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Feng Baobao
Petrina Fung Bo-Bo (October 30, 1953 -), formerly known as Feng Baobao, is a Hong Kong actress, known as "Sister Bobo". She was born in Sandakan, British North Borneo (now Sandakan, Sabah, Malaysia). She is native of Zhongshan, Guangdong. She has made her debut at the age of two and a half and has filmed more than 20 0 movies, including the most popular childhood period from the age of 6 to 9, Feng Baobao shot more than 120 movies. She is the child star who has made the most movies in the history of cross-strait, three places and the world's Chinese movies. Therefore, she has the reputation of "Oriental Sally Temple" and is widely known in the Chinese society around the world. During the Cantonese film era from the 1950s to the 1960s, Fung Bo Bo was a famous talented child star at that time. Together with her eldest sister Feng Subo and five other female movie stars who were also Cantonese film child stars, Shen Zhihua, Chen Baozhu, Xiao Fangfang, Sit Jiayan and Wang Aiming, they became the "Seven Princesses" of the film industry. She was the youngest among the seven members. The famous late movie star Lin Dai befriended the young Feng Baobao in December 1961 and became her stepmother. His foster father is Mr. Datuk Lim Furong, a wealthy Malaysian businessman. When Feng Baobao was 11 years old, he filmed the Mandarin movie "Tears of Love" and sang the lead vocal in the interlude "Ode to a Loving Mother". Mainland audiences are familiar with Feng Baobao because she was the actress in the second-generation TV version of "Wu Zetian". Her classic appearance is still like a goddess in the hearts of many people born in the 70s and 80s. Before the age of 15, Feng Baobao acted in nearly 200 films and became the child star with the most films in the world. He is known as "the only child star in the history of Chinese films who can be the number one hit". After watching Feng Baobao's video "Wu Zetian", the famous director Li Hanxiang praised her as "more comprehensive in acting skills than the famous Li Lihua and Lin Dai." The mayor of San Francisco in the United States renamed June 3, 1989 as "Feng Baobao Day". The actress was described by the late great director Li Hanxiang as "precious and exquisite". During her career, she won numerous awards in mainland China, Hong Kong, Taiwan and the United States, including the Best Supporting Actress at the Hong Kong Film Awards twice.
- Category
- Film & TV
- Nationality
- Malaysia
- Born
- 1954-10-30
- Wikidata
- Q839421