Julie Yeh

Chinese actress, singer and businesswoman

Chang Yang

(m. 1961; div. 1965)

Ling Yun

(m. 1965; div. 1983)

Yeh Feng (Chinese: 葉楓; born 19 October 1937), also known as Julie Yeh Feng, is an actress, singer and businesswoman. She starred in various films throughout the 1950s and 1960s,^[1] and is considered to have been one of Hong Kong's biggest stars of the period.^[2]

Biography

Yeh was born as Wang Jiuling in Hankou, Hubei, Republic of China. Yeh's family moved to Taiwan in 1948. She was cast in a 1954 film in Taiwan that never reached production, after which the directors Li Han-hsiang and Li Zuyong recommended her and she was signed to Motion Pictures and General Investment (MP&GI).^[1] Yeh made her screen debut in 1957, in the musical Our Sister Hedy, which tells the story of four sisters, and their sibling rivalries.^[1]

Yeh left MP&GI in 1962, after which she signed with the Shaw Brothers Studio, one of the largest production companies in Hong Kong.^[1] She retired in 1969, but made a cameo in frequent co-star Lin Cui's 1975 comedy.^[1] Yeh currently works as a businesswoman.^[1]

Personal life

In 1961, Yeh married Chang Yang, an actor. In 1965, Yeh divorced from Chang Yang. Later Yeh married another actor Ling Yun, but Yeh divorced again in 1983.^[1]

Filmography

Films

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1957	Our Sister Hedy (Chinese: 四千金)	Hung Heileon (孔希倫), Helen	^[3]
1959	Too Young to Love 二八佳人	Mui Jizyu (梅意珠)
	The Tragedy of Love 天長地久	Kwan Jizan (關伊珍)
	The Wayward Husband 桃花運	Ding Hsiang (丁香)
	Air Hostess [fr] 空中小姐	Chu Hsin-chuan (朱心娟)
	Miss Songbird 歌迷小姐	Chang Lanwai (張蘭蕙)
	Wedding Bells for Hedy	Hung Heileon (孔希倫)
1960	Sister Long Legs 長腿姐姐	Wu Tingting (胡亭亭)
	Miss Secretary 人秘書艷史	Lo Waifan (羅為芬)
	Time Is Running Short 喋血販馬場	Lei Siu-juk (李小玉)
	The Iron Fist 鐵臂金剛	Lei Ngonnei (李安妮)
	Swindlers Delight 紅男綠女	Jan Jamcau (殷吟秋)
	Sleeping Beauty 睡美人	Mimi (咪咪)
1961	The Girl with the Golden Arm 賊美人	Li Xiao-yu
	Sun, Moon and Star: Part 1 [zh] 星星月亮太陽(上)	Su Yanan
	Sun, Moon and Star: Part 2 星星月亮太陽(下)	Su Yanan
1962	It's Always Spring 桃李爭春	Li Ailian
	Come Rain, Come Shine 野花戀	Chiang Su-ying
	Love in Bloom 花好月圓	Angel Amidst the Clouds
1963	Mad About Music 鶯歌燕舞	Bai Lihong
1964	The Shepherd Girl 山歌戀	Gu Xiuxiu
	Please Remember Me 一曲難忘	Nanzi (南子)	Screenplay by Eileen Chang.^[4]
	The Warlord and the Actress 血濺牡丹紅	Tang Pei-hua
1965	Pink Tears 痴情淚	Bai Lilian
1966	Poisonous Rose 毒玫瑰	Jiang Feng
1966	The Joy of Spring 歡樂青春	Guest appearance
1968	No Time for Love 游龍戲鳳
1969	Unfinished Melody 碧海青天夜夜心	Gao Xiu-xin
1969	Farewell, My Love 春蠶	Jiang Han
1975	Sup Sap Bup Dup 十三不搭	Cameo

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g Odham Stokes, Lisa (2007). "Ye, Feng (Julie Yeh Feng) (1937– )". Historical Dictionary of Hong Kong Cinema. Vol. 2. Scarecrow Press. pp. 523–524. ISBN 978-0-8108-6458-0.
^ Yang, Jeff; Black, Art (2003). "Sun, Moon, and Star (1961; Hong Kong, Dr)". Once Upon a Time in China: A Guide to Hong Kong, Taiwanese, and Mainland Chinese Cinema. Simon and Schuster. pp. 145. ISBN 978-0-7434-4817-8.
^ "Our Sister Hedy". hkmdb.com. November 13, 1957. Retrieved October 29, 2020.
^ Zhang, Yingjin (2011). "Gender, Genre, and Performance in Eileen Chang's Films: Equivocal Contrasts Across the Print-Screen Divide". In Wang, Lingzhen (ed.). Chinese Women's Cinema: Transnational Contexts. New York: Columbia University Press. p. 258. ISBN 978-0-231-52744-6.