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Yuen Qiu (Chinese: 元秋) (born Cheung Cheun-Nam, 1948) is a Chinese actress and martial artist. She is an expert of both Chinese martial arts and Beijing-opera skills, and was apprenticed under the same master, Yu Jim-Yuen, as Jackie Chan and Sammo Hung Kam-Bo at the China Drama Academy's Peking Opera School. Yuen Qiu worked as a stuntwoman and as a night club performer from the late 1960s to early 1970s. She had a small role in the international production, The Man with the Golden Gun (1974), portraying a student rescuing Roger Moore as James Bond. As there were few opportunities for stuntwomen and barely any prospects for improvement at the time, she got married in 1974 at the age of 24. After being away from the Hong Kong film industry for nearly 20 years, she landed a role in Kung Fu Hustle only by chance. She was only accompanying a junior woman fellow of the China Drama Academy at the audition but the director's eye was on her. Reports show that Stephen Chow gave her the job after unremitting and persistent persuasion. Yuen is also in a movie called Kung Fu Mahjong, with Yuen Wah.

Kung Fu Hustle ( 2004) | IMDb: 7.7

Action , Comedy , Crime , Fantasy

It's the 1940s, and the notorious Axe Gang terrorizes Shanghai. Small-time criminals Sing and Bone hope to join, but they only manage to make lots of very dangerous enemies. Fortunately for them, kung fu masters and hidden strength can be found in unlikely places. Now they just have to take on the entire Axe Gang.

Starring:

Stephen Chow , Yuen Wah , Yuen Qiu , Lam Tze-chung , Siu-Lung Leung , Bruce Siu-Lung Leung

Directed by:

Stephen Chow

Produced by:

Stephen Chow , Wang Zhonglei , Bill Borden

The Man with the Golden Gun ( 1974) | IMDb: 6.7

Action , Adventure , Thriller

Cool government operative James Bond searches for a stolen invention that can turn the sun's heat into a destructive weapon. He soon crosses paths with the menacing Francisco Scaramanga, a hitman so skilled he has a seven-figure working fee. Bond then joins forces with the swimsuit-clad Mary Goodnight, and together they track Scaramanga to a Thai tropical isle hideout where the killer-for-hire lures the slick spy into a deadly maze for a final duel.

Starring:

Roger Moore , Christopher Lee , Britt Ekland , Maud Adams , Hervé Villechaize , Clifton James

Directed by:

Ray Freeborn , Guy Hamilton , Elaine Schreyeck

Produced by:

Charles Orme , Weston Drury Jr. , Albert R. Broccoli

Yuen Qiu Movies: Top 2 Performances by a Successful Actor

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