Yuen Qiu
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.
Known For
The Shadow's Edge
Old Woman
Kung Fu Hustle
Landlady
The Man with the Golden Gun
Nara - Hip's Niece #1 (uncredited)
Club Sparkle
The Bodyguard
Residents Commitee Chairperson
A Fist Within Four Walls
Yuk Bo-fung
From Vegas to Macau III
Mahjong Queen
Project A
窦太太
Kung Fu Beggar
The Righteous Fists
Ting Sai-fung
A Fistful of Stances
Au-Yeung Wai Lan
Second Life
老年梁姐
The Heroine
Agent Ho Mai-Wa
Looking for Jackie
Lixia's Aunt
Wudang Rules
Bastard Swordsman
Rain
New Tales of the Flying Fox
Wu's pregnant wife
Just Another Pandora's Box
Landlady
Disciples of the 36th Chamber
Li Xiao Huan
Unmatched Hero Fang Shiyu
Eagle Shadow Fist
Rickshaw Man's Granddaughter
1:99 Shorts
(segment "Hong Kong - A Winner")
Dreadnaught
White Tiger's Wife
Kung Fu Stuntmen
Europe Raiders
All U Need Is Love
Hotel resident
Wild City
Mona
Tales from the Dark 1
Restaurant Owner (segment "Stolen Goods")
The Book of Mythical Beasts
Shui Sannyang
Kung Fu Mahjong
Auntie Fei
Kung Fu Mahjong 2
Auntie Fei
Kung Fu Mahjong 3
Auntie Toni
Aberdeen
Kung Fu Wing Chun
Leung's Mother
Dragon's Claws
Li Hua
你照亮我星球
瘦瘦姐
The Mask of Shura of Fire Cloud
Long Road to Gallantry
Chang Tian Yi
The Lady Iron Chef
Lady Green / Lin Ching-Hsia
My Alien Girlfriend
Zhen Nihua