Li Lihua

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Li Lihua (李丽华), also known as Li Li-Hua, Li Hua Li and Teresa Li (李麗華, 17 July 1924 – 19 March 2017) was a Chinese actress and singer. Li Lihua was born in Shanghai and moved to Hong Kong in 1948. She is the daughter of famous Beijing Opera actor Li Guifang (李桂芳). At age 12 she moved to Beijing and studied Beijing Opera. Four years later she moved to Shanghai and joined the Yihua Film Company. Her first movie was 3 Smiles (三笑) which was released in two parts in 1940. Her final movie was New Dream of the Red Chamber (新紅樓夢) in 1978 after which she retired and moved to the United States. She acted in over one hundred twenty movies during her 38 year career. She was known from the Shaw Brothers Studio. In 1969 she was awarded the Golden Horse Best Actress award for Storm over the Yangtze River (揚子江風雲). In 2015 she was awarded the 52nd Annual Golden Horse Lifetime Achievement Award. In April 2016 she was honored with a Hong Kong Film Awards Lifetime Achievement Award. She died on 19 March 2017, aged 92. In 1957, Li married Hong Kong actor and director Yan Jun (嚴俊) (December 17, 1917 – August 18, 1980) User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.

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Famous Female Singers From Shanghai (Lao Shanghai Hong Ling De Jue Shi Ge Sheng)

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Spring Flowers and Autumn Moon: Tender Voice Behind the Shadow of Life (ChunHua QiuYue: FeiMo DengYing Hou De QiMi RenSheng)

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Romantic Chinese Hits of the 1930s and 1940s (Zhong Guo Lao Ge Lang Man Yuan Tou Zhi San Si Shi Nian Dai)

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Spring Flowers And Autumn Moon: Tender Voice Behind The Shadow Of Life

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Romantic Chinese Hits Of The 1930s And 1940s

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中國新年歌曲名典

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Famous Female Singers From Shanghai (Lao Shanghai Hong Ling

Shanghai Gorgeous Lady: Famous Female Singers From Shanghai

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Spring Flowers And Autumn Moon: Tender Voice Behind The Shadow Of Life (春花秋月 - 啡沫灯影后的绮靡人声)

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百代百年系列26 上海電影歌集

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Centennial Of Chinese Films Vol. 2

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上海老歌1931-1949（CD9）李丽华

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