Pan Hong (Chinese: 潘虹, born November 4, 1954) is a Chinese film actress.

Pan Hong
Born
刘蓉华

(1954-11-04) 4 November 1954 (age 70)
Alma materShanghai Theatre Academy
OccupationActress
Years active1977 – present
AwardsChangchun 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 AwardsOutstanding Actress
1994 Shanghai Fever

Golden Rooster AwardsBest Actress
1983 At Middle Age
1988 Well
1994 Shanghai Fever

Hundred Flowers AwardsBest Actress
1994 Shanghai Fever

Chinese name
Traditional Chinese潘虹
Simplified Chinese潘虹
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinPān Hóng
Yue: Cantonese
Jyutpingpun1 hung4
Musical career
Also known asHong Pan

Early life

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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

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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

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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

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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.

Selected filmography

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Film

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Year Title Role Notes
1977 Slave's Daughter
奴隶的女儿
Mala Wujia
1978 Troubled Laughter
苦恼人的笑
Fu Bin's wife
1982 Du Shiniang
杜十娘
Du Shiniang 3rd place - Hundred Flowers Award for Best Actress
1983 At the Middle Age
人到中年
Lu Wenting Golden Rooster Award for Best Actress
2nd place - Hundred Flowers Award for Best Actress
1984 Cold Night
寒夜
Zeng Shusheng
1986 The Last Emperor
火龙
Li Shuxian Nominated - Hong Kong Film Award for Best Actress
1987 The Last Empress
末代皇后
Wanrong Damascus International Film Festival for Best Actress
Golden Phoenix Award for Female Actor
2nd place - Hundred Flowers Award for Best Actress
1988 Well
Xu Lisha Golden Rooster Award for Best Actress
Taormina International Film Festival for Best Actress
1989 The Last Aristocrats
最后的贵族
Li Tong
1990 Single Woman
单身女人
Ouyang Ruoyun 2nd place - Hundred Flowers Award for Best Actress
1994 Shanghai Fever
股疯
Fan Li Golden Rooster Award for Best Actress
Hundred Flowers Award for Best Actress
Changchun Film Festival for Best Actress
Shanghai Film Critics Award for Best Actress
Huabiao Film Award for Outstanding Actress
Golden Phoenix Award for Female Actor
2013 So Young
致我们终将逝去的青春
Chen's mom
2015 Lost in Hong Kong
港囧
Xu's mother in law
The Last Women Standing
2016 Kill Time
谋杀似水年华

Television

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Year Title Role Notes
2001 Beyond Emotion
超越情感
Qi Runwu
2002 Wu Tong Yu
梧桐雨
Zhu Yugui
Qing Yi
青衣
Liu Ruyun
2003 Shao nian tian zi
少年天子
Empress Dowager Xiaozhuang
2005 Moment in Peking
京华烟云
Mrs. Zeng Nominated - Top Chinese TV Drama Award for Best Supporting Actress
2007 Thank You for Having Loved Me
谢谢你曾经爱过我
Su Yuzhen
2008 Taiwan 1895
台湾1895
Empress Dowager Cixi
2012 Mu fu feng yun
木府风云
Ms. Luoning
2013 Hot Mom
辣妈正传
Mrs Deng
2015 Tiger Mom
虎妈猫爸
Sun Yaxian
2018 Win the World Old Madame Ba

References

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  1. ^ 中国著名电影演员潘虹 Retrieved in 2016-09-03
  2. ^ 读潘虹日记“无法哭泣” Retrieved in 2018-07-09
  3. ^ 潘虹:每一个角色都值得我拼命去揣摩,去演好. Chinanews.com . 24 November 2008.
  4. ^ Pan Hong:The last noble. Southern Weekend. 21 September 2009.
  5. ^ CFA DATABASE:Pan Hong Archived 2011-07-07 at the Wayback Machine. China Film Association Official Site. 28 September 2007.
  6. ^ "Shanghai Disney pulling out all the stops for Spring Festival". SHINE. Retrieved 2023-01-28.
  7. ^ 潘虹坦承:我一辈子在乎米家山 Retrieved 2016-09-03
  8. ^ 潘虹坦言:没有子女很遗憾 真爱有过一次就够了 Retrieved in 2016-09-03
  9. ^ 《潘虹独语》 Retrieved in 2018-07-09
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