Chang Mei-yao

Chang Fu-chi (Chinese: 張富枝; pinyin: Zhāng Fùzhī; 1 January 1941 – 1 April 2012), known by the stage name Chang Mei-yao (Chinese: 張美瑤; pinyin: Zhāng Měiyáo), was a Taiwanese actress.

Chang Mei-yao
張富枝
PronunciationZhāng Fùzhī
Born
Chang Fu-chi

1 January 1941
Died1 April 2012(2012-04-01) (aged 71)
Puli, Nantou County, Taiwan
Spouse(s)Ko Chun-hsiung
AwardsGolden Horse Awards
Golden Bell Awards

Chang Fu-chi was born in 1941 in what later became Puli, Nantou County to a family of Taiwanese aboriginal descent. She assumed the stage name Chang Mei-yao and began her acting career in 1957 after graduating from junior high school.[1] She signed with Lin Tuan-chiu's Yufeng Pictures, which produced Taiwanese Hokkien-language films, shortly before the studio closed its doors in 1959. After a few years as a radio broadcaster, Chang joined Peter Long and the Taiwan Film Studio. She also appeared in films produced by companies based in Japan and Hong Kong. Chang married Ko Chun-hsiung in 1970 and subsequently retired from acting. She was active again from 2002 to 2009, primarily as a television actress. During the 2000s, she was repeatedly nominated as a Golden Bell Award finalist, but never won.[2]

Chang divorced Ko in 2004.[3] In 2008, she received a specially-designated Golden Horse Award.[4] She died on 1 April 2012 at the age of 71, and later that year, was posthumously awarded a Golden Bell special award.[5]

References
  1. Cheng, Zoe; Wu, Sofia (12 April 2012). "Curtain falls on actress Chang Mei-yao's final act at 71". Taiwan News. Central News Agency. Retrieved 11 June 2017. Alt URL
  2. Lee, Daw-Ming (2012). Historical Dictionary of Taiwan Cinema. Scarecrow Press. pp. 84–86. ISBN 9780810879225.
  3. Tsou, Nian-tsu; Tseng, Te-jung; Hsu, Hui; Chung, Jake (8 December 2015). "Film star Ko Chun-hsiung dies aged 70". Taipei Times. Retrieved 11 June 2017.
  4. "Chang Mei-yao dies aged 71". Taipei Times. 13 April 2012. Retrieved 11 June 2017.
  5. Chung, Jake (27 October 2012). "Golden Bells honor living and dead". Taipei Times. Retrieved 11 June 2017.
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