What is Yu So-chow?
'''Yu So Chow '''({{zh|c=于素秋|p=Yú Sù Qiū|cy=yū sou chāu}}; 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.<ref>{{cite news|title=1960s female martial arts star Yu So Chow dies|url=http://www.straitstimes.com/lifestyle/entertainment/1960s-female-martial-arts-star-yu-so-chow-dies|access-date=16 May 2017|work=The Straits Times|date=16 May 2017}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== *[http://www.YuSoChow.com Official Web Site of Yu So Chow] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070328094216/http://www.yusochow.com/ |date=2007-03-28 }} *[http://www.hkcinemagic.com/fr/people.asp?id=3250 Yu So Chau at Hong Kong Cinemagic] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303204316/http://www.hkcinemagic.com/fr/people.asp?id=3250 |date=2016-03-03 }} {{DEFAULTSORT:Yu, So-chow}} [[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]] {{actor-stub}}