Ouyang Sha-fei


Qian Shunying, better known by her stage name Ouyang Sha-fei, was a Hong Kong actress.
She is known for her roles in Dragon Fist, A Chinese Ghost Story II, and Dream of the Red Chamber.

Early life

Ouyang was born in Suzhou, Jiangsu, Republic of China on September 9, 1924.

Acting career

Ouyang was prolific actress; she famously starred in over 250 films in a 54-year period, between 1937 and 1991. At the age of 17, she began her acting career in several Mandarin movies in Shanghai. "Spy Number One" was her first successful movie. Ouyang made 17 films between 1951 and 1952, making her one of the busiest actresses in the Hong Kong film industry in her time. For most of the movies in her early career, she collaborated with her director and husband, Tu Guangqi. This partnership lasted until 1956.
In the early 1960s, Ouyang signed with the Shaw Brothers Studio. She exclusively acted in their films until the late 1970s. As her career matured in the late 1970s, Ouyang primarily took on roles of the mother or aunt in films and received two awards as the Best Supporting Role. While in Taiwan, she collaborated primarily with local Taiwanese TV networks. After returning to Hong Kong, she made cameos in many TV shows and movies and finally retired in 1990.

Personal life

As Ouyang's acting career took off in the 1940s, she married her director, Tu Guangqi. Her marriage was well-known after World War II. In the 1950s, the married couple escaped to Hong Kong to escape the political turmoil in China. They separated in 1956 and were divorced.
In 1979, she remarried and relocated to the United States. When her new spouse died the next year, she relocated to Taiwan. Ouyang later returned to Hong Kong.
After retiring in 1990, Ouyang relocated to the US for a few years and experienced a bad fall in 2009. Her health declined until she died of organ failure on August 5, 2010 and was buried in Salt Lake City, Utah, USA.

Filmography

Film

Ouyang starred in over 250 films.
YearTitleRoleNotes
1943Swallows Welcome Spring
1943Qiu Qi Ge
1944Kai Feng
1945Dream of the Red Mansions
1945The Grand Hotel
1945Struggle
1946Spy Number One
1948Murderer Among the Sisters
1948The Broken Dream
1948Missing Document
1949Female Prisoner No. 13Fenglian Shi
1949Reformed Lady
1949The Bell-Ring in the Hanshan Temple
1950Miss Du Jin
1951The Open RoadZhilan
1951Modern Girl
1951The Thirteen Grand TutorsAlso known as The Thirteen That Go Astray
1951Modern Wives
1951Missing Document
1952A Double-Faced ManYulan Xie
1952The Troubled Love of Wang Kui and Gui Ying
1952Don't Tell My Husband
1952Portrait of a Lady
1952The Closer the Better
1952Bloodbath
1952Angelo
1952Beautiful Corpse in the Bath
1952Modern Red Chamber DreamBaochai Xue
1952A Woman's Heart
1952Demon of Lust
1952Fatal Attraction
1952A Woman's Stifled Desires
1952The World Turned Upside Down
1952Gone to the Dogs
1953New West Chamber
1953Beauty in Disguise
1953Little Couple
1953A Woman's Love
1953The Magic World of Filmdom
1953The Illegitimate SonFang Ah
1953Do Not Forget Tonight
1954Love's Longing
1956Love's Elegy
1956The Flame of Love
1957Little Angels of the Streets
1958Return of the Prodigal Youth
1958Dawn of New Hopes
1959All in the FamilyDu's mother
1959Girl with a Thousand Guises
1959Mischievous Girl
1959Orphans of the Storm
1960Death TrapsRose Huang Meigui
1960Secret Affairs
1960Swindler's Delight
1960Filial PietyMadam Wong
1960The Lady Musketeer
1960Let the Young Decide
1960The Wild, Wild RoseLiang's mother
1960Tragic MelodyXiufeng Hua
1960DevotionMrs. Shi
1961Sun, Moon and Star Jianbai's grandmother
1961The Search of Loved OneAunt Wong
1961Venture of the Lady Musketeer
1962Lily of the ValleyMrs. Hu
1962A Gratitude as Weighty as the Mountain
1962Tears of a Lute Player
19627 Playful Women
1962Shan Dong Ma Yong ZhenJingwen Xu
1963The Love EterneShanbo's mother
1963The Lady and the Thief
1963The AdulteressShouying Yang
1963StepmotherShuhua Huang
1963The Second Spring
1964Beyond the Great WallChun's runaway maid
1964The Warlord and the Actressone of General's wives
1964The Dancing MillionnairessYue's aunt
1964The Shepherd GirlWidow Zhu
1964The CoinMa Chen
1964The Story of Sue SanLung's elder sister
1964Between Tears and SmilesYuechin Huang
1964Comedy of MismatchesYulang's mother
1965Call of the SeaChinhu's mother
1965The MermaidPrime Minister's wife
1965Pink TearsPing's mother
1965Squadron 77Kyoko
1965Inside the Forbidden CityConcubine Chengfei Li
1966Til the End of TimeHsuehling's grandmother
1966The Treacherous Lady Killer
1966The Blue and the Black Madame Kao
1966The Blue and the Black Madame Kao
1966Sweet and WildMrs. Tang
1966The Joy of Spring
1966The Mating SeasonSecretary
1966The Bridge
1967The King With My FaceEmpress Wei
1967Hong Kong NocturneTze Ching's Mother
1967Sweet is RevengeDavid's mother
1967Swan SongMrs. Ge
1967Too Late for LoveMrs. Li
1967The Goddess of MercyPrincess Miaoyin
1967The Mirror and the LicheeMadam Huang
1967The Midnight MurderLiu's mother
1967Madam Slender PlumDavid's mother
1967Four SistersGrandma
1968The Sword of SwordsOld Madam
1968Mist Over Dream LakeShunchuan Hsu
1968When the Clouds Roll ByMrs. Qiu
1968That Fiery GirlChilli's Nanny
1968Double TroubleDirector's wife
1968The RainbowChiumeng Shen
1968Forever and EverXiaowen's mother
1969Unfinished MelodyAunty Zhang
1969Torrent of DesireMadame Chen
1969'Mrs. Yeh
1969Killers FiveYue's mother
1969Temptress of a Thousand FacesNewspaper manager
1969Raw CourageMrs. Bai
1969Tropicana InterludeJiang Ren's mother
1970Double BlissMrs. Zhou
1970Whose Baby's in the Classroom?Head Mistress
1970Apartment for LadiesMrs. Chan
1970Love Song Over the Sea
1970A Place to Call HomeMrs. Yukwa Jang
1971Lady with a SwordFeifei's mother
1971The Long Years
1971The Man with Two Wives
1971The Swift KnightSister Yu
1971SunsetJulie Hu
1971The EunuchKun Erh
1972The FugitiveBank customer with jade bracelet
1972The LizardJapanese ambassador's wife
1972Of Wives and Mistresses
1972Let's Go to Bed
1972The Merry WifeMs. Xia
1972The 14 AmazonsChunchu Chai
1972Finger of DoomLeader of Finger of Doom clan
1973The BastardBrothel madam
1973Tales of LarcenyBlind beggar
1973Facets of LoveMother
1973The School Mistress
1973The House of 72 TenantsMrs. Chan
1973River of FuryYiqing Ge's mother
1974Hong Kong 73Dorkei Wong's wife
1974Sorrow of the GentryMa Zhang
1974The Splendid Love in WinterMimi's mother
1974SupremoMrs. Erhwen Tu
1974The Playboy
1974The Emerald Horse
1974Cheeky Little AngelsGrandmother
1974Blood ReincarnationDr. Liu's maid Suihong
1974The Rat CatcherMrs. Fang
1974Sex, Love and HateLi Ji's mother
1974One Year's FantasyWang's mother
1974Farewell Dearest
1974Gossip StreetAunt Chau
1975Black Alice
1975Lover's DestinyFengshian's mother
1975Sup Sap Bup DupFalse moustache's wife
1975The Miserable Girl
1975The Nutty Crook
1975The Bloody EscapeTang Li's mother
1975Cuties Parade
1975Lady of the LawMadam White Brows
1975Love Lock
1975Temperament of LifeManager's wife
1975The Big HoldupInspector's mother
1975The Empress DowagerConcubine
1975Bald-Headed Betty
1975Hong Kong Superman
1975The BedevilledChia Chu's mother
1975All in the Family''Ling's mother
1975Enjoy Longevity-300 Years
1975Moon and Stars
1975Maids-in-Waiting
1975Kissed by the Wolves
1975Shantung Man in Hong Kong
1975Gambling SyndicateCasino guest
1975Mutiny on the High Sea
1975Bar Girl
1975My Wacky, Wacky WorldBrothel boss
1976Love SwindlerXiaolin's mother
1976King GamblerMrs. Shaqian Li
1976The Web of DeathMajor clan senior
1976The Dragon MissileLong's mother
1976The Big FamilyMother Lung
1976Wrong Side of the TrackAunt Liu
1976Hustler from Canton
1976Born Rich
1976My Funny Intern
1976The Forbidden PastMrs. Zhu
1976CrossroadFang's mom
1976The Last TempestPrince Duan's wife
1976The Fierce FistSher's mother
1976The Morning Date
1976The Prodigal Son
1977The Diary of Di-Di
1977He Has Nothing But Kung Fu
1977Starlets for SaleMrs. Zhang
1977The Battle Wizardonly in deleted footage
1977Death DuelHsiao Li's mother
1977The Flash LegsChang Fang's mother
1977Cloud of RomanceWanlu's adoptive mother
1977The Fatal Flying GuillotinesShen Ping's mother
1977Golden Nun
1977The Mad MonkQin's wife
1977Pursuit of VengeanceLe Yin
1977Dreams of EroticismSiqi's mother
1977The Dream of the Red ChamberMrs. Jia Zheng
1977Forever and EverPrisoner's mother
1977Hong Kong EmmanuelleAn Liang's mother
1977Orchid in the Rain
1977Judgement of an AssassinChief Jin Te Tien's wife
1978The Avenging EagleSe Ma Sun's wife
1978Heroes of the EastThird Aunt
1978Interlude on Rails
1978Clan of AmazonsMrs. Xue
1978Three Minutes Past NineShen Yan's grandmother
1978Duel at Tiger VillageLee San's mothercameo
1978Delinquent Teenagers
1978The Cunning Hustler
1979Lewd Lizard
1979The Last JudgementMother Liang
1979Invincible EnforcerAh Fatt's wife
1979Young LoversMrs. Fang
1979Dragon FistMaster Zhuang's wife
1979Spiritual Boxer, Part IIMother of missing vampire
1979Spring in the Palace
1980The Undated Wedding
1980Haunted TalesYali's mother
1981Sha Jia Shi Wu Nu Ying Hao
1981The Women Soldiers
1981Kung Fu From Beyond the GraveChun Sing's mother
1982In Out Time
1982Strange Skill
1982The Persistently Devoted Son
1982The Devil Fox
1982Devil Returns
1982Godfathers of Fury
1983The EnchantressJiao's Japanese maid
1983Take Care, Your Majesty!Royal teacher
1983Seeding of a GhostGuest at Fong's home
1983Devil FetusGrandmother Cheung
1983Calamity of Snakes
1984Law with Two PhasesChief B's mother
1984Prince CharmingLipin Chen's mother
1984My Sentimental Little FriendLora
1985Why Me?Koko's grandmother
1988Fatal LoveSan
1988Flirting
1990The Fun, the Luck & the TycoonSun's aunt
1990A Chinese Ghost Story II
1990Rebel from ChinaMeiling's grandmother
1991The Gambling GhostTriad mum playing mahjong at wedding