Yu So-chow

Yu So Chow (; 9 July 1930 – 12 May 2017) was a Chinese actress. She was born in Beijing. She was the daughter of late Master Yu Jim Yuen who ran the China Drama Academy, a Peking Opera School in Hong Kong, and teacher of many well-known actors. 

She started her acting career in 1948 and made over 240 movies in the wuxia, kung fu, action, detective and Cantonese opera genres. Her movies were successful at the box-office and she was one of the most popular superstars of the 1960 in Asia and Hong Kong. Her best known role was as Tik Siu-ching in The Flying Fox (1964).

Yu died in San Francisco, California on 12 May 2017 from pneumonia at the age of 86.

References

Other websites
Official Web Site of Yu So Chow 
Yu So Chau at Hong Kong Cinemagic 

Category:1930 births
Category:2017 deaths
Category:Deaths from pneumonia
Category:Disease-related deaths in San Francisco
Category:Chinese movie actors
Category:Actors from Beijing