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Jackie Chan was born Chan Kong-sang (which means "Born in Hong Kong" Chan), April 7th, 1954, the Year of the Horse. Jackie was the only son of Charles and Lee-lee Chan, who were very poor and worked for the French ambassador to Hong Kong. Charles was a cook and a handyman, while Lee-Lee worked as a housekeeper. They lived in a room in the mansion of the French ambassador on the exclusive slopes of Victoria Peak in Hong Kong. Most babies are born nine months after being conceived. Jackie, on the other hand, stuck around an extra three months, so his mother had to have surgery to bring him into the world.
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Jackie Chan was born Chan Kong-Sang (meaning "Born In Hong Kong") on April 7, 1954, in Hong Kong. He was the only child of Charles and Lee-Lee Chan. Rumor has it that he spent 12 months in the womb and was finally removed surgically, weighing 12 pounds. Charles borrowed money from friends to pay for the operation, turning down the doctor's offer to take the child in payment. Though the family lived in a mansion in the exclusive Victoria Peak district, they didn't own it -- Charles worked as a cook for the French Ambassador, while Lee-Lee was the housekeeper.
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Jackie Chan has fans all over the world...and that includes Russia. In fact, he has a very large fan base there. Recently, some Russian fans installed a star for Jackie on Old Arbat Street. Jackie was very touched by this gesture. He said that he knows it is difficult for many of his Russian fans to spend money on his movies...he appreciates their devotion. Source
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Knockout crime story with Jackie Chan as an ex-con who forms a cleaning business with four other former crooks looking to go straight. While working in a building, they run into a group of counterfeiters, and when fake printing plates are planted in their van, the authorities and gangsters begin their chase. With Sammo Hung, Yuen Biao. AKA: "Five Lucky Stars." 107 min. Widescreen (Enhanced); Soundtracks: Cantonese Dolby Digital 5.1, DTS 5.1, English Dolby Digital 5.1, DTS 5.1; Subtitles: English. In Cantonese with English subtitles/Dubbed in English.
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Jackie Chan waited a few months longer than other children to be born--instead of nine months, he took twelve. Those three extra months forced his mother to have a caesarean section, and when Jackie finally emerged, he was a whopping twelve pounds! On April 7th, 1954, Jackie Chan was born in Hong Kong. The operation that his mother was forced to have put the Chan family in severe debt, and Chan's father nearly sold the newborn boy in order to pay the hospital. Luckily, his friends stepped in and raised enough money to keep little Jackie in the family.
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Jackie Chan was born in 1954, the son of a poor couple who had just come to Hong Kong from the Province of Shandong, China. When he was born, his parents could barely raise the money for the hospital bill, and were almost forced to adopt him out to the delivering doctor. His parents tried very hard to raise money to pay the hospital bill and took Jackie, their only child, home. They named him Chan Kong-sang, which means "born in Hong Kong", to celebrate their safe arrival in Hong Kong.
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