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Chinese-born character actor Robert Ya Fu Lee first came to the United Kingdom as an international student attending Trinity College, Cambridge. He started acting at the behest of his friends, and quickly became a regular fixture of British TV and motion pictures. His appearances include You Only Live Twice (1967) and Half Moon Street (1986), and his television appearances include The Avengers, The Chinese Detective and The Bill, but his best known role is as Taro Nagazumi, the Japanese business executive and English language student, in the ITV sitcom Mind Your Language from 1977 to 1979.

Alina Zhang, a Chinese actress born in Tian Jin, graduated from the University of New South Wales in Australia. She won the title of Miss China Universe in 2004 and went on to represent China in the 53rd Miss Universe beauty pageant. She served as a U.N. Ambassador for Chinese Charity as well as an ambassador for the Pink Fund Star Public Service.

In 2004, Alina began her acting career as a result of winning the Miss China Universe title. She was well known in 2009 for starring in the time-travel drama series The Myth. She also appeared in the period drama series Epoch Making followed by starring in Baby in 2013. In 2014, Alina received recognition for her role in the critically acclaimed family and legal drama series Divorce Lawyers. Shortly after, she appeared in multiple drama series such as the Ice Fantasy and Weekend Parents. In 2017, she received a best-supporting actress nomination for starring in the family drama series Little Husband during the 22nd Hua Ding's China Top 100 TV Series' Awards. In 2018, her strong portrayal of "Su Nan" in the Tencent web series of The Tomb of Sea won her praise from the audiences.

Last year for the first time in Alina's career, she became an Executive Producer and developed her first television series, Princess Silver, an epic costume drama series about a princess and her inner struggles and personal growth. The series aired on Tencent, iQiyi and Youku streaming platforms and it became one of the most-watched series during that period (the series achieved a cumulative of 2.7 billion views on Tencent platform alone). Her next producing project Cross Fire, another most anticipated web series in China, has already started production in May.

Daoming Chen was born on 26 April 1955 in Tianjin, China. He is an actor and producer, known for Hero (2002), Wo de 1919 (1999) and Infernal Affairs III (2003). He has been married to Xian Du since 1978. They have one child.

Xiaotong Mao was born on 16 February 1988 in Tianjin, China. She is an actress, known for The Ingenious One (2023), Nothing But Thirty (2020) and Hello Beautiful Life (2023).

Strelsa Brown was born in 1919 in Tianjin, China. She was an actress, known for Quo Vadis (1951), The Warrior Empress (1960) and Amor non ho! Però, però.. (1951). She died in 1976.

Xiaotian Tang was born on 2 June 1991 in Tianjin, China. He is an actor, known for Bright Eyes in the Dark (2023), The Ingenious One (2023) and Broker (2021).

Wu Ma was born on 18 August 1942 in Tianjin, China. He was an actor and director, known for A Chinese Ghost Story (1987), Righting Wrongs (1986) and The Dead and the Deadly (1982). He was married to Ma Yan. He died on 4 February 2014 in China.

Anne Ridler was born on 8 February 1930 in Tianjin, China. She was an actress, known for My Friend Charles (1956), The Scarf (1959) and Doctor Who (1963). She was married to Ruric Powell and Emrys Jones. She died on 2 February 2011 in England, UK.

Suet Lam was born on 8 July 1964 in Tianjin, China. He is an actor and production manager, known for Kung Fu Hustle (2004), PTU (2003) and The Midnight After (2014).

Mitsouko was born on 3 September 1941 in Tianjin, China. She was an actress, known for License to Kill (1964), Z7 Operation Rembrandt (1966) and Les femmes d'abord (1963). She died on 28 March 1995 in Paris, France.

Lin-Lin Li was born on 13 November 1948 in Tianjin, China. She is an actress, known for All Shall Be Well (2024), Tie chao ren (1975) and Qing chun de xuan lu (1968). She has been married to David Chiang since 20 May 1974.

Zhizhong Huang was born on 5 March 1978 in Tianjin, China. He is an actor and director, known for Ren jian zheng dao shi cang sang (2009), The Founding of an Army (2017) and Seven Killings (2023). He was previously married to Yin He.

Dora Patricia Detering-Nathan was born in Tientsin, China, the daughter of British Army Major Walter Nathan and his Austrian wife. She received her school education in England, Germany, Austria and Switzerland and was, therefore, linguistically well-equipped to appear in films in England as well as on the continent. Her stage name was an amalgamation of two popular contemporary operettas: Sari (also known as 'The Gypsy Violinist') and Countess Maritza, both composed by 'Emmerich Kalman'.

Sari made her screen debut in her mother's home town, Vienna, and then went on to film in Budapest, Berlin and London. Most of her films were low budget efforts, such as 'Monte Carlo Madness', which was made by Ufa simultaneously in English and in German (as Bombs Over Monte Carlo (1931)). In this, she played a queen. Ironically, the New York Times commented in a June 4 1932 review about the 'vivacious Continental actress', that her "English is fluent and she looks far more attractive than she does in Forgotten Commandments". Forgotten Commandments (1932) was a patchwork which re-used left-over footage from Cecil B. DeMille's Biblical epic The Ten Commandments (1923), and had Maritza playing a vamp. The New York Times stated (June 2 1) that, though her make-up "was not in her favour", she gave a "competent performance". The connection between Ufa and Paramount was significant in launching Sari Maritza's brief Hollywood career. Paramount, always experimenting with continental actresses in the hope of finding another Greta Garbo or Marlene Dietrich, invented a fictitious, exotic background for her, though she was first, and foremost, English. Usually cast in femme fatale roles, neither the quality of her subsequent films, nor her performances, suggested major star potential. Sari married Paramount employee Sam Katz in 1934. Four years later, she confessed candidly to a reporter that she was, in fact, British, not Austrian, and added that she was quitting films, because she realized that she couldn't act. Sari Maritza worked for a lens manufacturer during World War II. Her second husband was an Air Force navigator.

Angela Yu Chien was born on 25 May 1942 in Tianjin, China. She was an actress, known for The Blue and the Black (Part 1) (1966), Coffin from Hong Kong (1964) and Hong Kong 1941 (1984). She died on 10 April 2000 in Hong Kong.

Yunxiang Gao was born on 15 August 1985 in Tianjin, China. He is an actor, known for Legend of Miyue (2015), Drug War (2012) and The Midas Touch (2013). He was previously married to Xuan Dong.

Longzheng Wang was born on 13 March 1980 in Tianjin, China. He is an actor, known for Evil Minds (2015), Fearless Whispers (2020) and Awakening of Insects (2019). He has been married to Ma Wei since 1 January 2017. They have one child.

Ping-Yu Chang was born on 20 June 1926 in Tianjin, Republic of China. She was an actress, known for Gain Sons, Not Losing Daughters (1968), A Touch of Zen (1971) and Jing nu chu zheng (1988). She died on 4 December 2014 in Taipei, Taiwan.

Calvin Yu was born on 19 March 1976 in Tianjin, China. He is an actor, known for Pacific Rim: Uprising (2018), To Forgive (2012) and Joy of Life (2019).

Kun Li was born on 18 February 1930 in Tianjin, China. He was an actor and assistant director, known for The Big Boss (1971), Fist of Fury (1972) and Ye gu niang (1966). He died on 12 March 2008 in Taipei, Taiwan.

Wei Lin was born on 26 April 1969 in Tianjin, China. He is an actor, known for Shenyong xiao quan tong (1995), Clan of Amazons (1996) and Lang wang zi (2016). He was previously married to Mimi Chi-Yan Kung.

Mien Fang was born on 1 May 1916 in Tianjin, China. He was an actor and director, known for Five Fingers of Death (1972), Yang Nu Hu (1957) and Ru xia (1967). He died on 10 March 1995 in Contra Costa, California, USA.

Tai Shen was born on 30 October 1990 in Tianjin, China. He is an actor, known for Female Special Police Office (2023), Love's Rebellion (2024) and Bleed for Justice (2025).

Claude Winter was born on 18 February 1931 in Tianjin, China. She was an actress, known for Maigret (1991), La caméra explore le temps (1957) and Les grandes familles (1989). She died on 25 April 2011 in Paris, France.

Gerd Frickhöffer was born on 21 November 1913 in Tianjin (China). He was an actor, known for The Merry Wives of Windsor (1950), Rauschende Melodien (1955) and Die mexikanische Revolution (1968). He was married to Irene Korb. He died on 5 July 1980 in Baden-Baden, Baden-Württemberg, West Germany.

Zuolin Huang was born on 24 October 1906 in Tianjin, China. Zuolin was a director and writer, known for San mao xue sheng yi (1958), Biao (1949) and Ye dian (1947). Zuolin died on 1 June 1994 in Shanghai, China.