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.
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Cheng Pei-pei
Filmography
Movies
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72% |
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Mulan | The Matchmaker (Character) | - | 2020 |
63% | No Score Yet | In a New York Minute | Amy's Mother (Character) | - | 2019 |
90% |
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Meditation Park | Maria (Character) | - | 2017 |
76% |
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Goldstone | Mrs. Lao (Character) | $78.8K | 2016 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Cooking for Two |
Network Exec (Character), Executive Producer |
- | 2016 |
82% |
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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 |
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My Wedding and Other Secrets | Mrs Chu (Character) | - | 2011 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Guardsman | Unknown (Character) | - | 2011 |
No Score Yet |
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Legendary Amazons | She Saihua (Character) | - | 2011 |
No Score Yet |
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Blood Ties | Unknown (Character) | - | 2009 |
3% |
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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% |
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They Wait | Aunt Mei (Character) | - | 2007 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Counting House | Lia (Character) | - | 2007 |
No Score Yet |
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House of Harmony | Amah (Character) | - | 2005 |
No Score Yet |
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Flying Dragon, Leaping Tiger | Liu Ru Yan (Character) | - | 2002 |
No Score Yet |
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Naked Weapon | Faye Ching (Character) | - | 2002 |
No Score Yet |
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Lavender | Unknown (Character) | - | 2001 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Shadow Mask | Red Goddess (Character) | - | 2001 |
98% |
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Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon | Jade Fox (Character) | $451.2K | 2000 |
No Score Yet |
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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 |
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Flirting Scholar | Madam Wah (Character) | - | 1994 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Painted Faces | Ching (Character) | - | 1988 |
No Score Yet |
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The Lady Hermit | 'Lady Hermit' Shang Yu-ling (Character) | - | 1971 |
No Score Yet |
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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 |
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Princess Iron Fan | White Skeleton (Character) | - | 1966 |
100% |
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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) | - |