Pan Hong
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Pan Hong | |||||||||||
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| Born | 刘蓉华 4 November 1954 | ||||||||||
| Alma mater | Shanghai Theatre Academy | ||||||||||
| Occupation | Actress | ||||||||||
| Years active | 1977 – present | ||||||||||
| Awards | Changchun Film Festival Best Actress 1994 Shanghai Fever Damascus International Film Festival Best Actress 1987 Last Queen Shanghai Film Critics Awards Best Actress 1994 Shanghai Fever Taormina Film Fest Best Actress 1988 WellHuabiao Awards – Outstanding Actress 1994 Shanghai Fever Golden Rooster Awards – Best Actress 1983 At Middle Age 1988 Well 1994 Shanghai Fever Hundred Flowers Awards – Best Actress 1994 Shanghai Fever | ||||||||||
| Chinese name | |||||||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 潘虹 | ||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 潘虹 | ||||||||||
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| Also known as | Hong Pan | ||||||||||
Pan Hong (Chinese: 潘虹, born November 4, 1954) is a Chinese film actress.
Hong was born as Liu Ronghua (刘蓉华) on November 4, 1954, in Shanghai. During the Cultural Revolution, her parents were forced to divorce and as a result, she changed her surname from "Liu" (her father's) to "Pan" (her mother's) and lived with her mother, who was born in 1922.[1] On April 19, 1968, her father committed suicide because of persecution. Two days later, she came to the crematorium alone and took her father's urn back to her father's native place, Harbin, by taking the train.[2]
Career
After Pan graduated from the Shanghai Theatre Academy, she performed several supporting roles in films. In 1982, she shot to fame as a leading actress for At the Middle Age The movie is also known as "Ren Dao Zhong Ninan".[3]
Chinese critics have named her "The last noble in the Chinese film industry".[4]
She is the vice-chairman of the China Film Association and the China Film Performance Academic Society.[5]
In February 2021 Pan's rendition of "Once Upon a Time" was used at Shanghai Disney's Enchanted Storybook Castle.[6]
Awards
She was awarded a Hundred Flowers Award, Changchun Film Festival Golden Deer, Shanghai Film Critics Award. As the Golden Rooster Award for Best Actress three-time winner, Pan received a Golden Rooster Special Award in 1994.
Personal life
Pan Hong's paternal grandfather is Russian. In 1978, 24-year-old Pan married Mi Jiashan (米家山). At the time, Mi was working at the Shanghai Filmmaking Factory, and her hometown is in Chengdu, Sichuan. After their marriage, Pan lived in Chengdu. However, the couple divorced in 1986. After the divorce, Pan returned to Shanghai and lived with her mother temporarily.[7] To date, Pan has never remarried and has no children.[8]
In January 1995, Pan Hong published her diaries written throughout 1994.[9] Around 2003, Pan converted to Buddhism and became a vegetarian.
