[CHI] Yuen Qiu 元秋

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Yuen Qiu 元秋

Gotta give props to the only female of the Seven Little Fortunes (七小福) !



Yuen Qiu is an actress and martial artist. She is an expert of both Chinese martial arts and Beijing-opera skills, and was apprenticed under the same master, Yu Jim-yuen, as Jackie Chan and Sammo Hung Kam-Bo at China Drama Academy.

Yuen Qiu worked as a stunt woman and as a night club performer from the late 1960s to early 1970s. She had a small role in the international production, The Man with the Golden Gun (1974), portraying a girl student rescuing Roger Moore as James Bond. As there were few opportunities for stunt women and barely any prospects for improvement at the time, she got married in 1974 at the age of 24.

After being away from the Hong Kong film industry for nearly 20 years, she landed a role in Kung Fu Hustle only by chance. She was only accompanying a junior woman fellow of the China Drama Academy at the audition but the director's eye was on her. Reports show that Stephen Chow gave her the job after unremitting and persistent persuasion.

Profile
Birth name: Cheung Cheun Nam (張轉男)
Born: 1950 (age 60–61)
Influences: Yu Jim Yuen

 
     
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Filmography
Not Scared to Die (1973)
Police Woman (1973)
The Man With The Golden Gun (USA 1974)
The Black Dragon's Revenge (1975)
Dragon Lee vs. The 5 Brothers (1978)
Fearless Duo (1978)
Dragon's Claws (1979)
The Dragon's Snake Fist (1979)
Dreadnaught (1981)
Dragon, the Young Master (1981)
Bastard Swordsman (1983)
New Tales of the Flying Fox (1984)
Crazy Shaolin Disciples (1985)
Disciples of the 36th Chamber (1985)
Kung Fu Hustle (2004)
Kung Fu Mahjong (2005)
Kung Fu Mahjong 2 (2005)
My Kung-Fu Sweetheart (2006)
I'll Call You (2006)
Kung Fu Mahjong 3 - The Final Duel (2007)
The Lady Iron Chef (2007)
The Luckiest Man (2008)
Desires of the Heart (2008)
Looking for Jackie (2009)
Just Another Pandora's Box (2010)

you may have seen her in this little movie 


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