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| Born | Pai Yueh-o (白月娥) 17 May 1955 Keelung, Taiwan | ||||||||
| Occupation(s) | Singer, actress, media personality, social activist | ||||||||
| Years active | 1973–present | ||||||||
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| Children | Pai Hsiao-yen | ||||||||
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| Chinese | 白冰冰 | ||||||||
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| Pai Yueh-o | |||||||||
| Chinese | 白月娥 | ||||||||
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| Pai Hsueh-hua | |||||||||
| Chinese | 白雪嬅 | ||||||||
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Pai Hsueh-hua (born 17 May 1955),born Pai Yueh-o,better known by her stage name Pai Bing-bing (also spelled Pai Ping-ping),is a Taiwanese singer,actress,media personality and social activist.
Born to an impoverished family in Keelung,Pai dropped out of formal education in her teenage years. In 1973,she won a prize in a singing contest held by Taiwan Television and following this success she pursued a career in the local entertainment business. In 1975,she moved to Japan to study singing and acting. At this time she had a relationship with Japanese comics writer Ikki Kajiwara and they later married. Their daughter Pai Hsiao-yen was born in 1980 but their marriage was quickly dissolved the next year after Kajiwara engaged in an extramarital affair and committed domestic violence. Pai Bing-bing had to return to Taiwan and raised Hsiao-yen as a single mother. Since mid-1980s,Pai has been gaining popularity for her bantering style,becoming one of the best-known Taiwanese entertainers.[ citation needed ] Richard Lloyd-Parry of The Independent described Pai as the "Cilla Black of Taiwan". [1] Besides her entertainment career,Pai also had significant investments in local catering service industry.[ citation needed ]
In 1997,Pai Hsiao-yen,then 16 years old,was kidnapped,raped,tortured and murdered. This event subsequently made the elder Pai into a social activist to advocate the use of death penalty;Pai founded the Swallow Foundation and chaired it to date to advocate capital punishment as well as provide legal support to local crime victims. Lloyd-Parry described the attention around the murder of Pai's daughter as giving Pai "a greater,though more terrible,fame than she had as an entertainer." [1] In 2010,in the wake of the global anti-capital punishment movement,Pai successfully held a protest against former ROC Minister of Justice Wang Ching-feng,resulting in Wang's resignation and the resumption of executions in the Republic of China. [2]
| Year | English title | Original title | Role | Notes |
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| 1978 | Karate Wars | カラテ大戦争 | ||
| 1983 | Chinese Magic | 中國法術 | ||
| 1990 | The Hilarious Army | 大笑兵團 | ||
| Ghost Married | 鬼出嫁 | Hua | ||
| Seventh Moon | 七月鬼門開 | |||
| 1992 | Kung-Fu Kids | 沒大沒小 | Nanny Gu | |
| 1994 | Lonely Hearts Club | 寂寞芳心俱樂部 | Chen Chunnu | |
| 1997 | Yours and Mine | 我的神經病 | ||
| 2010 | Comedy Makes You Cry | 拍賣春天 | Lingling | |
| 2016 | Like Life | 人生按個讚 | Hsu Chuan-chen | also co-writer,supervising producer |
| Year | English title | Chinese title | Role | Notes |
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| 1994 | The Seven Heroes and Five Gallants | 七俠五義 | Gu Atao | |
| 2006 | Emerald on the Roof | 屋顶上的绿宝石 | Fang Min | |
| 2007 | Love at First Fight | 武十郎 | Lei Laohu | |
| I Shall Succeed | 我一定要成功 | Chen Suchun |
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