Gloria Yip
Encyclopedia
Gloria Yip Wan-Yee is a Hong Kong actress and singer of Guangdong
ancestry, best known for her four films with director Lam Ngai Kai
, and to Western audiences, her "special appearance" in Lam's Riki-Oh: The Story of Ricky
and principal supporting role in the cult classic
Saviour of the Soul
. Among her more frequent collaborators are Yuen Biao
, Lai Kai Ming, and Wong Jing
. Her early roles were primarily cute and comedic, while her more recent, post-divorce roles, have primarily been dramatic.
She was discovered as a teenager by a Japanese talent scout. Like many movie stars in Hong Kong, she has also pursued a career as a singer, touring in Japan, Hong Kong, Taiwan
, and South Korea
, and she has released more than half a dozen CDs.
In her homeland, she retains a reputation for wholesomeness, and the philandering of her husband, leading to a divorce in 2000, caused a media stir. While she was married, she went into semi-retirement, enjoyed being a mother, and pursued interests in arts and crafts, primarily embroidery and clay sculpture. She graduated from Hong Kong Art School in 2008.
She is fluent
in Cantonese, Japanese
, Mandarin, and English
and is a fan of Jackie Chan
(with whom she has worked), Tom Cruise
, Rie Miyazawa
, and Madonna
. Her roles in Mark Six Comedy and Boxer's Story include brief passages of English dialogue.
, and was discovered by a talent scout. She was only thirteen (though she claimed at the time to be fourteen), took a Japanese name, and appeared in television commercials for McDonald's
and TDK
. Her career continued from there. In 1987, at age 14, she appeared in the play
, 呷醋大丈夫 (The Real Man Sips the Vinegar). At age 19, she appeared in another play, 洗腳水 (The Water for Foot Washing) (1992).
, or the just slightly-too-young bounty hunter
Fung Ling ("Little Bewitchment") in Flying Dagger
. Her most noted role is Ashura the Hell Virgin, a major supporting role in Peacock King, which is usually cited as her screen debut at age 15.) and a starring role in Saga of the Phoenix. This role is also quite comic and often slapstick
. She plays a mischievous but essentially innocent offspring of devils. She possesses great power, but essentially as a vessel for others to wield, or for her to use when she is not really trying, and thus she is a source of great danger without any malice. In both films, her character is redeemed when she helps her friends Peacock King/Kujaku (Yuen Biao
) and Lucky Fruit (played by different actors in the two films), who act as her guardians, destroy major demons. The role was more demanding in the second film, in which her childlike innocence and mischief is somewhat quelled by a mystical death sentence that attacks her like a disease
.
Released half a year prior to Peacock King was the multi-award-winning comedy, Chicken and Duck Talk
. Her role is limited to less than a minute of screen time, playing Judy, friend of Michael Hui
's son. Judy is referred to several times, is glimpsed briefly in David's Chicken, and appears in the duck restaurant at the film's finale, and never speaks, though she is spoken to. In Demoness from Thousand Years, she appears only at the beginning and end of the film and is listed twelfth in the screen credits, though promotional materials, including the DVD cover, feature her prominently and give her second billing. Her character, Siu-Yi, carries the weight of a second lead in her included scenes as companion to Yun Yu-Yi (Joey Wang), but is unconscious throughout most of the film's narrative, being frozen in the pre-credits sequence and revived during the climax, communicating with Yu-Yi through a television set, and appearing as a doll vendor in the last scene. Prior to these roles, she appeared in the 22 October 1987 and 11 November 1997 episodes of the television series, Goodbye Darling.
She often plays roles that are younger than she is in real life, abetted by the fact that she is just under 5'2". In Saviour of the Soul
, she played Andy Lau
's 12 year-old kid sister, Wai Heung, who is enamored with baseball
, when she was eighteen.
Her other roles include the young bride, Belle Kao, in Jackie Chan
's Miracles, in which much of the film's narrative is driven by her character's wedding; Gucci (an aplomb and witty bank robbery
hostage) in The Blue Jean Monster, the mysterious Alien Girl in The Cat
, Ann in Pink Bomb, and a cameo as Ricki's murdered girlfriend, Ying, in Riki-Oh: The Story of Ricky
. Of all her films, Story of Ricky (as it was known in English in Hong Kong) has received the widest release in the United States, thanks to promotion by Comedy Central
, although its Category III rating made it a minor film in Hong Kong.
film, The Gods Must Be Crazy V: The Gods Must Be Funny in China
, to get married to toy businessman 陳柏浩 (Chen Baihao) on May 25, 1995, and the birth of a son, 陳紹臻 (Chen Shaozhen), followed in February, 1996. The couple had a daughter, 陳衍衍 (Chen Yanyan), whose name translates "Spread Out," November 30, 1999.
Yip continued to appear on television to demonstrate her hobby of embroidery
, and she also wrote a magazine column on arts and crafts. In 1997, she enrolled at Causeway Bay School to study clay sculpture. She graduated from Hong Kong Art School on January 27, 2008, with her porcelain
thesis work, 戀物/Materialism (2007).
s. She returned to the screen in 2001 with a cameo role in Heroes in Love after Chen failed to pay her allowances. Details of the affair were exposed to the media in 2002, including Yip publishing excerpts from her own diary concerning her feelings. After nearly a ten-year absence, Yip had the leading role in the horror film, Death Melody (2003), followed by another horror film, Double Face Girl. She also returned to stage plays.
During this later period, she has largely abandoned her comedic persona. In 2004
, while Mark Six Comedy places her in a comic foil role as the manager (named Gloria) of an office of immature twentysomethings, deriving humor through being serious, in both Boxer's Story, a drama, and Osaka Wrestling Restaurant
, a comedy, she plays serious roles as ex-wives of unsuccessful men, each with a son. In the latter film, she is not involved in any of the comic antics whatsoever, and structurally, her role, a "special appearance" with only four scenes, is designed to give the film an emotional core it might otherwise lack. In the former film, she plays the ex-wife of a character played by Yuen, and much of the film is about regaining her son now that she is married to a cardiologist and has a successful career of her own in automotive sales, primarily to English-speaking clients. In Breezy Summer, her role, again eponymous, is a tragic
performance.
Later that year, she was reunited with Story of Ricky star Terry Fan Siu Wong and The Cat star Christine Ng
in the television miniseries, Magic Sword of Heaven and Earth, as the goddess Guanyin, which aired in 2005. This role, again serious, is a figure of divine intervention
at the second act turning point, and a brief visit in the film's finale. Most of these were low budget productions shot on digital video
rather than on film.
In 2007, she appeared in Magic Boy.
The official English titles of the first three and are essentially literal translations. Otherwise, translations are provided when available.
Guangdong
Guangdong is a province on the South China Sea coast of the People's Republic of China. The province was previously often written with the alternative English name Kwangtung Province...
ancestry, best known for her four films with director Lam Ngai Kai
Lam Ngai Kai
Lam Ngai Kai aka. Nam Lai Choi, Nam Nai Choi, Simon Nam is a Hong Kong-based film director. French critic Xavier Desbarats has repeatedly compared his work with that of Edward D...
, and to Western audiences, her "special appearance" in Lam's Riki-Oh: The Story of Ricky
Riki-Oh: The Story of Ricky
Riki-Oh: The Story of Ricky is a 1991 Hong Kong martial arts film written and directed by Lam Nai-choi, and based on the Japanese manga Riki-Oh by Masahiko Takajo and Saruwatari Tetsuya...
and principal supporting role in the cult classic
Cult Classic
Cult Classic is a Blue Öyster Cult studio recording released in 1994, containing remakes of many of the band's previous hits.-Track listing:# " The Reaper" - 5:05# "E.T.I...
Saviour of the Soul
Saviour of the Soul
Saviour of the Soul is a 1991 Hong Kong film. Although the film shares the same Chinese title as Louis Cha's The Return of the Condor Heroes, it is unrelated to the novel...
. Among her more frequent collaborators are Yuen Biao
Yuen Biao
Yuen Biao is a Hong Kong actor, martial artist. He specialises in acrobatics and Chinese martial arts and has worked on over 80 films as actor, stuntman and action choreographer...
, Lai Kai Ming, and Wong Jing
Wong Jing
Wong Jing is a Hong Kong film director, producer, actor, presenter, and screenwriter. A prolific filmmaker possessed of strong instincts for crowd-pleasing and publicity, he is often cited as the most consistently successful filmmaker , in commercial terms, in the Hong Kong cinema of the last...
. Her early roles were primarily cute and comedic, while her more recent, post-divorce roles, have primarily been dramatic.
She was discovered as a teenager by a Japanese talent scout. Like many movie stars in Hong Kong, she has also pursued a career as a singer, touring in Japan, Hong Kong, Taiwan
Taiwan
Taiwan , also known, especially in the past, as Formosa , is the largest island of the same-named island group of East Asia in the western Pacific Ocean and located off the southeastern coast of mainland China. The island forms over 99% of the current territory of the Republic of China following...
, and South Korea
South Korea
The Republic of Korea , , is a sovereign state in East Asia, located on the southern portion of the Korean Peninsula. It is neighbored by the People's Republic of China to the west, Japan to the east, North Korea to the north, and the East China Sea and Republic of China to the south...
, and she has released more than half a dozen CDs.
In her homeland, she retains a reputation for wholesomeness, and the philandering of her husband, leading to a divorce in 2000, caused a media stir. While she was married, she went into semi-retirement, enjoyed being a mother, and pursued interests in arts and crafts, primarily embroidery and clay sculpture. She graduated from Hong Kong Art School in 2008.
She is fluent
Fluency
Fluency is the property of a person or of a system that delivers information quickly and with expertise.-Speech:...
in Cantonese, Japanese
Japanese language
is a language spoken by over 130 million people in Japan and in Japanese emigrant communities. It is a member of the Japonic language family, which has a number of proposed relationships with other languages, none of which has gained wide acceptance among historical linguists .Japanese is an...
, Mandarin, and English
English language
English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...
and is a fan of Jackie Chan
Jackie Chan
Jackie Chan, SBS, MBE is a Hong Kong actor, action choreographer, comedian, director, producer, martial artist, screenwriter, entrepreneur, singer and stunt performer. In his movies, he is known for his acrobatic fighting style, comic timing, use of improvised weapons, and innovative stunts...
(with whom she has worked), Tom Cruise
Tom Cruise
Thomas Cruise Mapother IV , better known as Tom Cruise, is an American film actor and producer. He has been nominated for three Academy Awards and he has won three Golden Globe Awards....
, Rie Miyazawa
Rie Miyazawa
is a Japanese actress and former model.- Life and career :Rie Miyazawa was born in Tokyo and raised by her mother. Since her debut at age 11 in an advertisement for Kit Kat, she has many films, television shows, commercials, stage appearances and photo books to her credit. She starred in the...
, and Madonna
Madonna (entertainer)
Madonna is an American singer-songwriter, actress and entrepreneur. Born in Bay City, Michigan, she moved to New York City in 1977 to pursue a career in modern dance. After performing in the music groups Breakfast Club and Emmy, she released her debut album in 1983...
. Her roles in Mark Six Comedy and Boxer's Story include brief passages of English dialogue.
Discovery by talent scout
During secondary school at Saint Ma Jiali Women's Academy, she went to JapanJapan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
, and was discovered by a talent scout. She was only thirteen (though she claimed at the time to be fourteen), took a Japanese name, and appeared in television commercials for McDonald's
McDonald's
McDonald's Corporation is the world's largest chain of hamburger fast food restaurants, serving around 64 million customers daily in 119 countries. Headquartered in the United States, the company began in 1940 as a barbecue restaurant operated by the eponymous Richard and Maurice McDonald; in 1948...
and TDK
TDK
, formerly , is a Japanese company which manufactures electronic materials, electronic components, and recording and data-storage media, and markets them globally. Their motto is "Contribute to culture and industry through creativity"...
. Her career continued from there. In 1987, at age 14, she appeared in the play
Play (theatre)
A play is a form of literature written by a playwright, usually consisting of scripted dialogue between characters, intended for theatrical performance rather than just reading. There are rare dramatists, notably George Bernard Shaw, who have had little preference whether their plays were performed...
, 呷醋大丈夫 (The Real Man Sips the Vinegar). At age 19, she appeared in another play, 洗腳水 (The Water for Foot Washing) (1992).
Film career: first phase
She frequently appears in comedian supporting roles, such as Su Rongrong (known simply as "Ron" in the English subtitles), an acrobatic acupuncturist in The Legend of the Liquid SwordLegend of the Liquid Sword
Legend of the Liquid Sword is a 1993 Hong Kong wuxia comedy film loosely based on Gu Long's Chu Liuxiang novel series. The film was written and directed by Wong Jing.-Plot:...
, or the just slightly-too-young bounty hunter
Bounty hunter
A bounty hunter captures fugitives for a monetary reward . Other names, mainly used in the United States, include bail enforcement agent and fugitive recovery agent.-Laws in the U.S.:...
Fung Ling ("Little Bewitchment") in Flying Dagger
Flying Dagger
Flying Dagger is a 1993 wuxia comedy film directed by Chu Yen-ping and written and produced by Wong Jing. The film features a large cast of stars and parodies numerous Hong Kong films.-Plot:...
. Her most noted role is Ashura the Hell Virgin, a major supporting role in Peacock King, which is usually cited as her screen debut at age 15.) and a starring role in Saga of the Phoenix. This role is also quite comic and often slapstick
Slapstick
Slapstick is a type of comedy involving exaggerated violence and activities which may exceed the boundaries of common sense.- Origins :The phrase comes from the batacchio or bataccio — called the 'slap stick' in English — a club-like object composed of two wooden slats used in Commedia dell'arte...
. She plays a mischievous but essentially innocent offspring of devils. She possesses great power, but essentially as a vessel for others to wield, or for her to use when she is not really trying, and thus she is a source of great danger without any malice. In both films, her character is redeemed when she helps her friends Peacock King/Kujaku (Yuen Biao
Yuen Biao
Yuen Biao is a Hong Kong actor, martial artist. He specialises in acrobatics and Chinese martial arts and has worked on over 80 films as actor, stuntman and action choreographer...
) and Lucky Fruit (played by different actors in the two films), who act as her guardians, destroy major demons. The role was more demanding in the second film, in which her childlike innocence and mischief is somewhat quelled by a mystical death sentence that attacks her like a disease
Disease
A disease is an abnormal condition affecting the body of an organism. It is often construed to be a medical condition associated with specific symptoms and signs. It may be caused by external factors, such as infectious disease, or it may be caused by internal dysfunctions, such as autoimmune...
.
Released half a year prior to Peacock King was the multi-award-winning comedy, Chicken and Duck Talk
Chicken and Duck Talk
Chicken and Duck Talk Chicken and Duck Talk Chicken and Duck Talk (Chinese: 雞同鴨講 (Gai tung aap gong (Chicken with Duck Talk)) is an award-winning 1988 film co-written by Michael Hui, who also starred. It was directed and co-written by Clifton Ko...
. Her role is limited to less than a minute of screen time, playing Judy, friend of Michael Hui
Michael Hui
Michael Hui Koon-Man is a Hong Kong comedian, scriptwriter and director. He is the eldest of the four Hui brothers who remain three of the most prominent figures in the Hong Kong entertainment circle during the 1970s and the 1980s...
's son. Judy is referred to several times, is glimpsed briefly in David's Chicken, and appears in the duck restaurant at the film's finale, and never speaks, though she is spoken to. In Demoness from Thousand Years, she appears only at the beginning and end of the film and is listed twelfth in the screen credits, though promotional materials, including the DVD cover, feature her prominently and give her second billing. Her character, Siu-Yi, carries the weight of a second lead in her included scenes as companion to Yun Yu-Yi (Joey Wang), but is unconscious throughout most of the film's narrative, being frozen in the pre-credits sequence and revived during the climax, communicating with Yu-Yi through a television set, and appearing as a doll vendor in the last scene. Prior to these roles, she appeared in the 22 October 1987 and 11 November 1997 episodes of the television series, Goodbye Darling.
She often plays roles that are younger than she is in real life, abetted by the fact that she is just under 5'2". In Saviour of the Soul
Saviour of the Soul
Saviour of the Soul is a 1991 Hong Kong film. Although the film shares the same Chinese title as Louis Cha's The Return of the Condor Heroes, it is unrelated to the novel...
, she played Andy Lau
Andy Lau
Andy Lau MH, JP is a Hong Kong Cantopop singer, actor, and film producer. Lau has been one of Hong Kong's most commercially successful film actors since the mid-1980s, performing in more than 160 films while maintaining a successful singing career at the same time...
's 12 year-old kid sister, Wai Heung, who is enamored with baseball
Baseball
Baseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of nine players each. The aim is to score runs by hitting a thrown ball with a bat and touching a series of four bases arranged at the corners of a ninety-foot diamond...
, when she was eighteen.
Her other roles include the young bride, Belle Kao, in Jackie Chan
Jackie Chan
Jackie Chan, SBS, MBE is a Hong Kong actor, action choreographer, comedian, director, producer, martial artist, screenwriter, entrepreneur, singer and stunt performer. In his movies, he is known for his acrobatic fighting style, comic timing, use of improvised weapons, and innovative stunts...
's Miracles, in which much of the film's narrative is driven by her character's wedding; Gucci (an aplomb and witty bank robbery
Bank robbery
Bank robbery is the crime of stealing from a bank during opening hours. According to the Federal Bureau of Investigation's Uniform Crime Reporting Program, robbery is "the taking or attempting to take anything of value from the care, custody, or control of a person or persons by force or threat of...
hostage) in The Blue Jean Monster, the mysterious Alien Girl in The Cat
The Cat (1992 film)
The Cat The Cat The Cat (衛斯理之老貓 Wai Si Li zhi Lao Mao (Wisely's Old Cat) is an October 24, 1991 Hong Kong film directed by Lam Ngai Kai. It is an action film with science fiction elements...
, Ann in Pink Bomb, and a cameo as Ricki's murdered girlfriend, Ying, in Riki-Oh: The Story of Ricky
Riki-Oh: The Story of Ricky
Riki-Oh: The Story of Ricky is a 1991 Hong Kong martial arts film written and directed by Lam Nai-choi, and based on the Japanese manga Riki-Oh by Masahiko Takajo and Saruwatari Tetsuya...
. Of all her films, Story of Ricky (as it was known in English in Hong Kong) has received the widest release in the United States, thanks to promotion by Comedy Central
Comedy Central
Comedy Central is an American cable television and satellite television channel that carries comedy programming, both original and syndicated....
, although its Category III rating made it a minor film in Hong Kong.
Marriage, retirement, and arts and crafts
Her goal was to make a film that she herself would particularly like, and as such she is not particularly prolific as Hong Kong film actors go. She retired from the screen after appearing in the 19941994 in film
1994 was a significant year in film.The top grosser worldwide was The Lion King, which to date stands as the highest-grossing traditionally-animated film of all time...
film, The Gods Must Be Crazy V: The Gods Must Be Funny in China
The Gods Must Be Crazy (film series)
The Gods Must Be Crazy is a series of films starring the Namibian San farmer and actor Nǃxau.-The Gods Must Be Crazy :The first film released in 1980, written and directed by Jamie Uys...
, to get married to toy businessman 陳柏浩 (Chen Baihao) on May 25, 1995, and the birth of a son, 陳紹臻 (Chen Shaozhen), followed in February, 1996. The couple had a daughter, 陳衍衍 (Chen Yanyan), whose name translates "Spread Out," November 30, 1999.
Yip continued to appear on television to demonstrate her hobby of embroidery
Embroidery
Embroidery is the art or handicraft of decorating fabric or other materials with needle and thread or yarn. Embroidery may also incorporate other materials such as metal strips, pearls, beads, quills, and sequins....
, and she also wrote a magazine column on arts and crafts. In 1997, she enrolled at Causeway Bay School to study clay sculpture. She graduated from Hong Kong Art School on January 27, 2008, with her porcelain
Porcelain
Porcelain is a ceramic material made by heating raw materials, generally including clay in the form of kaolin, in a kiln to temperatures between and...
thesis work, 戀物/Materialism (2007).
Divorce and return to film
In January 2000, Yip and Chen were divorced at Chen's suggestion after he had an extramarital affair and was visiting brothelBrothel
Brothels are business establishments where patrons can engage in sexual activities with prostitutes. Brothels are known under a variety of names, including bordello, cathouse, knocking shop, whorehouse, strumpet house, sporting house, house of ill repute, house of prostitution, and bawdy house...
s. She returned to the screen in 2001 with a cameo role in Heroes in Love after Chen failed to pay her allowances. Details of the affair were exposed to the media in 2002, including Yip publishing excerpts from her own diary concerning her feelings. After nearly a ten-year absence, Yip had the leading role in the horror film, Death Melody (2003), followed by another horror film, Double Face Girl. She also returned to stage plays.
During this later period, she has largely abandoned her comedic persona. In 2004
2004 in film
The year 2004 in film involved some significant events. Major releases of sequels took place. It included blockbuster films like Shrek 2, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, The Passion of the Christ, Meet the Fockers, Blade: Trinity, Spider-Man 2, Alien vs. Predator, Kill Bill Vol...
, while Mark Six Comedy places her in a comic foil role as the manager (named Gloria) of an office of immature twentysomethings, deriving humor through being serious, in both Boxer's Story, a drama, and Osaka Wrestling Restaurant
Osaka Wrestling Restaurant
Osaka Wrestling Restaurant Osaka Wrestling Restaurant Osaka Wrestling Restaurant (Chinese: 大阪達一餐 or 香港厨神 (Daai Baan Taat Yat Chaan, literally, "Osaka Flogs One Meal") is a 2004 Hong Kong comedy film starring Timmy Hung, Sammo Hung and Mang Hoi. This was Mang Hoi's final film appearance, who has...
, a comedy, she plays serious roles as ex-wives of unsuccessful men, each with a son. In the latter film, she is not involved in any of the comic antics whatsoever, and structurally, her role, a "special appearance" with only four scenes, is designed to give the film an emotional core it might otherwise lack. In the former film, she plays the ex-wife of a character played by Yuen, and much of the film is about regaining her son now that she is married to a cardiologist and has a successful career of her own in automotive sales, primarily to English-speaking clients. In Breezy Summer, her role, again eponymous, is a tragic
Tragedy
Tragedy is a form of art based on human suffering that offers its audience pleasure. While most cultures have developed forms that provoke this paradoxical response, tragedy refers to a specific tradition of drama that has played a unique and important role historically in the self-definition of...
performance.
Later that year, she was reunited with Story of Ricky star Terry Fan Siu Wong and The Cat star Christine Ng
Christine Ng
Christine Ng Wing-Mei is a Hong Kong actress under contract to Hong Kong's Television Broadcasts Limited or TVB. Christine is known for her roles in TVB's dramas including "C.I.B...
in the television miniseries, Magic Sword of Heaven and Earth, as the goddess Guanyin, which aired in 2005. This role, again serious, is a figure of divine intervention
Divine Intervention
Divine intervention is a term for a miracle caused by God's/a god's active involvement in the human world.Divine Intervention may also refer to:*"Divine Intervention", a 1991 song on Matthew Sweet's album Girlfriend....
at the second act turning point, and a brief visit in the film's finale. Most of these were low budget productions shot on digital video
Digital video
Digital video is a type of digital recording system that works by using a digital rather than an analog video signal.The terms camera, video camera, and camcorder are used interchangeably in this article.- History :...
rather than on film.
In 2007, she appeared in Magic Boy.
Discography
The musicians who perform with Gloria Yip on her albums include Ricky Ho, Belinda Foo, Iskandar Ismail (keyboards), Eddie Marzuki, Jonathan Koh, Shah Tahir (guitars), Stephen Rufus (saxophone), Larry Lai (flute), and Jimmy Lee (cymbals). The songs are composed by many different people, as are the lyrics, though Yip sometimes writes her own lyrics, such as for "請你等等" ("Invites You and So On...").- Gloria Yip
- Ashura
- S.O.S.
- Seoul
- 欺騙你的心/Cheat Your Heart (March 1992) lyrics
- (September 1992)
- Don't Hurt Me If You Love Me (April 1993)
- Have You Ever Thought About Me? (October 1993)
- 真的愛我就不要讓我傷心/Really Likes Me not Likely to Make Me Sad [single] lyrics
- 諾言/Promise (November 1993) (94931-2) lyrics
- Truly Clean (1994) (97129-2 MIM-9416C)
- 是你答應說要對我好/Were You Insisting That Must Be Good for Me? (5/1994) lyrics
- 把我放在心裡頭/Places in My Heart (11/1994) [compilation] lyrics
Filmography
(in order of earliest release (when dates are available))The official English titles of the first three and are essentially literal translations. Otherwise, translations are provided when available.
- Xia cu da zhang fu/Goodbye Darling (10-11/1987 TV episodes)
- 雞同鴨講 Gai tung aap gong/Chicken and Duck TalkChicken and Duck TalkChicken and Duck Talk Chicken and Duck Talk Chicken and Duck Talk (Chinese: 雞同鴨講 (Gai tung aap gong (Chicken with Duck Talk)) is an award-winning 1988 film co-written by Michael Hui, who also starred. It was directed and co-written by Clifton Ko...
(7/1988) ... Judy - 孔雀王子 Hung cheuk wong ji/Peacock King (12/1988) ... Ashura
- 奇蹟 Ji Ji/Miracles (6/1989) ... Belle Kao
- 阿修羅 A Xiu-lo (Ashura)/Saga of the Phoenix (2/1990) ... Ashura
- 香港パラダイス/Hong Kong ParadiseHong Kong Paradiseis a 1990 Japanese film directed by Shūsuke Kaneko. Actress Yuki Saito won the Best Actress award at the Yokohama Film Festival for her performance in this film....
(4/1990) ... Chin's Assistant - 祝福 Zhu Fu (Blessing)/Promising Miss Bowie (6/1990) ... Pinky (Bowie's niece)
- 千年女妖 Chin nin lui yiu (MillenniumMillenniumA millennium is a period of time equal to one thousand years —from the Latin phrase , thousand, and , year—often but not necessarily related numerically to a particular dating system....
BansheeBansheeThe banshee , from the Irish bean sí is a feminine spirit in Irish mythology, usually seen as an omen of death and a messenger from the Otherworld....
)/Demoness from Thousand Years (9/1990) ... Siu-Yi - 力王 Lik wong (Strength King)/Riki-Oh: The Story of RickyRiki-Oh: The Story of RickyRiki-Oh: The Story of Ricky is a 1991 Hong Kong martial arts film written and directed by Lam Nai-choi, and based on the Japanese manga Riki-Oh by Masahiko Takajo and Saruwatari Tetsuya...
(4/1991) ... Ying (Ricky's girlfriend) - 著牛仔褲的鍾馗 Jeuk ngau jai foo dik Jung Kwai (Jeans of Jung Kwai)/The Blue Jean Monster (5/1991) ... Gucci
- 豪門夜宴 Haomen yeyan (Rich and Powerful Family Evening Banquet)/The BanquetThe Banquet (1991 film)The Banquet , also known as Party of a Wealthy Family, is a 1991 Hong Kong comedy film...
(11/1991) ... Party Guest - 九一神鵰俠侶 Gau yat: San diu hap lui ('91 God Eagle Hero Couple)/Saviour of the SoulSaviour of the SoulSaviour of the Soul is a 1991 Hong Kong film. Although the film shares the same Chinese title as Louis Cha's The Return of the Condor Heroes, it is unrelated to the novel...
(12/1991) ... Wai Heung (Benefit Fragrance) - 新孖寶妙探 Jeung Bo Miu Taam (New Valuable Twin Searches Marvelously)/The New Marvelous Double (9/1992)
- 衛斯理之老貓 Wai Si Li zhi Lao Mao (Wisely's Old Cat)/WiselyWiselyWisely series , sometimes transliterated "Wesley", is a series of novels about the fictional character of the same name, created by author Ni Kuang....
in The CatThe Cat (1992 film)The Cat The Cat The Cat (衛斯理之老貓 Wai Si Li zhi Lao Mao (Wisely's Old Cat) is an October 24, 1991 Hong Kong film directed by Lam Ngai Kai. It is an action film with science fiction elements...
(10/1992) ... Alien Girl - 愛情戀曲 (Sentimental Love Tune)/The Modern Love Story (11/1992) (TV series)
- 霧都情仇 Wu du qing chou (Fog Rival in Love)/Misty (11/1992)
- 笑俠楚留香 Siu hap Cho Lau Heung (Smiling Hero Cho Lau Heung)/The Legend of the Liquid SwordLegend of the Liquid SwordLegend of the Liquid Sword is a 1993 Hong Kong wuxia comedy film loosely based on Gu Long's Chu Liuxiang novel series. The film was written and directed by Wong Jing.-Plot:...
(3/1993) ... Su Rongrong "Ron" - 人生得意衰盡歡 Ren sheng de yi shuai jin huan (The Life Is Self-Satisfying, Fading, Having a Good Time)/Pink Bomb (3/1993) ... Ann
- 神經刀與飛天貓 Shen Jing Dao yu Fei Tian Mao (Nerve Knife and Flying Cat ApsaraApsaraAn Apsara , also known as Vidhya Dhari or Tep Apsar in Khmer, Accharā or A Bố Sa La Tư , Bidadari , Biradali , Widodari and Apson , is a female spirit of the clouds and waters in...
)/Flying DaggerFlying DaggerFlying Dagger is a 1993 wuxia comedy film directed by Chu Yen-ping and written and produced by Wong Jing. The film features a large cast of stars and parodies numerous Hong Kong films.-Plot:...
(5/1993) ... Fung Ling (Little Bewitchment) - Democrats (1993) (TV series)
- 開心華之裡 (Happy in China)/Mind Our Own Business (1993) (TV series)
- 非洲超人 Fei zhou chao ren (AfricaAfricaAfrica is the world's second largest and second most populous continent, after Asia. At about 30.2 million km² including adjacent islands, it covers 6% of the Earth's total surface area and 20.4% of the total land area...
Exceeds Others in Ability)/The Gods Must Be Crazy V: The Gods Must Be Funny in China (3/1994) - Length Further Information and Length (4/1994) TV series
- 包青天I Bao Qing Tian/Justice Pao (5/1995) (TV series)
- 戀愛起義 Lian'ai qiyi (Love Revolt)/Heroes in Love (4/2001)
- 星光伴我行 (The Star Light Accompanies My Line)/Starry Journey (2001) TV episode .... Documentary; Gloria Yip explores ThailandThailandThailand , officially the Kingdom of Thailand , formerly known as Siam , is a country located at the centre of the Indochina peninsula and Southeast Asia. It is bordered to the north by Burma and Laos, to the east by Laos and Cambodia, to the south by the Gulf of Thailand and Malaysia, and to the...
- 雪地裡的星星 (Stars in Snowy Area)/Starry Starry Night... (2001) (TV series) ... Oncologist
- 愛情白皮書寫真樂譜集 (Love White Paper Portrait Music Collection)/Tomorrow Photo Album (8/2002) (TV series)
- 連鎖奇幻檔案之死亡音樂 (Chain-Like Wonderful Imaginary Files of Killer Sheet Music)/Death Melody (2003) ... Xiao Xue
- 傷生兒 (Is Injurious to Life)/Double Face Girl (2003) ... Tung
- 多重彩 (Multi-Color)/Mark Six Comedy (2003) ... Gloria
- 賊盗将軍 Zeidao Jiangjun/Thieves Steal the Generals (2004) (TV Series)
- 赤子拳王 Chek ji kuen wong (Pure Boxing Champion)/Boxer's Story (2004) ... Susan
- 夏之春 (Spring of the Summer)/Breezy Summer (2004) ... Gloria
- 大阪撻一餐 Daai Baan Taat Yat Chaan (Osaka Flogs One Meal)/Osaka Wrestling RestaurantOsaka Wrestling RestaurantOsaka Wrestling Restaurant Osaka Wrestling Restaurant Osaka Wrestling Restaurant (Chinese: 大阪達一餐 or 香港厨神 (Daai Baan Taat Yat Chaan, literally, "Osaka Flogs One Meal") is a 2004 Hong Kong comedy film starring Timmy Hung, Sammo Hung and Mang Hoi. This was Mang Hoi's final film appearance, who has...
(5/2004) ... Maye - 天地神劍 Tian di shen jian (World God Sword)/Magic Sword of Heaven and Earth (2005) (TV) ... Goddess Guanyin (Episodes VII, VIII, X)
- 魔術男 Mor suit nam/Magic Boy (2007)
External links
- Gloria Yip's blog on the arts (parts in Chinese; parts in English)
- GloriaYip.com designed by Elvis Choi
- Profile in English
- Gloira Yip lyrics (in Chinese)
- Gloria Yip on The Internet Movie Database
- Gloria Yip on hkdvdheaven
- Gloria Yip on LoveHKFilm
- Gloria Yip on the Hong Kong Movie Database
- Gloria Yip on Hong Kong Cinemagic
- Japanese fan site
- On YoutubeYouTubeYouTube is a video-sharing website, created by three former PayPal employees in February 2005, on which users can upload, view and share videos....
:- Materialism sculpture discussion
- Gloria Yip sings "真的愛我就不要讓我傷心/Ceng te ai wo ciu pu yau jan wo sang sin" music video with transliterated lyrics
- singing "Ashura" (Saga of the Phoenix title song)
- Gloria Yip singing "真的愛我就不要讓我傷心" on TV
- Gloria Yip singing "真的愛我就不要讓我傷心" July 18, 1993
- Gloria Yip "哪兒？" music video
- Live performance of "可否想起我(現場演唱版)" from the Cheat Your Heart album
- Gloria's hands (official site, in Chinese)