Connie Chan Po-Chu

Acting Dec 10, 1946 (80 years old) Guangdong, China

Both of her parents being Cantonese Opera stars - Chan Fei Nung and Kung Fan Hung. Connie Chan as an actor is of undoubted pedigree and to the manner born. She learned the skills of Cantonese Opera from her parents and after that she became an apprentice under Peking Opera master Fen Ju Hua and Cantonese Superstar Yam Kim Fai. Hence she was trained in both the Southern and Northern styles of martial arts and operas. She made her screen debut with Chun Heung Lin in 1958 and then appeared with opera legend Yam Kim Fai in the Cantonese opera film The Unroyal Prince. She was one of the most popular actresses in the sixties. In 1967 alone, she played in 32 films. Chan is a versatile actress and she can play both male and female roles. She appeared in films like costumed action movies, dramas, comedies and also musicals. An icon of young girls in the sixties, her popularity was such that she was known as the Movie Princess at that time.

Was a member of Madame Fan Fok-Fa's The Spring And Autumn Drama School's Peking Opera.

114 Acting Credits

Connie Chan Po-Chu

Acting

The Lizard

Give Me a Kiss

The Tin Long Gang

A Romantic Thief

The Sweetest Moment

The Black Rose

Eternal Love

Young, Pregnant and Unmarried

Paragon of Sword and Knife

Movie-fan Princess

Master Cute

The Snowflake Sword (Part 1)

Red Lamp Shaded in Blood

Misunderstood

The Blonde Hair Monster

Spy with My Face

Lady Bond

Return of Lady Bond

Moslem Sacred Fire Decree, Part 1

Moslem Sacred Fire Decree, Part 2

Liu zhi qin mo

Girls are Flowers

Dragnet of the Law

The Black Killer