Complex sentence: She was quickly typecast in many Hong Kong films with the parts of villains and femme fatales in most of her roles, and at times she didn't use a word of dialogue (since she couldn't speak Cantonese well at the time).
Split into simpler sentences: She was quickly typecast, playing villains and femme fatales in most of her Hong Kong films. At times she didn't use a word of dialogue (since she couldn't speak Cantonese well at the time).