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Yuen Qiu

Acting Born Apr 19, 1950 Shandong Province, China 24 credits

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.

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Known for

Film

The Shadow's Edge

as Old Woman
Film

Kung Fu Hustle

as Landlady

Full filmography

  • The Shadow's Edge (2025) as Old Woman
  • Club Sparkle (2009)
  • Kung Fu Hustle (2004) as Landlady
  • The Man with the Golden Gun (1974) as Nara - Hip's Niece #1 (uncredited)
  • A Fistful of Stances (2010) as Au-Yeung Wai Lan
  • Project A (2007) as 窦太太
  • The Righteous Fists (2022) as Ting Sai-fung
  • The Heroine (1973) as Agent Ho Mai-Wa
  • A Fist Within Four Walls (2016) as Yuk Bo-fung
  • Kung Fu Beggar (2005)
  • Wudang Rules (2015)
  • Second Life (2024) as 老年梁姐
  • The Bodyguard (2016) as Residents Commitee Chairperson
  • From Vegas to Macau III (2016) as Mahjong Queen
  • 谁解女人心 (2014)
  • Looking for Jackie (2009) as Lixia's Aunt
  • Unmatched Hero Fang Shiyu (2011)
  • Just Another Pandora's Box (2010) as Landlady
  • Disciples of the 36th Chamber (1985) as Li Xiao Huan
  • 1:99 Shorts (2003) as (segment "Hong Kong - A Winner")
  • My Kung Fu Sweetheart (2006) as Dolina
  • Dreadnaught (1981) as White Tiger's Wife
  • Bastard Swordsman (1983) as Rain
  • Wild City (2015) as Mona