Li Li-hua (; 17 July 1924 â 19 March 2017) was a Chinese actress, better known as an actress from the Shaw Brothers Studio. In 1957, Li married Hong Kong actor and director Yan Jun (å´ä¿Â) (17 December 1917 â 18 August 1980).
Li Li-hua was born on 17 July 1924, in Shanghai. She was the daughter of the famous Beijing Opera actor Li Guifang (æÂÂæ¡Âè³). At age 12, she moved to Beijing and studied Beijing Opera. Four years later she moved to Shanghai and joined the Yihua Film Company. Her first movie was 3 Smiles (ä¸Âç¬Â) which was released in two parts in 1940. Her final movie was New Dream of the Red Chamber (æ°素æ¨Â夢) in 1978, after which she retired and moved to the United States. She acted in over one hundred twenty movies during her 38-year career. In 1969 she was awarded the Golden Horse Best Actress award for Storm over the Yangtze River (æÂÂÃ¥ÂÂæ±Â風é²). In 2015 she was awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award at the 52nd Golden Horse Awards. In April 2016 she was honored with a Hong Kong Film Awards Lifetime Achievement Award. She died on 19 March 2017, aged 92.