Ivy Ling Po

Huang Yuet-chu (born November 16, 1939), known professionally by her stage name, Ivy Ling Po, is a retired actress and Chinese opera singer from Hong Kong.

She gained widespread fame during the 1960s for her roles in several popular Huangmei opera films, most notably The Love Eterne (1963), which made her famous across Asia.

[14] The following year, she would win the Most Versatile Talent award at the 12th Asian Film Festival, for her role as a young prince in The Grand Substitution and a scholar in The Mermaid.

Every year, without fail, Ling Po would make lists of the top ten stars in Hong Kong, based on polls conducted by magazines and newspapers.

For playing the ill-fated wife of Kwan Shan in Too Late for Love,[15] one of her contemporary outings, she won the Golden Horse Best Actress award.

[citation needed] Ivy Ling Po had a career revival in 2002 when she partnered with another veteran Shaw actress, Hu Chin, to stage Butterfly Lovers.

In 2006, Ivy Ling Po returned to the Hong Kong Coliseum as part of a large group of singers for the Everlasting Golden Hits concert.

In April 2004, Ivy Ling Po was among the first Hong Kong celebrities invited to open the Avenue of Stars in Tsim Sha Tsui.

In October 2006, Ivy Ling Po, Hu Chin, and Xie Lei performed at Star City in Sydney, Australia.