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Retired from films in 1982 to devote herself to her family.

Trained in hapkido.

Gave birth to her 1st child, a daughter named Hsi Pui Sze, with her husband Kelly Lai Chen. The marriage ended in divorce in 1980, with her first husband raising their child. She married her second husband with whom she had a son named George King in 1983 in America. (1983)

Mao Ying's family roots originate from Nanjing, China.

Third child in a family of eight children.

May Joseph, a professor at Pratt Institute who wrote an essay about Ms. Mao as a feminist hero, encapsulated her influence this way: "She was a radical feminist cinematic presence before there was a language for that. She is the Lauren Bacall of kung fu.".

The first female kung fu star with her name above the movie title.

Got into acting to support her family. Most of the money she made in films she gave to them, which is a Chinese tradition.