Flora Cheong-Leen

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Flora Cheong-Leen
張天愛
Born
Flora Zeta Elizabeth Cheong-Leen

(1959-11-20) November 20, 1959 (age 64)
Occupation(s)fashion designer, former actress
Spouses
Anthony
(m. 1979;div. 1981)
(m. 1987;div. 1990)
(m. 1992;div. 1992)
(m. 2003;div. 2012)
Children1
Parent
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese 張天愛
Simplified Chinese 张天爱

Flora Zeta Elizabeth Cheong-Leen (born November 20, 1959) is a Hong Kong actress and fashion designer.

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Biography

Cheong-Leen was born in Hong Kong. Her father Hilton Cheong-Leen was born in Georgetown, British Guyana and is of Chinese descent and her mother Pauline Chow is from Beijing.

She studied in the United Kingdom and France. After returning to Hong Kong, Cheong-Leen was selected as leading actress in 10 full-length motion pictures including Life after Life (Cinema City), Duel to the Death (Golden Harvest), Chasing Girl (Cinema City), Return of the Deadly Blade (Champion International Film), Lung Gem Wei (Golden Harvest), and Cactus. After a brief career as a film actress, she went on to create fashion designs and costumes.

Cheong-Leen launched her first clothing line, Pavlova, in 1981. Pavlova was followed by the Tian Art label, and Cheong-Leen couture collection.[ citation needed ]

Personal life

Cheong-Leen has been married and divorced four times. She has a daughter, Claudine, with her second husband, Michael Ying.

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