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Cheng Pei-pei (6 January 1946–18 July 2024) was a Chinese actress, who was considered cinema's first female action hero. She was known for her performance in the 1966 King Hu wuxia film Come Drink with Me, as well as her portrayal of Jade Fox in the award-winning 2000 wuxia film Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon.
5 hours ago · Actress Cheng Pei-pei, best known for her martial arts roles in films such as “Come Drink with Me” and “Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon,” has died. She was 78.
16 hours ago · Photos: China Press. Chinese actress Cheng Pei-pei, renowned for her roles in Ang Lee’s Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon and King Hu’s Come Drink With Me, has died. She was 78. The news was ...
16 hours ago · Cheng Pei-pei, the actress who starred as the villain Jade Fox in Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, has died. She was 78 years old. Entertainment news site Variety reported that she died in the San Francisco Bay area on Thursday (Jul 18) of degenerative brain disease and that she had donated her brain to medical research.
9 hours ago · Cheng Pei Pei, a trailblazer for women in Asian martial arts cinema and a star of the 2000 blockbuster “Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon,” died on July 17 in the San Francisco Bay Area.She was ...
14 hours ago · Cheng Pei-pei, the Chinese-born action film icon who starred in Ang Lee’s Oscar-nominated “Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon” and King Hu’s seminal wuxia feature “Come Drink With Me,” has ...
16 hours ago · Cheng Pei-pei in 2016. Photo by VCG/VCG via Getty Images. Cheng's breakthrough role was in the 1966 wuxia film Come Drink With Me, directed by King Hu, which spawned a sequel in 1968 titled Golden ...
1 day ago · Cheng Pei-pei, who memorably starred in Ang Lee’s Oscar-nominated film, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, died Thursday at 78 in the San Francisco Bay Area from a degenerative brain disease. Cheng ...
1 day ago · Cheng Pei-pei, ‘Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon’ and ‘Come Drink With Me’ Actress, Dies at 78. Cheng starred in 20 wuxia action films for Hong Kong's Shaw Brothers Studios and was dubbed ...
16 hours ago · Cheng Pei-pei, the Chinese-born martial arts actress who starred in Ang Lee’s Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, has died her family announced on Friday. She was 78. Cheng, who had been diagnosed with a rare illness with symptoms similar to Parkinson’s disease, died on Wednesday at home surrounded by her loved ones, her family wrote on Facebook.
