China: Yu So Chow (9 July 1930 - 12 May 2017), Chinese actress from Hong Kong, c. 1950s. Yu So Chow (于素秋; pinyin: Yú Sù Qiū) is a Chinese actress born in Beijing on to a Peking opera family. She is the daughter of late Master Yu Jim Yuen who ran the China Drama Academy, a Peking Opera School in Hong Kong, and teacher of many well-known actors. She started her acting career in 1948 and made over 240 films in the wuxia, kung fu, action, detective and Cantonese opera genres. Her films were successful at the box-office and she was one of the most popular superstars of the 1960s in Asia.

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