Chinese name 蕭芳芳 (traditional) Name Josephine Siao Chinese name 萧芳芳 (simplified) Role Film star | Birth name Siao Liang (蕭亮) Origin Hong Kong | |
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Pinyin Jyutping siu1 fong1 fong1 (Cantonese) Children Chang Hoi-Kam, Chang Nga-Kam Awards Hong Kong Film Award for Lifetime Achievement Movies The Legend, Summer Snow, Fong Sai‑yuk II, Always on My Mind, Hu‑Du‑Men Similar People Connie Chan, Patrick Tse, Charlie Chin, Corey Yuen, Ann Hui | ||
Patrick Tse and Josephine Siao
Josephine Siao Fong-Fong MBE is a Hong Kong film star who became popular as a child actress and continued her success as a mature actress, winning numerous awards including Best Actress at the 45th Berlin International Film Festival (for Summer Snow). Since retiring from show business (partly due to her increasing deafness), she has become a writer and a psychologist, known for her work against child abuse.
Contents
- Patrick Tse and Josephine Siao
- Josephine siao in bikini interviewed by dodo cheng and luis castro
- Biography
- Selective filmography
- Book by Siao Fong Fong
- Siao Fong Fong Performing Art Hall
- References
Josephine siao in bikini interviewed by dodo cheng and luis castro
Biography
Josephine Siao Fong-Fong was born as Siao Liang in Luzhi in Suzhou, Jiangsu. At the age of two, she was brought to Hong Kong by her parents.
Siao's first movie appearance was at age six, and she became one of the biggest teen idols in Hong Kong during the late 1960s, along with frequent co-star Connie Chan Po-chu. The two were often cast in wuxia films as disciples of the same master and sometimes—when Connie played the male lead—as young heroes in love. Back in the 1960s, Josephine's and Connie's fans maintained a heated rivalry. News of their fans getting into catfights was not uncommon in those days.
Unlike many child stars, Siao made a successful transition to adult stardom, remaining one of Hong Kong's most prolific and popular actresses. She was also one of the directors (co-directing with Leung Po-Chih 梁普智) and writers of Jumping Ash (跳灰). This film is regarded as a prelude to the Hong Kong New Wave in the 1980s by film critics.
Having largely missed out on formal education because of her acting career as a child, Siao pursued her studies in later years despite the handicap of increasing deafness and the demands of raising a family (she has two daughters by her second husband). During this time she made fewer films, but her output included highly praised work such as her award-winning performance in Summer Snow (1995) as a middle-aged widow trying to cope with her father-in-law suffering from Alzheimer's Disease.
Western fans of martial arts films will probably know her best from the Fong Sai-yuk films made in 1993, in which she played Jet Li's kung fu–fighting mother. (These films were released on Western DVD as The Legend.)
Siao has been retired from show business since 1997 in favour of her work in child psychology. In particular, she is a noted campaigner against child abuse, and founded the End Child Sexual Abuse Foundation, which she now chairs, in 1999. She is also a published author.
Some of the milestones in her life include:
Selective filmography
Sources:
Book by Siao Fong Fong
Siao Fong Fong Performing Art Hall
The Siao Fong Fong Performing Art Hall was established in 1998 at Shantang Street of Luzhi township in the Siao family's former residence.