Jade Flower (Chinese: 玉瓊花) was one of the first co-stars as female leads on stage. Yam earned her keep, rose from the bottom rung and eventually became male lead at the age of 17 but switching between being male lead and playing second fiddle to Wong or other actresses such as Chan Pei Mui (陳皮梅), with more experience and more well-known, for another few years before venturing out on her own as male lead in many all-female troupes (小飛紅-太平艷影劇團/譚蘭卿-梅花影劇團) in "rooftop theatres".