Zhao Dan

 ( 1915 Births ) 

Zhao Dan (June 27, 1915 – October 10, 1980) was a Chinese film actor.

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Career Zhao became famous working in the Mingxing Film Company in the 1930s including playing opposite Zhou Xuan in Street Angel (1937). After the Sino-Japanese 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 directed by Zheng Junli) and Li Shizhen.

Zhao joined Chinese Communist Party in 1957. During the Cultural Revolution, he was persecuted and imprisoned for 5 years. He died of pancreatic cancer in Beijing in 1980.

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Personal life Zhao was married to Ye Luxi (Rose Ye) in 1936. When he was arrested by Sheng Shicai in Xinjiang in 1939, it was rumored that he was killed. Thus Ye married the playwright Du Xuan. After the war, he was released and returned to Shanghai. He married actress Huang Zongying in 1948.

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Selected filmography

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As actor

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
1947	Far Away Love	遙遠的愛	Chen Liting	Xiao Yuanxi
1947	Rhapsody of Happiness	幸福狂想曲	Chen Liting
1949	Crows and Sparrows	烏鴉与麻雀	Zheng Junli	Little Broadcast
1949	Women Side by Side	丽人行	Chen Liting	Zhang Yuliang
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 Shizhen	李时珍	Shen Fu	Li Shizhen
1958	Lin Zexu	林则徐	Zheng Junli	Lin Zexu
1959	Nie Er	聂耳	Zheng Junli	Nie Er

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As director

1947	The Dress Returns to Glory	衣锦荣归
1953	Bless the Children	为孩子们祝福
1964	An Evergreen Tree	青山恋	Also known as Precious Green Mountains

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Further reading

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External links

• A Man of Many Faces
• Zhao Dan at the Chinese Movie Database

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