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Zhu Xiufeng

{{Short description|Singaporean actress (born in 1943 or 1944)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2023}}

{{family name hatnote|Zhu|lang=Chinese}}

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| name = Zhu Xiufeng

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| birth_name = Choo Siew Fong

| birth_date = {{birth based on age as of date |77|2021|8|30}}

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| spouse = {{marriage |Unknown||1975|end=div}}

| children = 2

| occupation = {{hlist|Actress|screenwriter|former publicity manager|TV and radio play writer|stage play reviewer}}

| other_names = Choo Siew Feng

| years_active = 1950s−present

| module2 = {{Infobox Chinese |child= yes|hide= no |headercolor=lightblue

| t = 朱秀鳳

| s = 朱秀凤

| p = Zhū Xiùfèng

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Zhu Xiufeng (born Choo Siew Fong in 1943 or 1944) is a Singaporean actress whose acting career spans more than six decades. She has performed on stage, in films and television. She has also worked as a screenwriter, a film company publicity manager, TV and radio play writer and a stage play reviewer.

Career

Known for portraying creepy elderly women in supernatural shows and for her multiple antagonistic roles on television,{{cite web |title=只要功夫深 不怕角色重复 角色专业户用历练添层次 {{!}} 早报 |url=https://www.zaobao.com.sg/zentertainment/movies-and-tv/story20200909-1083444 |website=www.zaobao.com.sg |access-date=9 May 2023 |language=zh-Hans}}{{cite web |title=朱秀凤：若能带一人到荒岛，我要带…… {{!}} 早报 |url=https://www.zaobao.com.sg/zvideos/entertainment/story20170226-719639 |website=www.zaobao.com.sg |access-date=9 May 2023 |language=zh-Hans}} Zhu began her career in theatre at the age of 14 when she was in Secondary One and joined the drama group Yingxin Alumni Association in 1959. In the early days of her career, Zhu was a part-time actress at Radio Television Singapore (RTS) and later Singapore Broadcasting Corporation (SBC) where she has also written scripts for at least four productions for children at the station. She also lent her voice to radio plays on SBC and Rediffusion, and started out in the latter's Mandarin radio plays in 1959. In 1975, she became a full-time actress for Chong Gay Theatres (later Overseas Movie Pte Ltd), a local film distributor and cinema company, and worked in three films before the company closed its studios. Following which, she switched to become a publicity manager for the distributor in 1981.{{cite news |title=Actress with a mission |url=https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/Digitised/Article/straitstimes19830117-1.2.154.8.1?ST=1 |access-date=9 May 2023 |work=eresources.nlb.gov.sg |agency=The Straits Times |issue=Page 10 |publisher=The Straits Times |date=17 January 1983 |language=en-SG}} She joined the Singapore Amateur Players, one of the oldest local Chinese drama groups, in 1968, and became the first batch of professional actors to be signed to local leading theatre group Practice Theatre Ensemble (now The Theatre Practice) when she was in her forties in 1986. In 1992, she left Practice Theatre Ensemble as their resident actress.{{cite web |title=加利谷山旧电视台拆除 艺人细说当年点滴 {{!}} 早报 |url=https://www.zaobao.com.sg/entertainment/story20220629-1287704 |website=www.zaobao.com.sg |access-date=9 May 2023 |language=zh-Hans}}{{cite web |title=洪铭铧：可敬的朱秀凤 {{!}} 早报 |url=https://www.zaobao.com.sg/zentertainment/celebs/story20170404-744516 |website=www.zaobao.com.sg |access-date=9 May 2023 |language=zh-Hans}} In February 1990, she became a full-time actress at Singapore Broadcasting Corporation (SBC).{{cite news |title=Challenge for Zhu |url=https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/Digitised/Article/straitstimes19920122-1.2.61.14.1?ST=1 |access-date=9 May 2023 |work=eresources.nlb.gov.sg |agency=The Straits Times |issue=Page 10 |publisher=The Straits Times |date=22 January 1992 |language=en-SG}}

In 1995, Zhu won the inaugural Best Supporting Actress award at the 2nd Star Awards for her role as a demanding entrepreneur in Chronicle of Life.{{cite web |title=演活恶家婆、阴森嫲 外国人也认识朱秀凤 {{!}} 早报 |url=https://www.zaobao.com.sg/entertainment/story20210830-1188199 |website=www.zaobao.com.sg |access-date=9 May 2023 |language=zh-Hans}}

Personal life

Zhu has five other siblings and her parents are from Pontian District, Johor, Malaysia. Zhu grew up with her adoptive mother and only came to know her parentage in her twenties.{{cite web |title=电视剧 不是给追星族看的 {{!}} 早报 |url=https://www.zaobao.com.sg/zentertainment/celebs/story20170226-729314 |website=www.zaobao.com.sg |access-date=9 May 2023 |language=zh-Hans}}

Zhu had a marriage which ended in 1975. She has a son and a daughter from the marriage.

Zhu currently lives by herself and has been practicing the Chinese martial arts Mulan Quan, Qigong and Tai chi as a hobby for more than 20 years.

Selected filmography

Zhu has appeared in numerous television series and films.{{cite web |title=朱秀凤 - 优酷视频 |url=https://list.youku.com/star/show/uid_UMTYzOTMxMg==.html |website=list.youku.com |access-date=9 May 2023}}

=Television series=

{{Div col}}

  • Evening Breeze (1983)
  • The Flying Fish (1983){{cite web |title=Having fun as 'empress' |url=https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/Digitised/Article/straitstimes19841026-1.2.114.5?ST=1 |website=eresources.nlb.gov.sg |publisher=The Straits Times |access-date=9 May 2023 |language=en-SG}}
  • Little DD (1983)
  • The Pursuit (1984){{cite web |title=SBC in pursuit of gongfu glory |url=https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/Digitised/Article/singmonitor19841125-1.2.41.7.1?ST=1 |website=eresources.nlb.gov.sg |publisher=Singapore Monitor |access-date=9 May 2023 |language=en-SG}}{{cite web |title=Section Three |url=https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/Digitised/Article/straitstimes19841026-1.2.13.10?ST=1 |website=eresources.nlb.gov.sg |publisher=The Straits Times |access-date=9 May 2023 |language=en-SG}}
  • Journey's End (1990)
  • Pretty Faces (1991)
  • Secret Operation (1991)
  • Working Class (1991(
  • Black Phoenix (1991)
  • Women of Substance (1992)
  • Ride the Waves (1993)
  • Shadow in the Dark (1994)
  • Chronicle of Life (1995)
  • Morning Express (1995)
  • King of Hades (1995)
  • Different Cuts Different Strokes (1997)
  • My Wife, Your Wife, Their Wives (1997)
  • The Legends of Jigong (1997)
  • Rising Expectations (1997)
  • Different Cuts Different Strokes 2 (1998)
  • The New Adventures of Wisely (1998)
  • Season of Love (1998)
  • The Return of the Condor Heroes (1998)
  • Different Cuts Different Strokes 3 (1999)
  • Lost Soul (1999)
  • Four Walls And A Ceiling (2000)
  • The Hotel (2001)
  • Bukit Ho Swee (2002)
  • The Little Nyonya (2008)
  • Folks Jump Over the Wall (2008)
  • Daddy at Home (2009)
  • Reunion Dinner (2009)
  • With You (2010)
  • Rescue 995 (2012)
  • The Journey: A Voyage (2013)
  • The Dream Makers (2013)
  • Blessings (2014)
  • Three Wishes (2014){{cite web |title=朱秀凤"凶神恶煞" 韩国人也爱看 {{!}} 早报 |url=https://www.zaobao.com.sg/entertainment/story20210831-1188554 |website=www.zaobao.com.sg |access-date=9 May 2023 |language=zh-Hans}}
  • The Journey: Tumultuous Times (2014)
  • Scrum! (2014)
  • The Caregivers (2014)
  • World at Your Feet (2014)
  • Good Luck (2015)
  • You Can Be an Angel Too (2015)
  • Hand in Hand (2015)
  • You Can Be an Angel 2 (2016)
  • Three Little Wishes (2016)
  • Hero (2016)
  • The Truth Seekers (2016)
  • The Dream Job (2016)
  • The Lead (2017)
  • Eat Already? 2 (2017)
  • Life Less Ordinary (2017)
  • My Friends from Afar (2017)
  • Reach for the Skies (2018)
  • You Can Be an Angel 3 (2018)
  • Jalan Jalan (2018)
  • Fifty & Fabulous (2018)
  • Fried Rice Paradise (2019)
  • Hello from the Other Side - Its Time (2019)
  • The Heartland Hero (2021)
  • Mr Zhou's Ghost Stories@Job Haunting (2021)
  • Key Witness (2021)
  • Love At First Bite (2022)
  • Mr Zhou's Ghost Stories@Job Haunting II (2022)
  • Your World in Mine (2022){{cite web |title=Yao Wenlong Should Have Been Nominated For Best Actor And Other Star Awards 2023 Snubs & Surprises |url=https://www.8days.sg/entertainment/local/star-awards-2023-snubs-surprises-yao-wenlong-749251 |website=8days |access-date=9 May 2023 |language=en}}
  • You Can Be An Angel 4 (2022){{cite web |title=朱秀凤吁新演员 向2阿姐学习敬老 {{!}} 早报 |url=https://www.zaobao.com.sg/entertainment/story20211211-1222107 |website=www.zaobao.com.sg |access-date=9 May 2023 |language=zh-Hans}}
  • Fix My Life (2023)
  • Shero (2023)
  • Till the End (2023)
  • Hungry Souls: From Hell, With Love (TBA)

{{End div col}}

=Film=

  • Head of the Household
  • The Absurd Family
  • Two Sides of the Bridge (1978){{cite web |title=Cinémathèque Quarterly Vol. 2: April_June 2017 |url=https://www.nhb.gov.sg/nationalmuseum/-/media/nms2017/documents/cinematheque-quarterly/nms_aprquarterly_fa.pdf |website=National Heritage Board |access-date=9 May 2023}}
  • Autumn Moon (1991){{cite web |title=A touch of Stardust |url=https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/Digitised/Article/straitstimes19900625-1.2.95.10.1?ST=1 |website=eresources.nlb.gov.sg |publisher=The Straits Times |access-date=9 May 2023 |language=en-SG}}
  • Wounded Tracks (1994)
  • Fatal Memory (1995; telemovie)
  • Life On the Line (1996; telemovie)
  • Love Cuts (2010)
  • Old Cow vs Tender Grass (2010)
  • Ghost on Air (2012)
  • Wet Season (2019)
  • The Visitor List (2022; short film){{cite web |title=拍陈子谦抗疫短片《虎年》 朱秀凤打哈欠被罚 {{!}} 早报 |url=https://www.zaobao.com.sg/entertainment/story20220125-1236482 |website=www.zaobao.com.sg |access-date=9 May 2023 |language=zh-Hans}}{{cite web |title=New and familiar faces star in Royston Tan's CNY short film |url=https://www.asiaone.com/entertainment/new-and-familiar-faces-star-royston-tans-cny-short-film |website=AsiaOne |access-date=9 May 2023 |language=en |date=25 January 2022}}
  • What is Love (2023; short film){{cite web |title=演临终癌患到死者家取景 黄炯耀向遗孀道歉 {{!}} 早报 |url=https://www.zaobao.com.sg/entertainment/story20230820-1425456 |website=www.zaobao.com.sg |access-date=21 August 2023 |language=zh-Hans}}

=Children programme scriptwriting=

  • Coffee Boy
  • Good Friends
  • Little Hearts

Selected theatrical works

  • The Silly Little Girl
  • The Funny Old Tree
  • The Little White Sailing Boat (1982)
  • The Flying Swallow (1984)
  • Kopi Tiam (1986){{cite web |title=Four go against all odds |url=https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/Digitised/Article/straitstimes19861217-1.2.64.23.1?ST=1 |website=eresources.nlb.gov.sg |publisher=The Straits Times |access-date=9 May 2023 |language=en-SG}}
  • The Story of Procreation (1987){{cite web |title=Lianhe Bao Drama Troupe |url=https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/Digitised/Article/straitstimes19870501-1.2.70.38.2?ST=1 |website=eresources.nlb.gov.sg |publisher=The Straits Times |access-date=9 May 2023 |language=en-SG}}
  • Thunderstorm (1988){{cite web |title=Actors shine in stormy drama |url=https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/Digitised/Article/straitstimes19880205-1.2.76.16.3?ST=1 |website=eresources.nlb.gov.sg |publisher=The Straits Times |access-date=9 May 2023 |language=en-SG}}

Awards and nominations

class="wikitable sortable"
YearAwardCategoryNominated workResultclass="unsortable" |Ref
1995Star Awards 1995Best Supporting ActressChronicle of Life{{won}}

References

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External links

  • {{IMDb name|0955830}}
  • {{hkmdb name|52639|Zhu Xiufeng}}

{{Star Awards for Best Supporting Actress}}

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Category:Living people

Category:Singaporean film actresses

Category:Singaporean people of Malaysian descent

Category:Singaporean people of Chinese descent

Category:Singaporean stage actresses

Category:Singaporean television actresses

Category:Singaporean wushu practitioners

Category:20th-century Singaporean actresses

Category:21st-century Singaporean actresses

Category:Year of birth missing (living people)