Grass on the Wall 1948/4/22
Li Lihua 李丽华 1924-2017
She was nicknamed Hsiao Mi - 'The Evergreen
Tree' of Chinese cinema owing to her long and popular movie career and youthful
looks. She also made her mark in Hollywood, with Cecile de Mille, Victor
Mature, and Yul Bryner among her many admirers. In 1958, she became one of the
first Chinese actresses to star in a Hollywood film “China Doll” with Victor
Mature. A very young Jackie Chan appeared in 3 films with her. More than half a
century later, Chan presented Li with the lifetime achievement award at the
2015 Golden Horse Awards in Taiwan. During his speech, he said: "I called
her mother once, but the title has stuck for more than 50 years since
then." Chan also described Li as an "eternal star" and an
"eternal goddess", before dropping to his knees to present her with
the award.
The Singapore Entertainment & Television Eight magazine featured her as one of the Most Beautiful Stars of the 20th Century, describing her as a "Bewitching Belle: She was a diva before the title was trendy. Li LiHua, the classic Chinese femme fatale, exuded a regal air which she lent to to her portrayals of bold women like Empress Wu ...."
UPDATE
Li Li-hua died this week in Hong Kong on Sunday March 19, 2017. She was 92. and will be missed by us all. Bless you Li LiHua – and thank you so much for being you - a very wonderful person to be. Enjoy your time now singing with the angels. They must be so happy to have one of their own now joining. I recommend anyone who would like to leave a tribute to her and enjoy pictures and music from her - to visit a website dedicated to her memory http://www.lilihua.net.
Filmography (1940-1978)
Producer (2 films)
Revenge of a
Beautiful Ghost (1970)
The Twins (1971)
Actress (104 films)
3 Smiles (1940)
3 Smiles Part Two (1940)
Brave Biography (1941)
Hearts Aflamed (1941)
The Story of Qiuhaitang
(1943)
Colorful Tokyo (1944)
Three Women (1947) ...
Jian-Hua
Yang Yan Tian (1947)
Broken Spring Dreams (1947)
Fake Phoenix (1947)
The Thousand Mile Escort of
Jingnian (1948)
The Corn in Ripe for
Plucking (1948) ... Li Xueqing
The Lady Thief (1948) ...
Zhao Lingru
A Fisherman's Honour (1949)
Our Husband (1949) ... Li
Han-Fen
The Awful Truth (1950) ...
Xue Man-Na
The Insulted and the
Injured (1950) ... Jiang Mulan
Spring Comes and Winter
Goes (1950)
The Victims (1951) ... Ah
Ying
Spoiling the Wedding Day
(1951)
The Flower Girl (1951) ...
[title char]
The Fiery Phoenix (1951)
Red Roses (1952)
Sweet Song for You (1952)
Sweet Memories (1952)
Midas (1952)
A Respectable Family (1952)
Modern Red Chamber Dream
(1952) ... Lin Dai-Yu
Green Heaven (1953)
A Song to Remember (1953)
Qiu Jin, the Revolutionary
Heroine (1953)
General Chai and Lady Balsam
(1953) ... [title char]
A Midsummer Night's Love
(1953)
Heaven of Love, Sea of Sin
(1953)
Lover Eternal (1953)
The Beauty and the Dumb
(1954) ... Xiuxiu
Girl on the Loose (1954)
The Wind Withers (1954)
Rose I Love You (1954)
What Price Beauty ? (1955)
... Xiao Bai Cai
Blood Will Tell (1955)
Beauty of Tokyo (1955)
Camille (1955)
Lady Balsam's Conquest
(1955)
Our Lovely Baby (1956)
Nonya and Baba (1956)
A Dark Wench (1956)
Madame Butterfly (1956) ...
Cio Cio San
Rainstorm in Chinatown
(1956)
Xi Shi (1956)
Blind Love (1956)
The Secret of a Married
Woman (1956)
My Lover, the Ghost (1956)
The Flame of Love (1956)
Red Bloom in the Snow
(1956) ... Xue Lihong
Happy Union (1957) ... Shui
Ping-Hsin
No Time for Love (1957)
The Great Wall of China
(1957)
Story of Lu Siniang (1958)
The Film World's Merry Song
(1958)
The Story of Yuan Yuan Hong
(1958)
A Romantic Lady (1959)
The Long Voyage Home (1959)
A Shot in the Dark (1960)
The Pistol (1961) ... Bus
passenger
Big and Little Wong Tin Bar
(1962)
The Black Fox (1962)
Yang Kwei Fei (1962) ...
Yang Kwei Fei/Yang Yu Huan
Angel of the Wilderness
(1962)
Mung Li Chuen (1963)
Three Sinners (1963) ...
Yan Xi Jiao (Yen Hsi-Chiao)
The Adulteress (1963) ...
Xiao Bai-Cai
The Empress Wu Tse-tien
(1963) ... Empress Wu Zhao / Nun Ming Kong
The Second Spring (1963)
Liang San Poh and Chu Ing
Tai (1964) ... Liang Shanbo
The Story of Qin Xianglian
(1964)
The Coin (1964) ...
Taxi-dancer Ye Lan
Between Tears and Laughter
(1964) ... Shen Feng Shian/Ho Li Shia
Squadron 77 (1965)
Call of the Sea (1965)
Vermillion Door (1965) ...
Luo Xiang-Yi
The Grand Substitution
(1965) ... Princess Chuan Ji
The Joy of Spring (1966)
Lady Jade Locket (1967) ...
Yang Yue Wei
Rape of the Sword (1967)
... Geng Liu Niang
The Goddess of Mercy (1967)
... Princess Miao Shang
The Partisan Lovers (1969)
... Ah Lan
Storm Over the Yang-Tse
River (1969)
Secret Agent Chang Jiang
No.1 (1970)
Four Moods (1970)
A Tale of Ghost and Fox
(1970)
Revenge of a Beautiful
Ghost (1970)
The Unforgotten Ones (1970)
The Longest Appointment
(1971)
Liufu Tea House (1971)
Five Plus Five (1971)
The Widow Takes Revenge
(1971)
The Twins (1971)
Golden Rose (1972)
The Fate of Lee Khan (1973)
... Wendy
The Legend of Mother
Goddess (1975)
Unforgetable Heroine (1975)
Boxer Rebellion (1976) ...
Empress Dowager
Dream of the Red Chamber
(1978) ... Ladyship