Practically born onstage, Yang first assisted her mother in a production at the age of four. At the age of seven, she played the lead in a play called An-An Chases Chickens and captured the hearts of her audience.
差一點就在戲台上呱呱墜地的楊麗花，4 歲時就隨母親登台跑龍套，7 歲主演《安安趕雞》，大受觀眾喜愛。