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| 2 | [[caption-width-right:329:Screenshot of Cheung Ching-ching from ''Film/OneArmedSwordswoman''. Before living up to her name.]] |
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| 4 | Cheung Ching-ching (born 1947 in Taipei, Taiwan) is a Taiwanese actress, stuntwoman and B-grade action star prominent in the 1970s, notably for starring in various GenderFlipped Taiwanese remakes of martial arts movies popular at the time, such as ''Film/OneArmedSwordswoman'' (remake of ''Film/OneArmedSwordsman'') and ''Film/TheSeisureSoulSwordOfABlindGirl'' (remake of ''Film/{{Zatoichi}}). |
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| 6 | She started her role as an opera singer and performer at age 17 before her cinematic debut, mostly in dramas, but by 1970 she made her first {{Wuxia}} film and begin shifting her career path towards action films. Incidentally, several of her films would co-star her alongside fellow Taiwanese icon Creator/JimmyWangYu, star of the original ''One Armed Swordsman'' films. |
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| 9 | !!Films starring this Performer: |
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| 11 | * ''Film/SuperiorDarter'' |
| 12 | * ''Film/SonOfSwordsman'' |
| 13 | * ''Film/DarkestSword'' |
| 14 | * ''Film/FlyingOverGrass'' - she reprises her character in the sequel, ''Ninja Fists on Fire'' a.k.a ''The Fists That Kills'' |
| 15 | * ''Film/BloodyHandGoddess'' a.k.a ''The Cruelty Goddess'' |
| 16 | * ''Film/TheSeisureSoulSwordOfABlindGirl'' |
| 17 | * ''Film/SorrowfulToAGhost'' - Cheung reprises her character in the sequel, ''Paid With Blood'', and plays a SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute in the spin-off, ''Duel With Devil'' |
| 18 | * ''Film/FearlessFighters'' |
| 19 | * ''Film/ThePatrioticHeroine'' |
| 20 | * ''Film/TheMagnificentChivalry'' |
| 21 | * ''Film/StruggleKarate'' |
| 22 | * ''Film/TheEvilKarate'' |
| 23 | * ''Film/ExtremeEnemy'' |
| 24 | * ''Film/HugeBrother'' |
| 25 | * ''Film/OneArmedSwordswoman'' |
| 26 | * ''Film/RoyalFist'' |
| 27 | * ''Film/BloodLeopard'' |
| 28 | * ''Film/TheBigFight'' |
| 29 | * ''Film/TheChampionOfTheBoxers'' |
| 30 | * ''Film/ImpetuousFire'' a.k.a ''Soul of Samurai'' |
| 31 | * ''Film/TheAngryHero'' |
| 32 | * ''Film/ScreamingTiger'' |
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