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The daughter of a Shanghainese immigrant who worked on ships and a mother who had never received a formal education, Lam grew up in a cramped apartment shared by four siblings and several families.
Starting from the 1980s, members of the second-generation Shanghainese started to move up in the local political hierarchy as well as in the intelligentsia. They include ... incumbent Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor
Cheung was born in Hong Kong to Shanghainese parents...
https://womenandhollywood.com/metrograph-hosting-maggie-cheung-retrospective-1fe0049e209a/
Born in Hong Kong to Shanghainese parents, Cheung got her big break when she became first runner-up at the 1983 Miss Hong Kong ...
https://www.voguehk.com/en/article/celebrity/maggie-cheung-style-file/
100 Top Chinese Restaurants of the World（2020）.
another Hong Kong actress born to Shanghainese parents is the glamorous Maggie Cheung, the star of In the Mood for Love (which director, WONG Kar Wai, is also Shanghainese).
Persimmon: Asian Literature, Arts and Culture - Volume 2 - Page 86
[concerning the film In the Time for Love] ... Mrs. Chan , like Wong Kar - wai and Maggie Cheung themselves , is of Shanghainese descent .
Widescreen: Watching Real People Elsewhere - Page 144
In In the Mood Maggie Cheung ' s eyesight for Love , she is a Shanghainese in Hong Kong , living in a tenement so ... Maggie Cheung has been in five films by Hong Kong art - house maestro Wong Kar - wai , and is often called his muse .
https://www.dramasian.com/threads/joyce-cheng-plays-lydias-old-role-shanghai-lady-hard-to-resemble-the-legend.56611/ (translation of Ta Kung Pao article)
Besides expressions resembling Lydia, Joyce also needs to use Shanghai foul language, although her grandmother taught her to speak Shanghainese, but elders do not use foul language. Joyce was only taught the gentle way of speaking, so during filming Joyce had to ask her colleagues at the changing room to teach her and used her cell phone to record it, constantly playing it back to practice. Asked if Joyce felt she resembled Lydia? She shook her head and said: "Not at all, Mommy is a legend in my heart, I am just trying my best.
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