文化藝術人物 / Cultural figure

周樂

大字係領域(由已登記職業/領域派生),唔係姓氏。

Chow Lok

1935年–2017年

領域:藝術家

繁體中文

在1960年代的香港,潮語片是本地電影的一個支流,製片商多邀請潮劇班底把舞台劇目搬上銀幕,演員往往兼演正劇與諧劇,周樂便是這批影、劇雙棲藝人之一。周樂原名周芳輝,廣東潮陽峽山人,畢業於汕頭華僑中學,與日後成為著名潮劇女小生的莊雪娟是校友,兩人求學期間經常合作表演潮劇與唱曲。1957年她移居香港,經莊雪娟引薦加入東山潮音劇藝社。1961年,她以藝名莫邪(又名木墀)首度參演潮語片《蘇六娘》,飾演男主角郭繼春;其後轉演老旦角色,先在《蕭端蒙一板打死江西王》(1961)反串劉國太,再以藝名周樂參演《郭子儀賀壽》(1961),出演郭夫人。往後她較多反串女丑,如媒婆、惡婦等,演出相當出色,作品包括《滴水記》(1962)與《田七郎》(1962)。她既能演年少書生,也能反串龍鍾老婦與滑稽媒婆,行當轉換自如,是同期潮語片中少見能跨越多個行當的演員。從未正式習藝的她以自學與模仿入手,在潮劇界塑造出連串諧趣人物,又喜愛模仿粵劇名家半日安與譚蘭卿,故舉手投足都帶有二人影子。除東山影業公司出品外,她亦參演嶺東影業公司的《感天動地竇娥冤》(1963),以及夏帆藝業電影製片公司的《雙奪妻》(1965)等,合共參演十多部潮語片。1964年,她隨夏帆、陳文昌等藝人到東南亞多處隨片登台,向僑居當地的潮籍觀眾演出。她又先後與新天彩、新天藝、韓江、昇藝、鮀江及三正順等多個劇團合作,活躍於香港潮劇舞台,至1982年退出藝壇,2017年在香港逝世。

English

Chow Lok, born Chow Fong-fai and a native of the Xia-shan district of Chaoyang in Guangdong, graduated from a Shantou overseas-Chinese school, where she was a classmate of Chong Suet-kuen, later a celebrated female xiaosheng of Teochew opera, and the two often performed and sang together as students. She moved to Hong Kong in 1957 and, on Chong's recommendation, joined the Tung Shan Teochew Opera Troupe. In 1961, under the stage name Mok Che (also Muk-chi), she made her screen debut in the Teochew-dialect film Su Liu Niang, playing the male lead Guo Jichun; she then shifted to laodan roles, first playing Empress Dowager Liu in a 1961 costume picture and then, as Chow Lok, appearing as the wife of Guo Ziyi in another 1961 release. She went on to specialise in comic female roles such as matchmakers and shrews, winning praise in films including a 1962 pair, Dripping Water and Tian Qi-lang. Never formally trained, she taught herself by imitation and modelled her bearing on the Cantonese opera stars Pun Yat-on and Tam Lan-hing. Besides the Tung Shan company's output she appeared in Ling Dong's The Injustice to Dou E (1963) and a 1965 picture from Ha Fan's company, making over a dozen Teochew films in all. In 1964 she toured Southeast Asia with fellow artists, worked with many troupes over the years, retired from the stage in 1982 and died in Hong Kong in 2017.

人物小檔 Profile

職業Occupation

演員

年期Active period

1935年–2017年

代表作Notable works

《蘇六娘》(1961)、《蕭端蒙一板打死江西王》(1961)、《滴水記》(1962)

資料整理日期 / Compiled: 2026-10-14

主要成就 Key Achievements

1961

以藝名莫邪參演潮語片《蘇六娘》,飾演男主角郭繼春

Made her Teochew-film debut under the stage name Mok Che as the male lead Guo Jichun in Su Liu Niang

1962

以反串女丑見長,主演《滴水記》與《田七郎》塑造諧趣人物

Specialised in comic female roles, playing memorable characters in Dripping Water and Tian Qi-lang

1964

隨夏帆、陳文昌等藝人到東南亞多處隨片登台

Toured Southeast Asia with fellow artists to promote her films

影響與傳承 Impact & Legacy

繁體中文

周樂雖非科班出身,卻以自學模仿在潮劇界闖出名堂,反串女丑尤其出色,戲路可由年少書生演到龍鍾老婦。她是1960年代香港潮語片常見的諧角,其演出也為本地潮劇舞台留下別具一格的表演範式。

English

Though never formally trained, Chow Lok made her name in Teochew opera through self-taught imitation, excelling in comic female roles and becoming a much-prized comic presence in 1960s Hong Kong Teochew film while leaving a distinctive performing template for the local Teochew stage.

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