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Leslie Cheung
Hong Kong, British Crown Colony
Cheung Kwok-Wing (Chinese: 張國榮, English name: Leslie, September 12, 1956 – April 1, 2003) was a Hong Kong Canadian singer and actor. Born in Hong Kong, Leslie Cheung moved to the…
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Cheung Kwok-Wing (Chinese: 張國榮, English name: Leslie, September 12, 1956 – April 1, 2003) was a Hong Kong Canadian singer and actor. Born in Hong Kong, Leslie Cheung moved to the United Kingdom in 1971, settling in Leeds, where he enrolled at university to study fashion design. After completing his studies, he returned to Hong Kong and, in 1977, took part in an amateur singing competition—the ATV Asian Music Contest—where he won second prize. The following year, he released his first album, I Like Dreaming. He soon began appearing on television and quickly landed his first film role in Erotic Dreams of the Red Chamber (1978), an erotic production that Cheung himself later described as a “shameful disaster.” Throughout a 26-year career from 1977 until his death, Cheung released over 40 music albums and acted in 56 films. He was one of the most prominent pioneers that shaped the identity of Cantopop during the 1980s. His studio albums Summer Romance (1987) and Most Beloved (1995) each sold over 300,000 copies and are among the best-selling albums of all time in the territory. In addition to music, Cheung achieved pan-Asian fame with such films as A Better Tomorrow (1986) and A Chinese Ghost Story (1987). He won the Best Actor at the 1991 Hong Kong Film Awards for his role in Days of Being Wild (1990). His venture into acting in the 1990s was recognized for his portrayal of queer characters in the then-conservative film industry, he was one of the few Hong Kong actors willing to take on gay roles—such as in Wong Kar-wai’s Happy Together—or to play a cross-dressing opera performer in Chen Kaige’s Farewell My Concubine, which won the Palme d'Or at Cannes in 1993. Leslie Cheung died by suicide on April 1, 2003, at the age of 46, by jumping from the 24th floor of the Mandarin Oriental Hotel in Hong Kong. In the note he left behind, he stated that he had been suffering from depression.
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2023
In Memory Of Leslie Cheung
TV show
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2021
One-Tenth of a Millimeter Apart
Movie Self (archive footage)
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2021
TME Live「想你 張國榮」線上音樂會
Movie self
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2008
Ashes of Time Redux
Movie 欧阳锋
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2002
Inner Senses
Movie Jim Law
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2001
熱 : 情演唱會演唱會 Karaoke
Movie
- 2000
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2000
From Ashes to Ashes
Movie Lawrence
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2000
Okinawa Rendez-vous
Movie Jimmy Tong
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2000
Double Tap
Movie Rick Y.H.Pang
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1999
The Kid
Movie Wing / Daniel
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1999
Left Right Love Destiny
Movie 阿Sam
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1999
Moonlight Express
Movie Tatsuya Misawa / Shek Karbo
- 1999
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1998
A Time to Remember
Movie Jin
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1998
Yang ± Yin: Gender in Chinese Cinema
Movie Self
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1998
Anna Magdalena
Movie Editor
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1998
Ninth Happiness
Movie Ma Lun Cheung / Tok Choi
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1997
Happy Together
Movie Ho Po-wing
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1997
星空下的傾情
TV show
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1997
All's Well, End's Well '97
Movie Self
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1997
張國榮跨越97演唱會
Movie
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1996
Viva Erotica
Movie Sing
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1996
Who's the Woman, Who's the Man?
Movie Sam Koo Gai Ming
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1996
Shanghai Grand
Movie Hui Man Keung
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1996
Temptress Moon
Movie Yu Zhongliang
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1996
Tri-Star
Movie Chung Kwok Keung
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1995
The Phantom Lover
Movie Song Danping
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1995
The Chinese Feast
Movie Chiu Kong Sun
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1994
Ashes of Time
Movie Ouyang Feng / Western Venom
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1994
Over the Rainbow, Under the Skirt
Movie Himself
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1994
Long and Winding Road
Movie Lam Chiu-Wing
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1994
He's a Woman, She's a Man
Movie Sam Koo Gai Ming
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1994
It's a Wonderful Life
Movie Roberto
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1993
The Bride with White Hair 2
Movie Cho Yi Hang
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1993
The Bride with White Hair
Movie Cho Yi Hang
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1993
The Eagle Shooting Heroes
Movie Huang Yaoshi
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1993
All's Well End's Well, Too
Movie David Copper Feel
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1993
Farewell My Concubine
Movie Cheng Dieyi / Xiao Douzi
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1992
Girls Without Tomorrow
Movie Songs
