Ivy Ling Po
Birthday: 1939-11-16
Place of Birth: Shantou, China
Biography: Huang Yu-chun (born 16 November 1939 in Shantou, Republic of China), known by her final stage name Ivy Ling Po (Chinese: 凌波), is a retired Hong Kong actress and Chinese opera singer. She is best known for a number of mega-hit Huangmei opera films in the 1960s, especially The Love Eterne (1963) which made her an Asian superstar overnight. She played an important role in the entertainment industry for preserving the Huangmei opera art form.
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The 14 Amazons
The Yang family, men and women, have served their country loyally for generations. During the war Ge...
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The Crimson Charm
A noble swordsman and a one-armed swordswoman go up against the vicious Crimson Charm gang of thieve...
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Duel for Gold
Soon-to-be legendary director Chu Yuan had just joined the Shaw Brothers when he helmed this thrille...
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The Mighty One
The famed Ivy Ling Po (Temple Of The Red Lotus) stars as a mysterious swordswoman dedicated to keepi...
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The Female Prince
The husband-and-wife team of Ivy Ling Po and Chin Han returned to another Huangmei Opera classic aft...
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The Sword and the Lute
The adventures of a young married swordfighting couple, Lianzhu and Gui Wu, and the swordfighting me...
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Rice Rhapsody
With her elder two sons being gay, a traditionally-minded mother fears her youngest son could be too...
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Finger of Doom
This creepy kung fu film fight-fest centers on the evil Madame Kung Sun and her poisonous "Finger of...
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Temple of the Red Lotus
Jimmy Wang Yu plays a young kid who heads off to Dragon Valley to meet the childhood friend who was ...
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The Twin Swords
Gui Wu happens upon a kidnapping with his wife Gan Lian-zhu at the Red Lotus Temple. Lian-zhu sends ...
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Cinema Hong Kong: The Beauties of the Shaw Studio
Hong Kong cinemas had a wide range of glamorous female stars during the golden age of the 60's and 7...
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Raw Passions
Ivy Ling Po plays the dedicated wife of a man being blackmailed for an illicit love affair, who unco...
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Vermilion Door
The tragic love triangle of early 20th century Peking Opera star Chiu Hai-tang, his beautiful stage ...
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Lady General Hua Mulan
About a woman who disguises herself as a man to take her father's place in the army....
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The Empress Dowager
This dragon lady of the Ching Dynasty was the power behind the throne for 50 years, and hew vast tap...
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A Maid from Heaven
Seventh sister of the celestial world goes down to earth to marry Dong Yong, a young man sold to ser...
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The Grand Substitution
With China under control of a weak Emperor, two officials compete to steer the future destiny of the...
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The Three Smiles
The film tells the story of Tang Bohu, a famous scholar who spends most of his time wandering around...
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Golden Swallow
A poor scholar named Lo Chih-Chiu, played by Anthony Wong Yiu-Ming, rescues a swallow from three mis...
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The Love Eterne
In this dreamy romance set in China during the fourth-century, a young woman convinces her parents t...
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A Rescue from Hades
Three generations of the Luo family fasted and chanted Buddha's name. However, Mr. Luo died young. L...
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It's All in the Family
Danny Lee is Hsu Chih-yuan, the youngest son of strict patriarch Hsu Hui-tang (Cheng Miu). A sailor,...
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The Lost Generation
The plot follows a group of women who struggle in Hong Kong, most of them illegal immigrants from ma...
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The West Chamber
A scholar woos the daughter of an important family, while outwitting rebels who try to capture her....
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The Mating Season
The Weiss Advertising Co under manageress Lo Yu Chun (Pat Ting Hung) and the Jen An Advertising Co. ...
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Too Late for Love
Su Fen, a young and frail girl, looked forward to her wedding with her fiancé, Li Kuo-liang. The hap...
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Between Tears and Smiles
Fan Chia-soo is a kind-hearted student whose heart is captured by the sweet song of Shen Feng-hsien....
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The Younger Generation
The Younger Generation is an ultra-tragic tale about a young girl, played by Ivy Ling Po who gets ma...
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The Crimson Palm
Ling Bo is Lin, a young man engaged to the daughter of a rich man, who now despises Lin because of h...
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The Silent Love
Ivy Ling Po gives a startling performance as an abused wife who suffers through all his adulterous a...
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A Cause to Kill
Ivy Ling Po, star of The Temple of the Red Lotus, tears up the screen as a jealous, murderous movie ...
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Forever and Ever
In 1966, like in The Love Eterne, Ling Bo took up the male lead in Forever and Ever, despite Shaw Br...
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The Mirror and the Lichee
Movie queen Ivy Ling Po is ideally cast as a male scholar in this historical Huangmei Opera romance....
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Dawn Will Come
The lovely Li Hsiang-chun stars as a poor beauty who is drugged, ravished, lied to, locked in a burn...
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Song of Tomorrow
Ivy Ling Po was at the height of her fame in traditional Huangmei Opera films -- and chiefly as a ma...
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The Perfumed Arrow
Ling Bor plays Wen Fei E who is both an excellent academic as well as martial arts expert. Since her...
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Inside the Forbidden City
It seems that Li Zhenfei was once an imperial concubine, who often found herself competing with her ...
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The Mermaid
A Huangmei opera produced by Shaw Brothers about a carp spirit who transforms into an identical copy...
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The Lotus Lamp
The Goddess of Hua Mountain is imprisoned for falling in love with a mortal, meanwhile her son is ra...
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The Last Tempest
Despite Kuang Hsu's enthronement as the last reigning Emperor of China, his ability to rule effectiv...
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Flight Man
Flight Man takes place in Taiwan in 1933, when the country was under Japanese occupation after the F...
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The Pearl Phoenix
Huangmei Opera movies like The Pearl Phoenix are unique to 1960's Hong Kong culture, a product of th...
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The Prominent Eunuch Chen Ho
Cheng Ho was a Chinese mariner, explorer, diplomat, fleet admiral, and court eunuch during China's e...
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Match Maker for Successful Candidate
Half-brothers Yan Jun and Yan Qing share a bond of deep respect and affection, yet their mother open...
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A Fairy to the World
The heavenly maiden comes to earth in the form of a mortal and with her kung fu skills stamps out so...
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Consolidated Dougherty
Taiwanese adventure film that reunites Ivy Ling Po with ex-Shaw stars Ching Li and Lisa Chiao Chiao....
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The Adulteress
The noted actress Li Li-hua, star of more than sixty films since 1947, beautifully portrays the drug...
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The Joy of Spring
The film tells the story of Xing Yonghui, a rich girl who has fun with her painter boyfriend Du Shao...
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The Dream of the Red Chamber
The Ching Dynasty novel The Dream of The Red Chamber is not only the most widely read, but also the ...
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Return of the Phoenix
Return Of The Phoenix is yet another masterpiece from prolific director Li Han-hsiang. An imperial m...
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Butterfly Lovers 40
Ivy Ling Po reprising her role as Liang Shanbo to celebrate the 40th anniversary of The Love Eterne ...
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The Moment: Fifty Years of Golden Horse
In 2013, the Golden Horse Film Festival celebrated its 50th anniversary. The ministry of Culture com...
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