Cast & creator
Gua Ah-leh
Best known for Joy of Life, Golden Horse Awards, Palace of Devotion
Grace Gua Ah-leh (traditional Chinese: 歸亞蕾; simplified Chinese: 归亚蕾) is a Taiwanese actress and singer born in China on June 2, 1944. She studied acting at the National Taiwan University of Arts. In 1965, she made her professional film debut in The Rain of Sorrow (煙雨濛濛), and received a Golden Horse Award for Best Leading Actress. She was the youngest Leading Actress winner in the Golden Horse history. The next year, she won another Best Leading Actress Golden Horse award for the movie Home, Sweet Home (家在台北). In 1978, she won the Best Supporting Actress Golden Horse award for her role in The Diary of Didi (蒂蒂日記). She has portrayed over 200 roles in film and television since her debut 1965.
Also known as: Rose Kuei Ya-lei, Ah Lei Gua, Kwei Ya-lei, Ya-lei Kuei, Gua Ah-Leh
78
film credits
30
television credits
108
1962–2026 · acting roles
6.9
average across scored titles
Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (108)
Showing 108 of 108 credits
Joy of Life
Matriarch Ming / 明老太君
2019
Golden Horse Awards
Self
1962
Palace of Devotion
Empress Dowager Xiao
2021
The Dream of Red Mansions
王夫人
2010
The Emperor in Han Dynasty
窦太后
2005
Dream of Golden Years
Grandma Yu
2026
Palace of Desire
武则天
2000
肥猫寻亲记
Grandma Hua
2002
臺灣靈異事件
沈德怡
1996
Devil yielded to God
1970
A Happy Life
刘张氏
2013
Green Green Grass By The River
静芝
1992
Miracles: The Canton Godfather
Lady Rose / Ms. Kao
1989
我和丈母娘的十年战争
孙妈妈
2012
Eat Drink Man Woman
Madame Liang
1994
Qin Emperor Li Shi Min
2005
Harmony
竺自萍
2004
Misty Love In The Palace
2005
刘海戏金蟾
刘母
2016
Spicy Mother-in-Law and Daughter-in-Law
Qin Si Ping
2006
娘心计
2012
The Orange is Red
First Wife of Yaohua
2001
The Wedding Banquet
Mrs. Gao
1993
见字如面
2016
四千金
白𬞟/白姨（母亲）
1997
Lei Yu
1996
Return Home
2007
婆婆来了
郑爱儿
2010
浪子回头
杜老太太
2013
梦断江南
1994
Sergeant Hsiung
1982
Baby Steps
Ma
2015
傻阿甘
妈妈
2000
Portrait of a Fanatic
1982
摩西密码
2012
20 Once Again
Shen Mengjun
2015
The Lost Generation
Kuei Ya-mei
1983
徽州女人
程春娥
2007
Woman Police
1982
Last Eunuch In China
Lai Shi's Mother
1987
汉光武大帝
王政君
2004
The Chinese Amazons
1975
Inferno Thunderbolt
(archive footage)
1985
The Coldest Winter in Peking
1981
Intimates
Auntie Foon - Aged Wan
1997
Immortal Warriors
1978Phoenix the Raider
1982
The Knot
王碧云（老年）
2006
Fleeing by Night
Wei's Mother
2000
The Legend of Chu Liu Hsiang
1980
Peppa Celebrates Chinese New Year
Grandma
2019
The Story of Daniel
Once Upon A Lie
2025
Tonight Nobody Goes Home
Mrs. Chen
1996
Joyful Reunion
Bai Ping
2012
Beneath the Banyan Tree
Jia-Rong Woo
2021A Girl Without Sorrow
1979
The King of Gambler
1981
Triumph Of Two Kung-Fu Arts
1977
Consolidated Dougherty
1981
Migratory Bird
Chen's Mom
2001
Flag of Honor
1987
Grannies' Heist
One More Good Day
Forbidden Imperial Tales
1990
The Jade Badger
Lady Shang
1982
Poor Chasers
1980
The Women Soldiers
1981
Summer's Desire
Dean of Luoxi Welfare Institute
2016
Everything Is Going My Way
1972
Maiden Rosé
周花雕（老年）
1995
Rape and Die
1983
Man Ghost Fox
1969
Somewhere My Love
1984
Home, Sweet Home
1970
Love in Chilly Spring
1979
The Winter
A Chin
1969
The Ripening
1970
The Diary of Di-Di
1978
Number One
Grandmother
2019
Unmarried Mothers
Madam Pai
1980
A Rescue from Hades
1982Escape to Freedom
1982
Phoenix the Ninja
Happy Fairy
1981
A Title Rewon
1979
The Anger
1982
Love Is Thicker Than Wine
Hsu Hsiao-Ching
1967
Who is to Blame?
1973
Mother Tragedy
1988
Flower Just Smile in the Spring Breeze
1980
Evening News
Lin Ko-Ching
1980
Who Is the Killer?
1982
Errant Love
Chung Tsui-wei
1981
Love's Many Faces
1978
Journey Across the Mainland
1988
The True and False Wife
Hsu Mu Cheng
1971You Can't Tell Him
1971The Casino
1981
The Funny Couple
1979
Burn Phoenix Burn
1982
The Rain of Sorrow
Lu Yi-ping
1965Walking in the Sunset
1978
I Didn't Dare to Tell You
1969
Glass Eyeball
1969
The Woman Who Eats People
1982
Koali & Rice
2020
A Test of Love
Pai Chieh-Chun
1970