Yuen Qiu
Known For
Acting
Born
1950-04-19 in Shandong Province, China
Biography
Yuen Qiu (元秋) is a Hong Kong actress and martial artist born as born Cheung Cheun-Nam (張轉男) in Shandong Province, China. 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 the China Drama Academy's Peking Opera School. Yuen Qiu worked as a stuntwoman 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 student rescuing Roger Moore as James Bond. As there were few opportunities for stuntwomen 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. Yuen is also in a movie called Kung Fu Mahjong, with Yuen Wah.
Most Known For
The Shadow's Edge
as Old Woman
Kung Fu Hustle
as Landlady
The Man with the Golden Gun
as Nara - Hip's Niece #1 (uncredited)
Club Sparkle
From Vegas to Macau III
as Mahjong Queen
Second Life
as 老年梁姐
A Fist Within Four Walls
as Yuk Bo-fung
A Fistful of Stances
as Au-Yeung Wai Lan
Kung Fu Beggar
The Righteous Fists
as Ting Sai-fung
Wudang Rules
Looking for Jackie
as Lixia's Aunt
Unmatched Hero Fang Shiyu
Europe Raiders
Just Another Pandora's Box
as Landlady
Project A
as 窦太太
The Bodyguard
as Residents Commitee Chairperson
Disciples of the 36th Chamber
as Li Xiao Huan
All U Need Is Love
as Hotel resident
