Hu was born to a Chinese father and a German mother on November 17, 1945, in China.
[1] After her Chinese Cantonese father's death her mother took her to Germany where she attended high school.
After high school, she moved to Hong Kong and - at the urging of one of her friends - was introduced to famous director Chin Chien who immediately invited Jenny to star in his Shaw Brothers film Till The End Of Time.
Hu was a popular movie actress and her films were translated into Standard Chinese.
Bruce Lee's martial arts caused Shaw management to focus on action-filled movies as the box office sales were way better.