Margaret Tu Chuan

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In this Chinese name, the family name is Tu.
Margaret Tu Chuan

Margaret Tu Chuan (Chinese: 杜娟; pinyin: Dù Juān; January 1, 1942 – November 30, 1969) was a Hong Kong actress.

Career[]

She made her first film, , in 1958. The film was directed by Li Han Hsiang who discovered her at age seventeen. She starred in movies such as (1959), The Kingdom And The Beauty (1959) and Madam White Snake (1957) with Betty Loh Ti and Lin Dai before her death in 1969. (1969) was the last role she starred in before committing suicide by taking an overdose of sleeping pills[1] with a female lover after a failed marriage.

Filmography[]

  • (1969)
  • (1967) .... Hong Ling
  • (1967) .... Hu Mei
  • (1964)
  • (1966) .... Chieh Ying
  • (1966) .... Hsiao Ching
  • (1965) .... Sung Yu-lan
  • (1964) .... Meidana
  • Between Tears and Smiles (1964)
  • (1963)
  • (Hong Kong: English title)
  • (1962)
  • Madame White Snake (1962) (as Tu Chuan) .... Qingqing
  • The Dream of the Red Chamber (1962)
  • (1961)
  • (1961) .... Sun Man-li
  • (1961)
  • (1961) .... Lu Lu-chi
  • (1961))
  • (1961)
  • (1960) (as Juan Du)
  • (1960)
  • How to Marry a Millionaire (1960) (Hong Kong: English title)
  • (1960)
  • Twilight Hours (1960)
  • (1959) (as Xiaoping Peng)
  • (1959)
  • Kingdom and the Beauty (1959) .... Village Girl
  • (1958)

References[]

  1. ^ Jeff Yang, Art Black - Once Upon a Time in China: A Guide to Hong Kong, Chinese, and Taiwanese Cinema

External links[]

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