文化藝術人物 / Cultural figure

李湄

大字係領域(由已登記職業/領域派生),唔係姓氏。

Helen Li Mei

1929年–1994年

領域:藝術家

繁體中文

李湄原名李景芳,學名李桂芳,1929年9月1日出生。父任職政府經濟部,母受過高等教育,幼時環境優裕;她原籍吉林,家在河北,戰時遷居上海、南京,中小學時在重慶,和平後返北京,入讀華北大學政治系。1949年她到香港,當過打字員、服裝設計,並為新月唱片公司作詞。1950年她改名李倩,任民生影業公司編劇,首個劇本為《黃金世界》(1953)。1952年競選香港小姐後她易名李湄,並在《流鶯曲》(1954)中首任主角。其早年作品以《名女人別傳》(1953)較受注意,兩三年內拍片十多齣,以獨立製片為主。1955年12月她簽約國際影片發行公司(國際電影懋業有限公司〔電懋〕前身),加盟後主演首作《春色惱人》(1956)獲邀參加亞洲電影節,其後以《雨過天青》(1959)再證演技,更藉《龍翔鳳舞》(1959)、《桃李爭春》(1962)等歌舞片大放異彩,並獲禮聘到日本主演「寶塚劇場」歌舞劇《香港》,又為百代公司錄過唱片。她1956年創辦北斗影業公司,自任製片同女主角,出品包括張徹在香港導演嘅首作《野火》(1958)。在電懋最後一作為《西太后與珍妃》(1964)。李湄形象冶艷而豪邁,兼具文才,演過多種角色,共曾演出近五十部影片,其中有與菲律賓演員合作嘅《蛇女思凡》(1958)、與韓國演員合作嘅《雨不灑花花不紅》(1959)。後期名片有《大馬戲團》(1964)。1967年她結婚,定居美國並息影經商,1994年5月12日患癌病逝。

English

Helen Li Mei was born Li Ging-fong (also known at school as Li Gwai-fong) on 1 September 1929. Her father worked in a government economic department and her mother was highly educated, and the family was comfortably off; of Jilin ancestry but living in Hebei, they moved to Shanghai and Nanjing during the war, and she spent her school years in Chongqing before returning to Beijing to study politics at North China University. She reached Hong Kong in 1949 and worked as a typist, a fashion designer and a lyricist for a record company. In 1950 she took the name Li Sin and joined Man Sang Film Company as a screenwriter, her first script dating from 1953; after entering the Miss Hong Kong contest in 1952 she adopted the name Li Mei and took her first leading role in a 1954 film. Her early output drew notice with a 1953 picture about a woman of note, and within two or three years she had made over a dozen films, mostly as an independent. In December 1955 she signed with International Film Distributors, forerunner of MP & GI; her first lead there, a 1956 film, was invited to an Asian film festival, and she confirmed her range in a 1959 drama while shining in the song-and-dance pictures of 1959 and 1962, even being invited to Japan to star in a Takarazuka revue titled Hong Kong and recording songs for Pathé. In 1956 she founded Pak Tau Film Company, producing and starring in its films, among them a 1958 picture that was Chang Cheh's Hong Kong directing debut. Her last MP & GI film was a 1964 costume drama. Glamorous yet forthright and with a literary gift, she played varied roles in nearly fifty films, including co-productions with Filipino and Korean actors, with a late showcase in a 1964 circus film. She married in 1967, retired to the United States to go into business, and died of cancer on 12 May 1994.

人物小檔 Profile

職業Occupation

演員原名李景芳

年期Active period

1929年–1994年

代表作Notable works

《黃金世界》(1953)、《龍翔鳳舞》(1959)、《大馬戲團》(1964)

資料整理日期 / Compiled: 2026-10-14

主要成就 Key Achievements

1953

以李倩之名任編劇,首個劇本《黃金世界》面世

Worked as a screenwriter under the name Li Sin, her first script appearing in 1953

1956

創辦北斗影業公司,自任製片與女主角

Founded Pak Tau Film Company, producing and starring in its pictures

1959

憑《龍翔鳳舞》等歌舞片大放異彩

Won wide acclaim in the song-and-dance pictures of 1959, including a lavish musical

影響與傳承 Impact & Legacy

繁體中文

李湄係1950年代香港少見兼具文才同冶艷形象嘅女星,既能編劇、創辦北斗影業自製自演,又能歌善舞,在電懋歌舞片同亞洲合拍片中留下鮮明印記,係戰後南來影人嘅代表人物。

English

Helen Li Mei was a rare 1950s Hong Kong star who combined literary talent with a glamorous, forthright screen persona; she wrote screenplays, founded her own company to produce and star in films and sang and danced in MP & GI musicals and Asian co-productions, embodying the migrant film talent of the post-war years.

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