Zhao Dan

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This is a Chinese name; the family name is Zhao.
Zhao Dan
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
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
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

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