Zhao Dan
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- This is a Chinese name; the family name is Zhao.
| Zhao Dan | |
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| Born | Zhao Feng'ao June 27, 1915 Yangzhou, China |
| Died | October 10, 1980 Beijing, China |
| Years active | 1930s-1960s |
Zhao Dan (traditional Chinese: 趙丹; simplified Chinese: 赵丹; pinyin: Zhào Dān) (June 27, 1915 - October 10, 1980) was a Chinese actor popular in the golden age of Chinese Cinema.
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[edit] Biography
Born as Zhao Feng'ao in Yangzhou in Jiangsu province, Zhao first became famous working in the Mingxing Film Company in the 1930s including playing opposite Zhou Xuan in Street Angel (1937). After the war, Zhao began a creative relationship with director Zheng Junli, with films such as the 1948 anti-Kuomintang drama-comedy, Crows and Sparrows.
Zhao remained on the mainland following the Communist victory in 1949 and continued to make films throughout the 1950s and 1960s notably in biographical films playing historical figures of Nie Er, Lin Zexu (both films were directed by Zheng) and Li Shizhen.
He joined Communist Party of China in 1957. During Cultural Revolution, he was persecuted and imprisoned for 5 years. He died of pancreas cancer in Beijing in 1980.
He was married to Ye Luqian in 1936. When he was arrested by Sheng Shicai in Xinjiang in 1939, it was rumored he had been dead. Thus Ye was married to playwright Du Xuan. After the war, he was released and returned to Shanghai. He later was married to Huang Zongying.
[edit] Selected filmography
[edit] As actor
| Year | English Title | Chinese Title | Director | Role |
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| 1933 | Twenty-Four Hours in Shanghai | 上海二十四小时 | Shen Xiling | |
| 1937 | Street Angel | 马路天使 | Yuan Muzhi | Xiao Chen |
| 1937 | Crossroads | 十字街头 | Shen Xiling | Zhao |
| 1949 | Crows and Sparrows | 烏鴉与麻雀 | Zheng Junli | Little Broadcast |
| 1950 | The Life of Wu Xun | 武训传 | Sun Yu | Wu Xun |
| 1951 | The Married Couple | 我们夫妇之间 | Zheng Junli | |
| 1956 | Li Shizen | 李时珍 | Shen Fu | Li Shizen |
| 1958 | Lin Zexu | 林则徐 | Zheng Junli | Lin Zexu |
| 1959 | Nie Er | 聂耳 | Zheng Junli | Nie Er |
[edit] As director
| Year | English Title | Chinese Title | Notes |
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| 1947 | Yi jin rong gui | 衣锦荣归 | |
| 1953 | Wei hai zi men zhu fu | 为孩子们祝福 | |
| 1954 | Qin shan lian | 青山恋 |
[edit] External links
- Zhao Dan at the Internet Movie Database
- A Man of Many Faces
- Zhao Dan at the Chinese Movie Database
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