Tang Bik-wan
{{short description |Chinese actress and Cantonese opera singer from Hong Kong}}
{{family name hatnote |Tang (鄧) |lang=Chinese}}
{{infobox person
|name = Tang Bik-wan
|image = Tang Bik-wan (1924–1991).jpg
|alt =
|caption =
|birth_name = Tang Cheuk Foo (鄧芍芙)
|birth_date = {{Birth date|1924|9|27}}
|birth_place = Guangdong, Republic of China
|death_date = {{death date and age|1991|3|25|1924|9|27}}
|death_place = British Hong Kong
|other_names = Tang Bik Wan, Tang Pik-wan, Tang Big-Wan, Tang Bik-Wun, Deng Shao-Fu
|occupation = Cantonese Opera singer and television actress
|years_active = 1940s to 1980s
|known for = Co-founding[https://www.art-mate.net/doc/8926?name=鄧碧雲 art-mate] Tang Bik-wan (曾創辦「寶寶」、「寶華」及「金碧」三間電影製作公司，拍攝《楊八妹招親》(1956) 及《爛賭二當老婆》(1964) 等39部電影。)
Bao Bao Film Company
Bao Hua Film Company
Kam Big Film Company
|children = Lui Oi Yin (Helen)
| module = {{Infobox Chinese|child=yes
| t = 鄧碧雲
| s = 邓碧云
| p = Dèng Bìyún
| j = Dang6 Bik1wan4
}}
| module2 = {{infobox musical artist|embed=yes
| alias = Ma-Da (妈打) or
Big Sister Pik (大碧姐)
| background = temporary
}}
}}
Tang Bik-wan ({{zh|t=鄧碧雲}}) (27 September 1924 – 25 March 1991) was a former Chinese actress and a Cantonese opera singer from Hong Kong. Tang is credited with over 280 films.
Early life
On 27 September 1924, Tang was born as Tang Cheuk Fu.
Tang Bik Wan was a Cantonese opera actress since she was 13 when she joined a Cantonese opera. She was a disciple of a few Cantonese opera masters and soon became the head actress for her troupe when she was 15. She was very talented and could almost play any role in the opera; hence, earning her the nickname the "multi-role actress". During the civil war, she went to Guangzhou, and then later to Hong Kong.
Career
In 1950, Tang crossed over as an actress in Hong Kong films. Tang and seven great opera actresses later became sworn sisters who went by the nickname "Eight Peonies". Tang was the Blue Peony and until 1967. Tang is credited with over 280 films.{{cite web |url=http://hkmdb.com/db/people/view.mhtml?id=1767&display_set=eng |title=Tang Pik-Wan |website=hkmdb.com |accessdate=May 18, 2021}}
By 1968, Tang became a TV actress, performing in Rediffusion, ATV and TVB. As age caught up with her, she became the typical actress for the role as the mother of the drama's main characters, some of her most notable roles on television including the 1977 family soap opera A House Is Not a Home, the 1978 classic drama Chameleon, and the popular 1979 drama serial The Good, The Bad and The Ugly. Tang's television career reached its peak when she played the caring and intelligent family matriarch in the late 1980s long-running hit series The Seasons (hence, gaining her the nickname "Ma-Da" [Cantonese pronunciation of "mother"]). "Ma-Da" propelled her to fame, and when she continued to take movies and advertisements, she would portray the "Ma-Da" role.
Filmography
= Films =
This is a partial list of films.
- 1950 Ciyun's Farewell in Storm and Fire (Part 1)
- 1950 Ciyun's Farewell in Storm and Fire (Part 2)
- 1950 The Gardener's Daughter - To Sheung-Yuet
- 1956 Lady with a Silver and Bitter Tongue
- 1960 Fortune.{{cite web |url=https://www.westkowloon.hk/en/cantonese-opera-film-screenings-programmes#fco |title=Cantonese Opera Film Screenings - Fortune |website=westkowloon.hk |date=March 2021 |accessdate=May 18, 2021}}{{cite web |url=https://hkmdb.com/db/movies/view.mhtml?id=3051&display_set=eng |title=Fortune |website=hkmdb.com |date=February 1, 1960 |accessdate=May 18, 2021}}
- 1960 Lady Racketeer.{{cite web |url=https://www.westkowloon.hk/en/cantonese-opera-film-screenings-programmes#lr |title=Cantonese Opera Film Screenings - Lady Racketeer |website=westkowloon.hk |date=March 2021 |accessdate=May 18, 2021}}{{cite web |url=https://hkmdb.com/db/movies/view.mhtml?id=3084&display_set=eng |title=Lady Racketeer |website=hkmdb.com |date=March 16, 1960 |accessdate=May 18, 2021}}
- 1960 The Love Quadrangle{{cite web |url=https://www.info.gov.hk/gia/general/201608/02/P2016080100948.htm |title=Press Releases - Film Archive's selected films pay tribute to Cantonese opera master Sit Kok-sin (with photos) |website=info.gov.hk |date=2016 |accessdate=November 17, 2020}}{{cite web |url=http://hkmdb.com/db/movies/view.mhtml?id=3079&display_set=eng |title=The Love Quadrangle |website=hkmdb.com |date=March 9, 1960 |accessdate=November 17, 2020}}
- 1964 Pigeon Cage (aka The Apartment of 14 Families){{cite web |url=https://www.mask9.com/node/102786 |title=Pigeon Cage |website=mask9.com |date=March 29, 2013 |accessdate=January 1, 2021}}{{cite web |url=https://www.lcsd.gov.hk/CE/CulturalService/Filmprog/en_US/web/fpo/programmes/archivepage.html?apageurl=/english/2011mm/2011mm_film109.html |title=Film Screenings – Pigeon Cage |website=lcsd.gov.hk |date=March 2013 |accessdate=January 1, 2020}}
Awards
Personal life
Tang's health began to deteriorate during her tenure in The Seasons as a result of throat cancer. Her voice on screen had been noticeably deeper and softer between two seasons of the television series after she had undergone treatment for it during the off-season hiatus. However, Tang Pik Wan, the multi-talented actress, died of a liver malfunction on March 25, 1991. Her family in her name has donated to various charity organizations in Hong Kong. There is a nursery and an old folks centre named after her.
Gallery
File:Avenue of Stars - Tang Bik Wan.JPG |Tan Bik-wan at the Avenue of Stars, Hong Kong
File:HK YCHTangBikWanMemorialNeighbourhoodElderlyCentre.JPG |Renji Hospital Deng Biyun Memorial for the Elderly Neighbourhood Centre
References
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External links
- [https://www.info.gov.hk/gia/general/202110/07/P2021100700299.htm Film] Archive's "Morning Matinee" series to revisit allure of "Versatile Opera Queen" Tang Bik-wan (with photos). Some of the films will be accompanied by post-screening talks hosted by Tang's daughter Helen Lui Oi-yin,...
- {{IMDb name|0219025}}
- {{Hkmdb name|1767 |Tang Pik-Wan}}
- [http://www.hkcinemagic.com/en/people.asp?id=1445 HK Cinemagic entry]
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Category:Hong Kong Cantonese opera actresses
Category:Hong Kong film actresses
Category:Hong Kong television actresses
Category:Actresses from Guangdong
Category:20th-century Hong Kong actresses
Category:20th-century Hong Kong women singers
Category:Chinese film actresses
Category:Chinese television actresses