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Lanfang Mei was born on 22 October 1894 in Beijing, China. He was an actor and writer, known for Remorse at Death (1948), Tiannu san hua (1920) and Luo shen (1955). He was married to Meng Hsiao-Tung (actress). He died on 8 August 1961 in Beijing, China.- Lao-She was born on 3 February 1899 in Beijing, China. He was a writer, known for Life of a Beijing Policeman (1950), Long xu gou (1953) and Teahouse (1982). He was married to Jie-qing Hu. He died on 24 August 1966 in Beijing, China.
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- Writer
Aisin-Gioro Puyi was born on February 7, 1906 in Beijing, China (then known internally as "Qing" for the name of the ruling imperial dynasty or retroactively "Quiq China" by historians) to Zaifeng, Prince Chun of the First Rank and consort Youlan during the last years of his the reign of the Guangxu Emperor 1875-1908) who was his father's brother. When the Guangxu Emperor died without a royal issue (biological or legally recognized child who holds or is eligible to hold a royal title) the Empress Dowager Cixi, who had been the wife of the Xianfeng Emperor (reigned 1850-61, Puyi's great-grandfather) chose the then 2-year-old Puyi as the next Emperor.- Yang Jiang was born on 17 July 1911 in Beijing, China. She was a writer, known for Mo ying (1957), Jin mei ren (1959) and Curse of Lola (2005). She was married to Zhong-Shu Qian. She died on 25 May 2016 in Beijing, China.
- Naishuang Huang was born on 1 February 1912 in Beijing, China. She was an actress, known for Peace After Storm (1931), Nuren (1934) and Xinjiu Shanghai (1936). She died in 1967.
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- Additional Crew
Already a veteran of the Peking Opera, he starred in countless black and white costume dramas before son Woo-Ping Yuen cast him in _Snake in Eagle's Shadow_ , the film which launched Jackie Chan's career. He then went on to feature alongside Chan and Jeong-lee Hwang(_Snake in Eagle's Shadow_'s main villain and the villain again in this film) in the sequel _Drunken Master_. These two films saw his stock rising and on the production of one film, he had to change hotels every night to avoid producers with dubious connections. He died during the filming of the Sammo Hung picture _The Magnificent Butcher_, meaning his scenes had to be re-filmed. This film was also directed by his son, who directed his last completed film _The Buddhist Fist_.- Babs Simpson was born on 9 April 1913 in Beijing, China. She was married to William Simpson. She died on 7 January 2019 in Rye, New York, USA.
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Qiong Liu was born on 16 October 1913 in Beijing, China. He was an actor and director, known for Li Huiniang's Revenge (1981), Master Qiao Mounts the Sedan (1959) and Si shen yu shao nu (1987). He died on 29 April 2002 in Shanghai, China.- Born in Beijing in 1915, Li had a miserable childhood - she was a child maid, an adopted daughter, learned Beijing Opera, was admitted to an orphanage. She moved to Shanghai in 1927 and joined a troupe to learn singing and dancing. She became a movie actress in 1931 and appeared in six films by director Sun Yu, among others. What made her unique among her counterparts was her sporty, modern and vibrant appearance. After Japanese army occupied Shanghai, she traveled between Chung King and Hong Kong to make films. She went to the USA in 1946 to study English, music, make-up and was even attached to Hollywood to learn acting. She returned to China in 1947. After China was liberated, Beijing Film Studio signed her as an actress. In 1955, she was enrolled in the newly established Beijing Film Academy and became a professor of the Academy after she graduated.
- John Dobson was born on 14 September 1915 in Beijing, China. He died on 15 January 2014 in Burbank, California, USA.
- John Lowry Dobson was born on 14 September 1915 in Peking [now Beijing], China. He died on 15 January 2014 in Burbank, California, USA.
- Yin Ying was born on 28 March 1916 in Beijing, China. She was an actress, known for Shi zi jie tou (1937), Bao jian xiang (1939) and Haitang Hong (1936). She died on 19 January 1942 in Shanghai, China.
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- Writer
Zifeng Ling was born on 10 March 1917 in Beijing, China. He was a director and writer, known for Border Town (1984), Rickshaw Boy (1982) and Zhong Hua nu er (1949). He died on 3 March 1999.- Joyce Chen was born on 12 September 1917 in Peking [now Beijing], China. She was married to Thomas. She died on 23 August 1994 in Massachusetts, USA.
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- Producer
Chun Yen was born on 17 December 1917 in Beijing, China. He was an actor and director, known for Wang hun gu (1957), Ju zi gu niang (1956) and Qi xian nu (1963). He was married to Li Hua Li. He died on 18 August 1980 in the USA.- Fenneman's most enduring role was as announcer and sidekick for Groucho Marx on over 200 episodes of the popular game show, You Bet Your Life, which ran throughout the 1950s until 1961. Fenneman was the foil and straight man for Groucho's comedy and wisecracking while at the same time managing the flow of the show as announcer.
- Yang Bai was born on 22 April 1920 in Beijing, China. She was an actress, known for The Spring River Flows East (1947), Shi zi jie tou (1937) and Dong Mei (1960). She was married to Junxiang Zhang and Junchao Jiang. She died on 18 September 1996 in Shanghai, China.
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- Production Manager
- Additional Crew
Chiang Han was born on 20 May 1920 in Beijing, China. He is an actor and production manager, known for Bao en dao (1971), Pa shan hu (1972) and Zi jin biao (1969).- Music Department
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- Composer
Nu Chuang was born on 22 February 1921 in Beijing, China. He was a writer and composer, known for The Lily Under the Muzzle (1982), Da dao luo wang (1982) and Zi jin biao (1969). He died on 11 October 2016 in Chongqing, China.- Actor
- Director
- Writer
Daolin Sun was born on 18 December 1921 in Peking [now Beijing], China. He was an actor and director, known for Fei chang da zong tong (1986), Thunderstorm (1984) and Zhan tianyou (2000). He was married to Wenjuan Wang. He died on 28 December 2007 in Shanghai, China.- Chien Tsao was born on 8 September 1922 in Beijing, Republic of China. He was an actor, known for Gan Luo bai xiang (1971), A Touch of Zen (1971) and Dragon Inn (1967). He was married to Lu Chien. He died on 10 August 2002 in Taipei, Taiwan.
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- Additional Crew
- Soundtrack
Ivan Desny was born on 28 December 1922 in Peking, China [now Beijing, China]. He was an actor, known for The Marriage of Maria Braun (1979), Guns for San Sebastian (1968) and Wrong Move (1975). He was married to Ghislaine Arsac. He died on 13 April 2002 in Ascona, Switzerland.- Anna Chennault was born on 23 June 1923 in Beijing, China. She was married to Claire Chennault. She died on 30 March 2018 in Washington, USA.
- Muyu Lin was born on 1 July 1924 in Beijing, China. She was an actress, known for Hong lou meng (1988), Qing deng yuan (1950) and Nu ci ke (1988). She died on 1 July 2020 in China.
- Actress
Hong Mu was born on 18 December 1924 in Beijing, China. She is an actress, known for Gui lai (1958), Yin rong jie (1960) and Mei gang chun hui (1955).- Actress
- Writer
Zongying Huang was born on 13 July 1925 in Beijing, China. She was an actress and writer, known for Crows and Sparrows (1949), Jia (1957) and Xi ying chun (1949). She was married to Dan Zhao, Cheng Shuyao and Yi Fang. She died on 14 December 2020 in Shanghai, China.- Actress
- Producer
- Additional Crew
Lisa Lu is a Chinese-American actress. She started her career as a teenager, performing in Kunqu theatrical productions, a traditional style of Chinese opera. The Chinese Civil War (1927-1949) ended with a Communist victory. While the new regime financially subsidized China's theaters for most of the 1950s, it started withdrawing its support by the end of the decade and shut them down during the 1960s. Lu migrated to the United States by the late 1950s, in search of more career opportunities.
In 1960, Lu had her first notable film role as Madame Su-Mei Hung, the widow of a Chinese officer, in The Mountain Road (1960), set during World War II. She joins an American unit in an anti-Japanese mission in the Pacific War, and engages in a brief romance with their leader Major Baldwin (played by James Stewart). The relationship ends when Baldwin burns down an entire Chinese village, and creates thousands of casualties among the innocent civilians he treats as collateral damage. The conflict between the two lovers is based on Baldwin's idea that the end (his mission) sanctifies the means, and on her disagreement with his indiscriminate killings.
In 1961, she played the character of Chinese slave girl Su Ling, in an episode of Bonanza (1959). In 1962, she appeared in the Western film Rider on a Dead Horse (1962) and in the crime-drama Womanhunt (1962). She had a hand-full of television appearances for the rest of the decade. In the late 1960s, Lu found more work in Hong Kong films, most notably The 14 Amazons (1972), in which she played the semi-legendary She Saihua, a female general in the army of Emperor Taizong of Song (who reigned from 976-997).
In 1973, Lu appeared in the American horror film Terror in the Wax Museum (1973). In 1975, she starred in Qing guo qing cheng (1975) as the Empress Dowager Cixi (1835-1908, reign as regent 1861-1908). The film depicts the relationship between the powerful regent and her puppet ruler, the Guangxu Emperor (1871-1908, reigned 1875-1908). She reprised her role in the sequel, The Last Tempest (1976).
In 1977, she had a supporting part in the dystopian science fiction film, Demon Seed (1977), in which the computer Proteus imprisons and forcibly impregnates its creator's wife (played by Julie Christie), in an effort to create a human host for its prodigious sentience. In 1979, Lu had a supporting role in Saint Jack (1979). The film depicts the efforts of small-time pimp Jack Flowers (played by Ben Gazzara) to create a lucrative brothel in Singapore, while defying the control of the local organized crime syndicate.
In 1981, Lu played a nun in Don't Cry, It's Only Thunder (1982), set in the Vietnam War, which depicts a cynical and selfish soldier. When a promise to an old friend causes him to offer volunteer service in a local orphanage, the soldier starts caring about people other than himself. The following year, she narrated the documentary film Sewing Woman (1982), about the life of an immigrant worker, Zem Ping Dong, in San Francisco. In 1986, she had a small role in the adventure film Tai-Pan (1986), set in the aftermath of the First Opium War (1839-1842), and depicting a powerful trader and opium smuggler in 1840s Hong Kong. The film was an adaptation of the 1966 novel "Tai-Pan" by James Clavell. It was both a critical and box-office flop.
In 1987, Lu played Empress Dowager Cixi for a third time, in The Last Emperor (1987). Early in the film, the dying Cixi chooses Puyi (1906-67, reigned 1908-12) as the new emperor of the Qing dynasty, despite him being underage and being outranked in the succession order by his father and several uncles. The film covers the consequences of this deathbed decision. In 1988, Lu had a small role in the mini-series Noble House (1988). The series was based on a 1981 novel by Clavell, and served as a sequel to Tai-Pan (1986), although set in 1980s Hong Kong. It features the descendants of the merchant princes of the 19th century, and the efforts of centuries-old companies to adapt and survive in a changing world.
In 1993, Lu appeared in the generational-saga film The Joy Luck Club (1993), which features the lives of a group of Chinese women, from their childhoods in China to old age in the United States, and their relationships with their Chinese-American daughters. She played the mother of General Shi Yan-sheng in Temptation of a Monk (1993), set in 7th century China. After several years of playing mostly bit parts, Lu played a supporting role in the comedy-drama The Postmodern Life of My Aunt (2006) as the gossipy neighbor of protagonist Ye Rutang (Siqin Gaowa). Lu continued played small roles for the rest of the 2000s.
In 2010, she had a substantial role in the drama film Apart Together (2010) as the aging "widow" Qiao Yu-e, whose husband disappeared in 1949 during the final phase of the Chinese Civil War. Qiao was pregnant at the time. Decades later, her missing husband turns up alive, returning from self-exile abroad. He tries to reconcile with a wife who barely remembers him, and with their son, who has never met him. In 2012, Lu appeared in the romantic drama Dangerous Liaisons (2012) as Du Ruixue, the matriarch of a dysfunctional family. In 2018, aged 91, Lu appeared in the romantic comedy Crazy Rich Asians (2018) as Shang Su Yi, matriarch of a wealthy and influential Singaporean family.- Lai Wang was born on 12 February 1927 in Beijing, China. She was an actress, known for Pushing Hands (1991), The Unsinkable Miss Calabash (1981) and People Between Two China (1988). She was married to Pin Ho. She died on 28 September 2016 in Hong Kong.
- Su Wei was born on 30 October 1927 in Beijing, China. He was an actor, known for Da sha xing (1971), Jue dai biao wang (1969) and Qing guan (1968). He died on 7 March 1999 in Taipei, Taiwan.
- Ruocheng Ying was born on 21 June 1929 in Beijing, China. He was an actor, known for The Last Emperor (1987), Little Buddha (1993) and Soul Mates (1981). He was married to Wu Shiliang. He died on 27 December 2003 in Beijing, China.
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- Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
- Director
Tseng Chang was born on 18 May 1930 in Beijing, China. He was an actor and assistant director, known for 2012 (2009), Shanghai Noon (2000) and Romeo Must Die (2000). He died on 25 January 2021.- So-Chow Yu was born on 9 July 1930 in Beijing, China. She was an actress, known for Ru lai shen zhang nu sui Wan Jian Men (1965), Kun Lun san sha shou (1967) and Fei jian shen long (1963). She was married to Bing-Wing Mak. She died on 12 May 2017 in San Francisco, California, USA.
- Fu-Sheng Tsui was born on 8 July 1931 in Beijing, Republic of China. He was an actor, known for Zhen jie pai fang (1966), Wu lin long hu dou (1970) and Shen chu gui mei nu sha xing (1974). He died on 26 December 2013 in Taipei, Taiwan.
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- Director
- Writer
Qitian Yang was born on 16 July 1931 in Beijing, China. He was an actor and director, known for Lucky 13 (1986), Dong Mei (1960) and Bi xue bao dao (1991). He died on 1 August 2017 in the United States.- Han Lo was born on 18 November 1931 in Beijing, China. He is an actor, known for The Kiss of Death (1973), The Lady Hermit (1971) and The Long Chase (1971).
- Wanfen Li was born on 29 January 1932 in Beijing, China. She was an actress, known for Si shi tong tang (1985), Li hun da zhan (1992) and A Tree in House (1998). She died on 14 November 2000 in Beijing, China.
- Rubin Chen was born on 21 February 1932 in Beijing, China. He is an actor, known for Gunshots in the CIB (1979), We Didn't Know Love During First Love (1987) and Silent Woods (1957).
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- Writer
He was educated in art school in Beijing, left China for Hong Kong in 1949 and entered the film industry in 1951 in the art department. In the 1950s he began acting and in 1958 joined Shaw Brothers as an actor and writer, and later a director. In 1967 he left to start his own studio in Taiwan, returned to Hong Kong in 1970s, working in Hong Kong, Taiwan and China before his death.- Ming Yi was born on 13 July 1932 in Beijing, China. He was an actor, known for The Life God (1975), Hei tie (1969) and Xue ling jian nu (1970). He died on 2 August 2009 in Linkou District, New Taipei City, Taiwan.
- Tu Chin was born on 5 October 1932 in Beijing, China. He was an actor, known for Dragon Ball: The Magic Begins (1991), The Green Trees (1988) and Zai huan zuo xin niang (1965). He was married to Chia Chien Li. He died on 30 May 2001 in MacKay Memorial Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan.
- Ma Ji was born on 2 August 1934 in Beijing, China. He was an actor, known for Today, I Rest (1959). He died on 20 December 2006 in Beijing, China.
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- Soundtrack
Lucille Soong was born in Beijing, China and moved to Hong Kong when she was 22. Discovered by the famous English director Lewis Gilbert, Lucille was cast to play a bride in the feature Ferry To Hong Kong with Orson Welles. After moving to London during the Swinging 60's, she was chased down by an agent who offered her a role in the historical feature 55 days at Peking with Charlton Heston and Ava Gardner. During this time, she became the first Chinese fashion model in the English Models Directory. She guest starred in the long running British TV series Coronation Street, landed the leading lady in American movie One More Time with Sammy Davis Jr., directed by Jerry Lewis. After making the move to Hollywood Lucille had notable feature roles in Joy Luck Club and Freaky Friday. Her television roles have included a recurring role on Desperate Housewives, According To Jim, Dharma & Greg, Huff and Bones before landing the role of "Grandma Huang" in Fresh Off The Boat.- Actress
- Soundtrack
Fuyumi Shiraishi was born on 14 October 1936 in Beijing, China. She was an actress, known for Patalliro! (1982), Patalliro: The Stardust Project (1983) and Mobile Suit Gundam (1979). She died on 26 March 2019 in Setagaya, Tokyo, Japan.- Shun Lau was born on 10 April 1939 in Beijing, Republic of China. He is an actor, known for The Grandmaster (2013), Tai Chi Master (1993) and To Be Number One (1991).
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- Producer
Tatsuya Fuji was born on 27 August 1941 in Beijing, China. He is an actor and producer, known for In the Realm of the Senses (1976), Bright Future (2002) and Mura no shashinshuu (2004). He has been married to Izumi Ashikawa since 28 August 1968. They have one child.- Na Moon-hee was born on 30 November 1941 in Beijing, China. She is an actress, known for I Can Speak (2017), Cruel Winter Blues (2006) and You Are My Sunshine (2005).
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- Actor
- Writer
Yuanyuan Cai was born on 1 March 1942 in Beijing, China. He is a director and actor, known for The Execution Ground on a Wedding (1980), Yedao Zhen feimu (1989) and A Trança Feiticeira (1996).- Director
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- Cinematographer
Kohei Ando was born on 1 February 1944 in Beijing, China. Kohei is a director and writer, known for On the Far Side of Twilight (1994), Oh! My Mother (1969) and Star Waars! (1978).- Director
- Writer
- Producer
Wenji Teng was born on 8 November 1944 in Beijing, China. Wenji is a director and writer, known for Rhapsody of Spring (1998), Huang he yao (1990) and Qi wang (1988).- Director
- Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Naosuke Kurosawa was born on 2 May 1945 in Beijing, China. He is a director and assistant director, known for The Monster Bus (1988), Dream Crimes (1985) and Onna ga ichiban niau shokugyo (1990).