Ivy Ling Po, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Ivy Ling Po

Hong Kong actor and singer

Date of Birth: 16-Nov-1939

Place of Birth: Shantou, Guangdong, China

Profession: actor, singer

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio

Huang Yu-chun (born 16 November 1939 in Shantou, Republic of China), known by her final stage name Ivy Ling Po, is a retired Hong Kong actress and Chinese opera singer.
She is best known for a number of mega-hit Huangmei opera films in the 1960s, especially The Love Eterne (1963) which made her an Asian superstar overnight.
She played an important role in the entertainment industry for preserving the Huangmei opera art form.She has used many names in her past.
When she was a young child, she was sold to a family in Xiamen (Amoy), where she took on the name Jun Haitang (Chinese: ???; Pe?h-oe-ji: Kun Hái-tông) and worked as a domestic maid.
After reaching preadolescence, her foster mother forced her to enter the Hong Kong movie industry to exploit her.
She first acted in Amoy Hokkien films under the stage name Xiaojuan (Chinese: ??; Pe?h-oe-ji: Sió-koan), later in Cantonese films under the stage name Shen Yan (Chinese: ??; Jyutping: Sam2 Ngaan6), before finally entering the Shaw Brothers Studio to act in Mandarin films as (Ivy) Ling Po (Chinese: ??; pinyin: Líng Bo) and rising to superstardom.