Yu Jim-Yuen

Biography

Yu Jim-Yuen was a renowned Chinese martial artist, actor, and teacher who founded the China Drama Academy, one of Hong Kong's main Peking Opera Schools. He trained many notable actors, including Jackie Chan, Sammo Hung, and Yuen Biao. A father of actress Yu So-chow, he had a brief acting career, starring in 1979's "The Old Master," before his death from a heart attack in Los Angeles, California, in 1997.