Chang Mei-yao
張富枝
PronunciationZhāng Fùzhī
Born
Chang Fu-chi

1 January 1941
Died1 April 2012(2012-04-01) (aged 71)
Puli, Nantou County, Taiwan
SpouseKo Chun-hsiung
AwardsGolden Horse Awards
Golden Bell Awards

Chang Fu-chi (Chinese: 張富枝; pinyin: Zhāng Fùzhī; 1 January 1941 – 1 April 2012), known by the stage name Chang Mei-yao (Chinese: 張美瑤; pinyin: Zhāng Měiyáo), was a Taiwanese actress.

Chang Fu-chi was born in 1941 in what later became Puli, Nantou County to a family of Taiwanese aboriginal descent. She assumed the stage name Chang Mei-yao and began her acting career in 1957 after graduating from junior high school.[1] She signed with Lin Tuan-chiu's Yufeng Pictures, which produced Taiwanese Hokkien-language films, shortly before the studio closed its doors in 1959. After a few years as a radio broadcaster, Chang joined Peter Long and the Taiwan Film Studio. She also appeared in films produced by companies based in Japan and Hong Kong. Chang married Ko Chun-hsiung in 1970 and subsequently retired from acting. She was active again from 2002 to 2009, primarily as a television actress. During the 2000s, she was repeatedly nominated as a Golden Bell Award finalist, but never won.[2]

Chang divorced Ko in 2004.[3] In 2008, she received a specially-designated Golden Horse Award.[4] She died on 1 April 2012 at the age of 71, and later that year, was posthumously awarded a Golden Bell special award.[5]

References

  1. ↑ Cheng, Zoe; Wu, Sofia (12 April 2012). "Curtain falls on actress Chang Mei-yao's final act at 71". Taiwan News. Central News Agency. Retrieved 11 June 2017. Alt URL
  2. ↑ Lee, Daw-Ming (2012). Historical Dictionary of Taiwan Cinema. Scarecrow Press. pp. 84–86. ISBN 9780810879225.
  3. ↑ Tsou, Nian-tsu; Tseng, Te-jung; Hsu, Hui; Chung, Jake (8 December 2015). "Film star Ko Chun-hsiung dies aged 70". Taipei Times. Retrieved 11 June 2017.
  4. ↑ "Chang Mei-yao dies aged 71". Taipei Times. 13 April 2012. Retrieved 11 June 2017.
  5. ↑ Chung, Jake (27 October 2012). "Golden Bells honor living and dead". Taipei Times. Retrieved 11 June 2017.
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