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- Zhegu Zheng was born in 1880 in Nanjing, Jiangsu, China. He was an actor, known for Guer jiu zu ji (1923), You hun (1924) and Lao gong zhi ai qing (1922). He died on 14 April 1925 in Shanghai, China.
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- Music Department
- Soundtrack
Legendary Chinese actress and singer Zhou Xuan was born on 1 August (year of birth uncertain as either 1918 or 1920) in Jiangsu province, China and originally named Su Pu.
At 3, she was sold by her uncle (by deceit) to the Wang family and thereafter her name changed to Wang Xiaohong. Later she was sent to a Zhou family, and there her name again changed to adopt the new family name. The then Ms. Zhou Xiaohong joined the Mingyue singing troupe in 1932 (when she was around 12 or 13 years of age) where she adopted the stage name "Zhou Xuan" (Xuan meaning "beautiful jade" in Chinese). She started singing on radio and at 14 was selected as the second most popular female singer in China. She soon earned the nickname as "The Golden Voice".
In 1936, she starred in the movie Street Angel (1937)(Street Angel) which would bring her to fame. In the movie, she played a singer and sang what would become 2 of her most popular hits, "The Four Season Song"(Si Ji Ge)and "The Wandering Female Singer"(Tian Ya Ge Nu). She then began to earn a reputation both as an actress and a singer. And went on to make a total of 43 movies in her lifetime.
Reportedly, by her own confession, despite the many movies she acted in, she was unhappy with most of them. Her favorite remained her role in the "Angel". Other major works include, "Recall To Jiangnan", "Night Inn" and "The Secret History of the Qing Dynasty" (info on movie titles from China Radio International).
Her love life however was disappointing. She first married musician/composer Yan Hua and it ended after 8 years in 1941. However, she continued making stage, radio and film appearances during this time, in a total of 16 films between 1939 - 1941.
In 1946, after World War II she moved to Hong Kong to star in "Recall To Jiangnan" in which she played the roles of two different women at the same time. One an innocent country girl, the other a spoiled party-going girl.
From here on, her popularity increased and soon went beyond China and to South East Asia.
Around this time or shortly before, Zhou Xuan met Zhu Huaide, a cloth merchant and lived together in Hong Kong. When she became pregnant and thought of marriage, she began to realize that Zhu was insincere and announced their separation in the press.
She returned to the newly established People's Republic Of China in 1950 to star in "The Peaceful Pigeon", her last movie (one which she would never complete).
Later in Shanghai, she gave birth to her first son, Zhou Min.
Then came the third man in her life -- the art designer for "The Peaceful Pigeon". The love affair ended with her heart broken, and another son, Zhou Wei.
Thereafter, she suffered a nervous breakdown, and was regularly admitted to hospitals and mental institutions. She died on 22 September 1957, officially due to brain encephalitis.
Her songs remain popular to this day and have been remade by many other singers including greats like Taiwanese Queen of Love Songs, Cai Qin, the late Teresa Teng and the late Anita Mui.
Zhou Xuan is estimated to have recorded over 200 songs (114 of them for the movies) and was one of the first Chinese singers to sing with a microphone.
Several of her evergreen songs include "Shanghai Night"(Yeh Shanghai) and "When Will You Come Again" (He Ri Jun Zai Lai).
Her second son Zhou Wei has written a book with his wife, Chang Jing: "Zhou Xuan's Diary", where he provided insights into the legendary singer's life which many didn't know.
Zhou Wei and Chang Jing's daughters have both taken a similar path. The oldest, Zhou Xiao Xuan is a pianist and has worked with the Shanghai Media Company. The youngest, Amanda Zhou, is a former figure skater and now also an actress.
In June 2004, Hong Kong director Kar-Wai Wong announced he has planned a movie biographing this wonderfully talented actress and singer. Award-winning Hong Kong actress Maggie Cheung and Chinese actress Jie Dong have been cast in the starring roles as the elder and younger Zhou Xuan respectively.- Composer
- Music Department
- Soundtrack
Gexin Chen was born on 19 September 1914 in Nanhui, Jiangsu, Republic of China. He was a composer, known for Cut the Evil's Claw (1954), Ge nu zhi ge (1948) and Waste Not Our Youth (1949). He died on 25 January 1961 in Anhui, China.- Animation Department
- Visual Effects
- Producer
Cy Young was born on 7 March 1897 in Suzhou, Jiangsu, China. He was a producer, known for Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937), Dumbo (1941) and Fantasia (1940). He was married to Roberta "Betty" Cole and Dorolees. He died on 16 January 1964 in Los Angeles, California, USA.- Director
- Actor
- Writer
Tao Xu was born on 4 May 1910 in Pixian, Jiangsu, China. He was a director and actor, known for Sou shuyuan (1956), People of the Grasslands (1953) and Ye zou luo to ling (1958). He died on 23 June 1966.- Director
- Writer
- Additional Crew
Shilin Zhu was born on 27 July 1899 in Taicang, Jiangsu, China. She was a director and writer, known for Yi nian zhi ji (1955), Yi ban zhi ge (1952) and Lian hua jiao xiang qu (1937). She died on 5 January 1967 in Hong Kong.- Kwong-Chiu Yiu was born on 30 March 1908 in Nanjing, Jiangsu, China. He was an actor, known for Qiao tai shou ran dian yuan yang pu (1964), Hong jin long da zhan bian fu jing (1964) and Shou qiang (1961). He died on 16 August 1967 in Hong Kong.
- Writer
- Director
Liuzhao Wang was born on 30 May 1926 in Jiangsu, China. Liuzhao was a writer and director, known for Die hai si zhuang shi (1963), Feng liu zhang fu (1965) and Pretty Tease (1958). Liuzhao died on 6 August 1970 in Hong Kong.- En-lai Chou (Enlai Zhou) is wildly recognized as the most influential diplomat in the history of Communist China, but less commonly known as the right-hand man of Zedong Mao.
He was born in rural Hwaian, China, in 1898 (the exact date is unknown). The son of an imperial government bureaucrat, Chou was disillusioned by the Manchu court's concessions to the West and became a militant nationalist. He joined the socialist movement in 1917 while he was a student studying in Japan. Two years later, upon his return to China, he was arrested for being a leftist agitator. Upon his release in 1920 he fled to France, where he became an active corresponding member of the newly founded Communist Party. After finishing his Marxist studies, Chou went back to China in 1922 to join Yat-sen Sun, then cooperating with the Communists.
In 1924 he taught at Whampoa Military Academy, which was then under Communist control. In 1927, two years after Sun's death, fighting broke out between the Communist rebels and Nationalist troops loyal to Kuomintang leader Kai-Shek Chiang in Shanghai. During that time Chou became one of the top commanders of the Chinese People's Red Army, and by 1931 he became second-in-command with the rank of general alongside Mao. Chou played a key part in the Red Army's survival and took part in the "Long March" of 1934 when the Red Army, after suffering a string of defeats at the hands of the Nationalists, retreated across the country to rebuild their shattered forces. In 1937, after Japan invaded China from occupied Manchuria, Chou negotiated a truce between the warring Chinese armies to combat the Japanese. Throught the Second World War in China (1937-1945) Chou served as the Communists' chief liaison with Chiang Kai-shek, an assignment that signaled his transition from field commander to diplomat. As a result of his new role, Chou helped plan the overall strategy during the second civil war that broke out once again between the Communists and Nationalists after the defeat of Japan in late 1945, but he personally did not lead troops into combat again, for that was now solely Mao's job.
Following the Communist victory that resulted in the formation of the People's Republic of China in 1949, Chou was named premier and foreign minister. During his long political career, Chou played an important role in the negotiations that ended the Korean War (1950-1953)--in which China sent troops to fight alongside the Communist North Korean army--as well as the French war in Indochina (1946-1954), the US involvement in Vietnam in the 1960s and the normalization of relations with the US in 1972. En-lai Chou died while in office in Peking (Bejing) from cancer on January 8, 1976, at the age of 77 or 78, second only to Communist Party Chairman Mao Zedong in the Communist hierarchy, who ironically later died in September that same year. - Director
- Writer
- Music Department
Wen Yi was born on 26 December 1920 in Jiangsu, China. He was a director and writer, known for Cao mang die xie ji (1966), Cha hua nu (1955) and Ying ge yan wu (1963). He died on 29 March 1978 in Hong Kong.- Actor
- Director
- Writer
Dan Zhao was born on 27 June 1915 in Yangzhou, Jiangsu, China. He was an actor and director, known for Crows and Sparrows (1949), Wei hai zi men zhu fu (1953) and Shi zi jie tou (1937). He died on 10 October 1980 in Peking, China.- Actor
- Director
- Writer
A classically trained stage actor with origins dating back to the early days of Shanghai stage and motion pictures, Jiangsu native Ku Wen Chung like many others of his generation migrated south to British occupied Hong Kong during World War II to re-establish his career both as an actor and director primarily for Cantonese films as well as titles filmed in Mandarin and the Amoy dialect during the formative years of Hong Kong stage and screen. Ku is historically significant as a pioneering figure best described as Hong Kong's Lee Strasberg where he help found and led the Island colony's Southern Drama Group in 1961, his equivalent to New York's famed Actor's Studio for aspiring young Chinese thespians of his era. He was a hands-on instructor as well as dynamic figurehead with a bilingual curriculum that serves both a Cantonese and Mandarin dialect training division.
The more notable graduates of Ku's academy included Hong Kong screen legends Lee Ching, Yueh Hua, Fang Yin, Chang Yi, Cheng Pei Pei, Lo Lieh, Lily Ho and Ti Lung.- Director
- Writer
- Art Department
Yonggang Wu was born on 1 November 1907 in Wu Xian, Jiangsu, China. Yonggang was a director and writer, known for Shen nu (1934), Evening Rain (1980) and The Pirates of the Yellow Sea (1938). Yonggang died on 18 December 1982.- Director
- Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
- Writer
Li Kao was born on 5 October 1924 in Nanjing, Jiangsu, China. He was a director and assistant director, known for Inside Forbidden City (1965), Hun duan nai he tian (1966) and Ru xia (1967). He died on 17 August 1983.- Cinematographer
- Additional Crew
- Camera and Electrical Department
Born in Jiangsu Province, China, Chi Ho-Hsi (also Qi Hexi) was a renowned cinematographer in Taiwan, credited for over twenty films. He is also known as the father of actor Hsiang Yun-Peng (also Heung Wan-Pang; Qi Degang by birth).
Chi studied Educational Technology at the National Institute of Social Education (now Soochow University), specializing in cinematography. After graduating in 1946, he worked as a technician in the Educational Services Department of the Guangxi provincial government before switching over to work in the technical department of its film production unit.
In 1948, Chi began working at Taiwan Film Studio as a cinematographer, writer, and director. Most of his work at the time were documentaries; he also traveled to war zones as a newsreel photographer during the Korean War. During a particularly fruitful decade (ca. 1962-1971), Chi became a five-time winner for Best Documentary Cinematography at the annual Golden Horse Awards in Taiwan.
Chi Ho-Hsi also taught at various institutions in Taiwan, including the University of National Defense (commonly known as Fu Hsing Kang College); Chinese Culture University; and the National Academy of Arts (now National Taiwan University of Arts). Aside from his teaching and cinematography work, Chi also edited several technical manuals for cinematography. During his career at Taiwan Film Studio, Chi worked as a cinematographer, technician, technical advisor, writer, and director; he also served as vice chair for the film production committee. Upon retirement, Chi established the Nan Chiang Film Production Company, which focused on producing educational and documentary films as well as investing in narrative film productions. Chi Ho-Hsi died in a car accident in Taipei on October 25, 1983.- Qin-fang Xu was born in 1907 in Wujin, Jiangsu, China. She was an actress, known for Huangjiang nüxia (1930), Qiushan Yuan (1925) and Nü er jing (1934). She was married to Kengran Chen. She died on 8 February 1985 in China.
- Actor
- Director
Jin Tao was born on 22 January 1916 in Suzhou, Jiangsu, China. He was an actor and director, known for The Spring River Flows East (1947), The Queen of Spades (1978) and Diary of a Nurse (1956). He died on 28 September 1986 in Shanghai, China.- Actor
- Director
Ping Zhang was born on 20 November 1917 in Kunshun, Jiangsu, China. He was an actor and director, known for Lan jian de shi ming (1987), Shining with Bounddless Radiance (1949) and Iron Soldier (1950). He died on 16 October 1986.- Lanjun Gu was born on 30 November 1917 in Jiangsu, Zhenjiang, China. She was an actress, known for Sable Cicada (1938), Ge nen niang (1939) and Wang Xifeng (1939). She died on 24 October 1989 in Shanghai, China.
- Actor
- Director
- Writer
Junchao Jiang was born on 29 March 1912 in Wujin, Jiangsu, China. He was an actor and director, known for Cheng feng po lang (1958), Happiness of Farmers (1950) and Duhui de zaochen (1933). He was married to Lu Bai and Yang Bai. He died on 17 May 1991 in Beijing, China.- Baichen Chen was born on 1 March 1908 in Huaiyin, Jiangsu, China. Baichen was a writer, known for Crows and Sparrows (1949), Qun mo (1948) and A Q zheng zhuan (1981). Baichen died on 28 May 1994.
- Fu-Xiang Wan was born in July 1941 in Jiangsu, Republic of China. She was an actress, known for Journey to the West (1986). She died on 8 November 1994 in Beijing, China.
- Actor
- Writer
Tianji Li was born on 17 May 1921 in Zhenjiang, Jiangsu, China. He was an actor and writer, known for Spring in a Small Town (1948), Springtime in a Small Town (2002) and Zhe shi wo ying gai zuo de (1965). He died on 16 May 1995.- Director
- Writer
Choui Khoua was born on 23 November 1916 in Nanjing, Jiangsu, China. Choui was a director and writer, known for The White-haired Girl (1951), Ge ming jia ting (1960) and Shang shi (1981). Choui died on 16 December 1995.- Actor
- Director
- Producer
Wei Lo was born in 1918 in Jiangsu Province, China. He was an actor and director, known for Fist of Fury (1972), The Big Boss (1971) and Yellow-Faced Tiger (1974). He was married to Liang Hua Liu. He died on 20 January 1996 in Hong Kong.- Hsi-Ning Chu was born on 16 June 1927 in Suqian, Jiangsu, Republic of China. He was a writer, known for Da mo tian ling (1974) and Unfulfilled Dreams (2020). He was married to Musa Liu. He died on 22 March 1998 in Taipei, Taiwan.
- Zhong-Shu Qian was born on 21 November 1910 in Wuxi, Jiangsu Province, China. He was a writer, known for Wei cheng (1990). He was married to Yang Jiang. He died on 19 December 1998 in Beijing, China.
- Actor
- Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
- Script and Continuity Department
No stranger to the international spotlight acting in period martial arts films with the likes of King Hu, Li Han Hsiang, Ting Shan Hsi and Joseph Kuo with credits spanning from the 60s through the early 80s, imposing and distinctive veteran Taiwanese character actor Mao Tien remained busy through the New Millennium most notably working with award winning Taiwan New Wave director Tsai Ming Lang in memorable yet devastating interior performances in 'Rebels of the Neon God', 'The River' and 'What Time is it There?' renewing his prominence and stature with international audiences, popular and art-house fare alike.- Xichun Wang was born on 12 February 1919 in Nanjing, Jiangsu, China. She was an actress, known for Power and Sword (1940), Sheng yu si (1953) and Meng Li Jun (1940). She died on 28 December 2006 in China.
- Actress
- Soundtrack
Ruth Graham was born on 10 June 1920 in Qingjiang, Jiangsu, China. She was an actress, known for Billy: The Early Years (2008), Fernando Ortega: Give Me Jesus (2008) and The Arlene Francis Show (1957). She was married to Billy Graham. She died on 14 June 2007 in Montreat, North Carolina, USA.- Music Department
- Writer
- Composer
Di-Yi Chen was born on 18 October 1907 in Wujin, Jiangsu, China. He was a writer and composer, known for Crazy Rich Asians (2018), It Chapter Two (2019) and Ru shi jia ren (1960). He died on 14 October 2007 in Hong Kong.- Director
- Writer
- Script and Continuity Department
Tsun-Shou Sung was born on 2 September 1930 in Jiangsu, China. He was a director and writer, known for Tian zhi jiao nu (1966), Zao shou (1974) and Di er dao cai hong (1979). He died on 27 May 2008 in Taipei, Taiwan.- Actor
- Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
- Script and Continuity Department
Qianli Qian was born on 15 March 1915 in Nantong, Jiangsu, China. He was an actor and assistant director, known for Nie Er (1960), Shi zi jie tou (1937) and Street Angel (1937). He died on 31 July 2009 in Shanghai, China.- Writer
- Actor
Mojun Shen was born on 4 January 1924 in Changzhou, Jiangsu, China. He was a writer and actor, known for Soul of the Sea (1958), Reconnaissance Across the Yangtze (1954) and Nan zheng bei zhan (1952). He died on 20 August 2009.- Yelu Gu was born in 1916 in Jiangsu Province, China. He was an actor, known for Nu yong shi (1948), Chuan Guo Mi Zhao (1988) and Ge nu zhi ge (1948). He died on 23 December 2009 in Shanghai, China.
- Actress
- Music Department
Sha-Fei Ouyang was born on 9 September 1924 in Suzhou, Jiangsu, China. She was an actress, known for Feng huo wan li qing (1967), Qiao tai shou ran dian yuan yang pu (1964) and Xiang Gang Ai man niu (1977). She was married to Kuang-Chi Tu. She died on 5 August 2010 in Salt Lake City, Utah, USA.- Zhuang Zedong was born on 25 August 1940 in Yangzhou, Jiangsu, China. He was married to Sasaki Atsuko and Bao Huiqiao. He died on 10 February 2013 in Beijing, China.
- Director
- Actor
- Writer
Weiyi Wang was born on 12 March 1912 in Jiangsu Province, China. He was a director and actor, known for Waves on the South-China Sea (1962), Tragedy on the Pearl River (1950) and Chat sup yee ga fong hak (1963). He died on 8 October 2013 in Guangzhou, China.- Xianliang Zhang was born in December 1936 in Nanjing, Jiangsu, China. He was a writer, known for The Black Cannon Incident (1985), The Herdsman (1982) and Wo men shi shi jie (1988). He died on 27 September 2014 in Yinchuan, Ningxia, China.
- Director
- Writer
Tieli Xie was born on 27 December 1925 in Huaiyin, Jiangsu, China. He was a director and writer, known for Early Spring (1963), Hong lou meng (1988) and The Stars Are Bright Tonight (1980). He was married to Wenhua Li. He died on 19 June 2015 in Beijing, China.- Youguang Zhou was born on 13 January 1906 in Changzhou, Jiangsu, China. He was married to Zhang Yunhe. He died on 14 January 2017 in Beijing, China.
- Suying Huang was born in January 1919 in Suzhou, Jiangsu, China. She was an actress, known for Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000), Gone Is the One Who Held Me Dearest in the World (2002) and Mai tian (2009). She died on 21 November 2017 in China.
- Director
- Writer
- Actor
Jizhou Yan was born in August 1917 in Changshu, Jiangsu, China. He was a director and writer, known for Struggles in an Ancient City (1963), The Land Of Rebirth (1983) and Three Lost Men (1980). He died on 21 June 2018 in Beijing, China.- Director
- Animation Department
- Writer
Jinqing Hu was born in March 1936 in Changzhou, Jiangsu, Republic of China. He was a director and writer, known for Yu bang xiang zheng (1984), The Brave Little Toaster (1987) and The Stronger Get Hooked (1988). He died on 13 May 2019 in Shanghai, China.- Huaiding Yang was born in 1950 in Zhenjiang, Jiangsu, China. He died on 13 June 2021 in Shanghai, China.
- Director
- Animation Department
- Art Director
In 1951 he is admitted in the Suzhou Movie School Animation Section, and in 1953 he graduated in the Beijing Central Movie School Animation Section. Later he enters in the Shanghai Fine Arts Motion Picture Studio and in 1960 debuted as animation director with the awarded short film "The Small Tadpole Looks for his Mother". In 1964 co-directed the last part of the film "Da no tien gu" ("Uproar in Heaven", 1961-65), the first color animation film in China, directed by Wan Lai-Ming. In 1979 he co-directed with Wang Shu-Shen and A Da (Xu Jingda) the first Chinese animation film made in panoramic screen, "Nezha Conquers the Dragon King".- Hu Fuming was born in July 1935 in Wuxi County, Jiangsu, China. He died on 2 January 2023 in China.
- Wei Wei was born on 17 May 1922 in Zhenjiang, Jiangsu, China. She was an actress, known for Spring in a Small Town (1948), The Great Reunion (1948) and Fire of Conscience (2010). She died on 2 November 2023 in Hong Kong, China.
- Meng'er Zhang was born on 22 April 1987 in Nanjing, Jiangsu, China. She is an actress, known for Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings (2021), The Witcher (2019) and Untitled Shang-Chi Sequel. She has been married to Yung Lee since 10 May 2021.
- Vin Zhang is a Chinese actor graduated from the Shanghai Theatre Academy. Zhang likes singing and performing at an early age. With encouragement from his parents, he was admitted to Shanghai Theatre Academy with first place in the Entrance Examination. In 2012, the TV series "V Love" sent their crew over to make the selection of actors. Zhang took part in the interview and was selected. In the same year, he signed with Jay Walk Studio and entered the entertainment industry.
Vin made his acting debut in the web melodrama V Love (2014), which was produced by Jay Walk Studio and aired on Tencent. He also released the singles "Our Era" and "Heavenly Stairs" for the drama.
In 2015, Zhang got his first leading role in the web drama Long Time No See (2015), which is the sequel to Fleet of Time.
In February 2016, Zhang starred in the historical melodrama Chronicle of Life alongside Hawick Lau and Zheng Shuang. The series saw high ratings and Zhang was acclaimed by netizens and fans of the original novel for his portrayal of his character. Later in 2016, Zhang was later cast in Legend of the Monster and Angel Wings where he assumed the supporting roles. He gained further recognition for his role as a mysterious hacker in the hit romance comedy-drama Love O2O.
In 2017, Zhang starred in Pretty Li Huizhen, the Chinese remake of South Korean series She Was Pretty alongside Dilraba Dilmurat and Peter Sheng, portraying a goofy and free-spirited editor. He then featured in the hit fantasy romance drama Eternal Love, playing a devilish prince. With his portrayal of three different and striking roles in Love O2O, She Was Pretty and Eternal Love, Zhang received an appraisal for his talent in acting by both the media and fans. Later that year, Zhang starred as the male lead in historical drama The King's Woman alongside Dilraba Dilmurat, playing Qin Shi Huang. He earned critical acclaim for his portrayal of the domineering yet loyal emperor. The same year, he was cast in the romantic comedy-drama Love Happening.
Also in 2017, Zhang participated along with other celebrities in a public welfare environmental project that encourages the public to perform charity. Zhang later participated in the BAZAAR Stars' Charity Night organised by Harpers Bazaar where he donated ambulances to the public.
In 2018, Zhang starred in the wuxia romance drama The Flame's Daughter.
In 2019, Zhang starred in wuxia romance drama I Will Never Let You Go alongside Ariel Lin. He is also set to star in period suspense drama Eight Strange Cases of the Republic, and cyber-security drama Storm Eye.