Yang Naimei
Yang Naimei | |
|---|---|
| Chinese: 楊耐梅 | |
| Born | 1904 China |
| Died | 1960 (aged 55–56) |
| Other names | Nai-Mei Yang, Naimei Yang |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1924-1930s |
Yang Naimei (Chinese: 楊耐梅; 1904 – December 27, 1960) was an actress of China's silent film era. She starred in such well-received films as (1924), (1926), (1927) and (1928).[1]
In 1926–28 Yang played lead roles in films which put her among the top-ranked Chinese film actresses of the 1920s.
Career[]
Yang's breakthrough role was in (1924), where she played a dissolute playgirl who wouldn't settle down after marriage. Yang then played lead roles in and .
In 1928 Yang opened the Naimei Film Company which produced one film in the same year, An Extraordinary Woman. Yang retired from acting in the mid-1930s.[1]
References[]
- ^ a b Ye, Tan; Zhu, Yun (2012). Historical Dictionary of Chinese Cinema. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 193. ISBN 978-0810867796.
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Categories:
- Chinese silent film actresses
- 1904 births
- 1960 deaths
- Chinese film actresses
- Actresses from Shanghai
- 20th-century Chinese actresses
- Women film pioneers
- Chinese women screenwriters
- 20th-century screenwriters