文化藝術人物 / Cultural figure

黃曼梨

大字係領域(由已登記職業/領域派生),唔係姓氏。

Wong Man Lei

1913年–1998年

領域:藝術家

繁體中文

黃曼梨原名黃文素,又名黃蘭因,廣東中山人,1913年生於香港,有「悲劇聖手」之稱。她曾就讀意大利嬰堂書院(聖心書院前身)及庇理羅士女子師範,年少時已立志當演員,1930年向上海暨南影片公司投書自薦,投身影壇,並以黃曼麗為藝名參演默片《火燒白雀寺》、《江湖二十四俠》等。合約屆滿後她回港加入聯華港廠,拍了《古寺鵑聲》、《夜半槍聲》(同為1932)、《暗室明珠》(1933)等片;聯華結束香港業務後,她轉入大觀聲片有限公司,主演有聲片《昨日之歌》(1935),其後又演出《新青年》(1936)、《人生曲》(1937)、《小廣東》(1940)、《人海淚痕》(1940)、《小老虎》(1941)等。香港淪陷時,她偷渡澳門,再轉往廣州灣,與逃難影人合組劇團演出維生,後再赴越南滯留三年。日本投降後,她為籌措路費往泰國、馬來亞及新加坡演出,1946年底復員回港。回港後她有見粵語片質素日降,與多位影人發起「粵語片清潔運動」,其後又參與組織華南電影工作者聯合會,並任主席團成員。1952年她與多位影人成立中聯電影企業有限公司,參演《苦海明燈》、《危樓春曉》(同為1953)、《父母心》(1955)等代表作,其他作品還有《敗家仔》(1952)、《家家戶戶》(1954)、《原野》(1956)、《奸情》(1958)、《吸血婦》(1962)及《瘋婦》(1964)等。1967年完成《矇查查的愛情》後因健康問題退休,並著有《我的影藝生活》(1952)。七十年代她加入電視圈,演出多部電視長劇。1995年她獲第十四屆香港電影金像獎終身成就獎,獎座由周潤發親送到她入住的老人院。1998年4月8日病逝。

English

Wong Man Lei, originally Wong Man-so and also known as Wong Lan-yan, was born in Hong Kong in 1913 to a Zhongshan family and was nicknamed the 'master of tragedy'. Educated at the Italian Convent School (now Sacred Heart Canossian College) and Belilios Public School, she dreamed of acting from a young age and in 1930 wrote to the Shanghai Jinnan Film Company to offer herself as an actress, entering the industry under the name Wong Man-lai in silent films such as The Burning of White Sparrow Temple. After her contract ended she returned to Hong Kong and joined Lianhua's local studio, appearing in films including The Swan's Cry in the Old Temple and Midnight Shots (both 1932). When Lianhua closed its Hong Kong operation she moved to Grandview Film Company and starred in its sound film Song of Yesterday (1935), followed by titles such as New Youth (1936) and Little Canton (1940). When Hong Kong fell in 1941 she escaped to Macao and then Guangzhouwan, touring with refugee filmmakers before spending three years in Vietnam; after the Japanese surrender she performed in Thailand, Malaya and Singapore to raise money and returned home at the end of 1946. Disturbed by the decline of Cantonese cinema, she helped launch the 'Cantonese Film Cleansing Movement' and later the South China Film Workers Union. In 1952 she co-founded Union Film Enterprise and appeared in many of its productions, including In the Face of Demolition (1953) and Parents' Hearts (1955), as well as such films as The Prodigal Son (1952), Every Family (1954), The Wilderness (1956), Adultery (1958), The Bloodsucking Woman (1962) and The Mad Woman (1964). She retired for health reasons after Father Is Back (1967) and wrote a memoir in 1952. She moved into television in the 1970s and received the Lifetime Achievement Award at the 14th Hong Kong Film Awards in 1995, the trophy being delivered to her care home by Chow Yun-fat. She died on 8 April 1998.

人物小檔 Profile

職業Occupation

演員廣東中山人

年期Active period

1913年–1998年

代表作Notable works

《昨日之歌》《新青年》《危樓春曉》《父母心》《敗家仔》《瘋婦》

獎項及榮譽Awards & honours

第十四屆香港電影金像獎終身成就獎(1995)

資料整理日期 / Compiled: 2026-10-14

主要成就 Key Achievements

1935

主演大觀聲片有限公司的有聲片《昨日之歌》。

Starred in Song of Yesterday, a sound film by Grandview Film Company.

1952

參與成立中聯電影企業有限公司,並參演《危樓春曉》等片。

Co-founded Union Film Enterprise and appeared in its productions, including In the Face of Demolition.

1995

獲第十四屆香港電影金像獎頒發終身成就獎。

Received the Lifetime Achievement Award at the 14th Hong Kong Film Awards.

影響與傳承 Impact & Legacy

繁體中文

黃曼梨因常演苦情及惡家姑等角色而有「悲劇聖手」之稱,是粵語片黃金時代的當家女演員之一;她與同人發起「粵語片清潔運動」並合組中聯電影企業,推動提升粵語片的製作水準,1995年獲金像獎終身成就獎肯定其半世紀的演藝生涯。

English

Nicknamed the 'master of tragedy', Wong Man Lei was one of the defining actresses of Cantonese cinema's golden age, equally convincing as long-suffering women and fearsome mothers-in-law. She helped organise the 'Cantonese Film Cleansing Movement' and co-founded Union Film Enterprise to raise production standards, and in 1995 received the Hong Kong Film Awards' Lifetime Achievement Award.

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