Angela Pan
Angela Pan | |||||||
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| Born | Pan Yin-tze 5 June 1949 | ||||||
| Occupation | actress | ||||||
| Years active | 1963–present | ||||||
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| Traditional Chinese | 潘迎紫 | ||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 潘迎紫 | ||||||
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Angela Pan Yin-tze (born 5 June 1949) or Violet Pan Ying Zi is a Hong Kong actress who starred in numerous films and soap operas in the 1970s–1980s.
Life and career
Pan started out in Hong Kong and was involved in many movies and stage shows. But Pan did not truly become famous until she went to Taiwan and took up the role as lead actress in The Return of the Condor Heroes (神鵰俠侶), The Empress of the Dynasty (一代女皇), The Princess of the Dynasty (一代公主). At the time Pan and Meng Fei (孟飛) were said by the Taiwan Television Circle to be the "Perfect couple on the Screen" due to their excellent performance in The Return of the Condor Heroes. The shows were viewed by over 60% of the population out of all the shows shown at the same time. Pan finished from Southern Experimental Theater Troupe.
Pan did a lot of shows with Taiwan's well-known television network China Television Company, Ltd., also known as CTV (中國電視公司), leading her to be called the "Lovely Young Mistress of CTV (中視當家花旦)" (At the time there were only 3 channels in Taiwan, Taiwan Television (TTV), China Television (CTV) and Chinese Television System (CTS)). She is dubbed as the "Queen of CTV" because of all of her TV appearances were shown on CTV during the golden age of the 1980s and 90s.
Even though Pan started out in the 1960s, she never revealed her true age. People have been unable to guess her age because she played a lot of young ladies' roles on the screen. Especially in The Empress of the Dynasty and "Empress Da Yu Er" (一代皇后大玉兒) she played all the roles of the girl from childhood to old age; due to her impressive acting job these performances are considered to be her most critically acclaimed role. Also because of her ability to play a teenage girl's role over the years, she was given the nickname of "Baby Doll" or "Doll" (娃娃) or "Ageless Legend".[1] She was also the first actress rumored to have had cosmetic work done, due to her ageless look. She is said to be the Goldie Hawn of Asia due to their similarity of their ageless look.
Pan is also well known in China because of her shows of The Empress of the Dynasty, The Return of the Condor Heroes, Empress Da Yu Er (一代皇后大玉兒) and The Quarrels with Mother-in-Law (婆媳過招七十回), among other roles.
Personal life
In 1972 she married actor Chan Hung-lit whom she co-starred with in many films but divorced in 1980.
Filmography
Film
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Television
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References
- ^ Fan of Tze (紫醉今迷) Chinese fan site