Josephine Siao

Josephine Siao Fong-fong (; born March 13, 1947) 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.

Born in Shanghai, Ciao emigrated to Hong Kong at the age of two, and began her acting career at the age of six. In 1955, she appeared alongside Bruce Lee in An Orphan's Tragedy. Her performance in The Orphan Girl (1956) garnered the Best Child Actor Award at the second Southeast Asian Film Festival. Ciao subsequently 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 and contemporary dramas. Colourful Youth (1966), in which they both appeared, is credited with popularising Cantonese film musicals. Siao briefly retired from acting in 1968 to attend Seton Hall University in the US. After graduating with a bachelor's degree in communications in 1970, she returned to Hong Kong, where she went on to become one of the city's most prolific actresses. In 1982, she starred in Plain Jane to the Rescue, which became one of her most famous roles.

Siao won the Best Actress Award at the Hong Kong Film Awards twice, for The Wrong Couples (1987) and Summer Snow (1995). Her performance in the latter also won her Best Actress at both the Berlinale and the Golden Horse Awards, while Hu-Du-Men (1996) saw her named Best Actress at the Asia-Pacific Film Festival and the Golden Horse Awards.

1954 Tears of a Young Concubine - Hsiao-Yu. 1955 An Orphan's Tragedy 1967 A Sweet Girl 1967 Blood Stains The Iron Fist - Ting Wai-Kuen. 1967 The Blue Bees 1967 Diamond Robbery 1967 The Flying Red Rose 1967 The Golden Cat - Golden Cat. 1967 Happy Years - Mei-Yuk/Yuk. 1967 The Horrifying Adventure of a Girl 1967 How the Sacred Fire Heroic Winds Defeat the Fire Lotus Array - To Kuen-Yee. 1967 I Love A-Go-Go - So So. 1967 Lady in Pink - Kwok Siu-lan. 1967 The Lady Killer - Wong Fuk-Mui. 1967 Lau Kam Ding - the Female General 1967 Lightning Killer - Fong Ching-Wah. 1967 Maiden Thief 1967 The Professionals - Kam Ngau, Gold Bull. 1967 Rocambole - Ching Yuk-Chu. 1967 Romance of a Teenage Girl - Kit-Fong. 1967 Seven Princesses (Part 1) - Luk Sau-King. 1967 Seven Princesses (Part 2) - Luk Sau-King. 1967 Shaky Steps - Lui Suk-Chong. 1967 The Three Swordsmen 1967 You Are the One I Love - Law Oi-Lin. 1974 Rhythm of the Wave 1976 Jumping Ash (1976) 1978 Lam Ah Chun 1980 The Spooky Bunch 1982 Plain Jane to the Rescue 1982 The Perfect Match 1984 A Friend from Inner Space 1987 The Wrong Couples 1991 Fist of Fury 1991 1992 Fist of Fury 1991 II 1992 Too Happy for Words 1993 Fong Sai Yuk 1993 Fong Sai-yuk II 1993 Always on My Mind 1993 Kin Chan No Cinema Jack 1995 Summer Snow 1996 Hu-Du-Men 1996 Mahjong Dragon

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Legacy The Siao Fong-fong Performing Art Hall was established in 1998 at Shantang Street of Luzhi township in the Siao family's former residence.