969
No Score Yet No Score Yet Raw Courage Unknown (Character) - 1969
No Score Yet No Score Yet Golden Swallow Golden Swallow Hsieh Wo Yen (Character) - 1968
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Jade Raksha Leng Chiu-han (Character) - 1968
No Score Yet No Score Yet That Fiery Girl Unknown (Character) - 1968
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Thundering Sword Su Chiao-chiao (Character) - 1967
No Score Yet No Score Yet Hong Kong Nocturne Chia Chuen-Chuen (Character) - 1967
No Score Yet 23% Princess Iron Fan White Skeleton (Character) - 1966
100% 74% Come Drink With Me Chang Hsuan-yen (Character) - 1966
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Dragon Creek Unknown (Character) - 1966
No Score Yet No Score Yet Operation Lipstick Unknown (Character) - 1966
No Score Yet No Score Yet Song of Orchid Island Unknown (Character) - 1965
No Score Yet No Score Yet All the King's Men Unknown (Character) -
No Score Yet No Score Yet Bell Chamber Unknown (Character) -
No Score Yet No Score Yet Blue Skies Unknown (Character) -