Her first movie was "3 Smiles" (三笑) which was released in two parts in 1940. Her final movie was "New Dream of the Red Chamber" (新紅樓夢) in 1978 after which she retired and moved to the United States. She acted in over one hundred twenty movies during her 38 year career. In 1969 she was awarded the Golden Horse Best Actress award for "Storm over the Yangtze River" (揚子江風雲).