Petrina Fung Bo Bo (born 30 October 1954) is a Malaysian-born Hong Kong actress. She is best known as one of the most popular child actresses of Hong Kong cinema in the 1960s, for which she received the nickname "Shirley Temple of Hong Kong". In the 1990s, she managed a successful acting comeback, appearing in several hit Hong Kong movies and winning 2 consecutive Hong Kong Film Awards for Best Supporting Actress for the films 92 Legendary La Rose Noire and C'est la vie, mon chéri.
Early life On 30 October 1954, Fung was born in British North Borneo (now part of Malaysia). Her father was Fung Fung, an actor and Fung's brother was Fung Hak-On, who was an actor too. At age 12, Fung lived with Madam Wee Poh Keok, whom she called "kai leong", or godmother. Fung also learned to speak the Hokkien dialect from her godmother. Fung's education consists of private tutors. At age 16, Fung flew to England to study.
Career Fung started her career as a child actress. In 1956, at age 2 and a half, Fung debuted in Love vs Love (aka Little Sweetheart), written and directed by her father. By age 14, Fung had made more than 300 films, and was a noted stage performer across most of South East Asia. Fung was known as the Shirley Temple of Hong Kong and Chinese Canto Region.
She then went to study in the United Kingdom, during which she met her future first husband, Chiu Joi Keung, who worked in finance.
In 1976, Fung worked with Eddie Lau, a fashion designer in Hong Kong.
In Hong Kong, director Clifton Ko offered Fung the leading role in Wonder Mama, a television drama film.
During the 1980s she starred in a series of historical television period dramas, including playing China's lone female emperor, Wu Zetian. She made her film comeback in 1986 in the comedy My Family, also written by and associated produced by Clifton Ko."Married to the movies" . women.asiaone.com
In 1994, Fung retired from acting. Fung occasionally made special appearances in some films.
Filmography Films Year Title Role Notes/1956Love vs Love (aka Little Sweetheart) Child eating cake Written and directed by her father.()1960Blooming under a Cool Moon The Great Devotion The Little Warrior in Red Butterfly The Orphan Saved Her Adoptive Mother The Simpletion and the Thief The Stormy Night Traitrous Queen An Uncle's Sacrifice 1961Beggar King Saves The Prince Chase Little Cosmonaut Little Go-Between The Little Go-Between Little Matchmakers Little Orphan Little Prime Minister The Little Warrior in Red Butterfly Little White Golden Dragon Lucky Child Granted By Heaven Magic Cave Magic Cup One Who Saved All The Orphan's Adventure Shadow of a Doubt Sorrowful Orphans Valuable False Daughter Wonder Boy 1962The Chase The Drifting Orphan Little Artists The Magic Cup My Little Lucky Star Puppet Princess Sad Tale of Two Women Scarlet Boy Little Twin Actresses Played 6 different roles.1963Little Dragon Girl Teases White Snake Spirit The Purple Cup 1964My Darling Grandchild 1965The Invincible Kid Fang Shiyu Moonlight Pink Tears The Skeleton Tower Under the Sea Temple of the Red Lotus The Twin Swords 1967The Horrifying Adventure of a Girl 1967The Sword and the Lute 1970The Lonely Rider (aka The Gallant Boy) Producer 2010All About Love 2009All's Well, Ends Well 2009 1999Afraid of Nothing, The Jobless King 1995Fake Emperor Mother of a Different Kind Nominated – Hong Kong Film Award for Best Actress1994I Wanna Be Your Man! It's a Wonderful Life Right Here Waiting... I Have a Date with Spring 1993C'est la vie, mon chéri Won – Hong Kong Film Award for Best Supporting ActressEven Mountains Meet Yesteryou, Yesterme, Yesterday 199292 Legendary La Rose Noire Won – Hong Kong Film Award for Best Supporting ActressCash on Delivery Girls Without Tomorrow 1992 1990Goodbye Hero Hong Kong Gigolo 1989Beyond the Sunset Nominated – Hong Kong Film Award for Best Actress 1988The Eighth Happiness Girls Without Tomorrow Miss Magic Women's Prison 1986My Family 1984 Empress Wu 2015Wonder Mama ()1975The Floating Clouds 1973China Behind 1971Mighty Couple 1970The Crazy Bar The Happy Angel The Lonely Rider Modern School Life To Crack the Dragon Gate 1969The Devil Warrior Four Darling Daughters Let's Sing And Dance to Celebrate A Peaceful Year The Little Warrior Silver Knife, Scarlet Blade Sky Dragon Castle Three Encounters 1968The Feats of Feng Shiyu Nu Zha's Adventure in the Eastern Sea The White Dragon
Awards Star on Avenue of the Stars. Hong, Kong.
Personal life Fung's first husband was Chiu Joi Keung. They have two sons. In 1997, Fung married Yoong Siew Chuen, a Malaysian architect, and moved to Penang Island, Malaysia. In 2012, Fung divorced Yoong Siew Chuen and moved to Hong Kong.
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External links
Petrina Fung Bo Bo at hkcinemagic.com Fung Bo-Bo at lovehkfilm.com Fung Bo-bo at allmovie.com