胡蝶影

繁體中文

胡蝶影（1911–2004），原名胡佩環，又名胡德馨，籍貫廣東中山，係長年活躍於美國嘅粵劇同歌劇演員，參演約十七齣電影。1933年佢喺美國三藩市同關德興合演《歌侶情潮》，該片係中國以外地區第一齣粵語有聲電影。1936年4月佢參加「新蝶魂男女劇團」，喺上環高陞戲院同關德興、梁麗雲等演出《楊貴妃》、《白骨美人》等劇目。1939年佢自資成立胡蝶影影業公司，出品嘅首作《南國姊妹花》由佢一人分飾小蝶同周雲英，當年聲稱係息影之作。1952年佢赴夏威夷檀香山拍攝彩色粵語片《檀島佳人》，同機仲有國畫大師張大千，途中應當地華僑婦女會邀請義演中國古劍舞同英語《天女散花》，籌得二萬多美元；1953年再赴曼谷義演。佢2004年11月12日逝世。

English

Wu Tip-ying (1911–2004), born Wu Pui-wan in Zhongshan, Guangdong, was a Cantonese opera and opera performer long based in the United States who appeared in about seventeen films. In 1933 she starred with Kwan Tak-hing in San Francisco in what was the first Cantonese-language sound film made outside China. In 1936 she joined a touring Cantonese opera troupe, appearing in classic roles at a Sheung Wan theatre. In 1939 she financed her own production company, whose first film cast her in a dual role and was billed as her farewell to the screen. In 1952 she travelled to Hawaii to shoot a colour Cantonese film, flying with the painter Zhang Daqian, and gave charity performances there of a Chinese sword dance and an English-language song that raised more than US$20,000; further charity shows in Bangkok followed in 1953. She died on 12 November 2004.