Ruan Lingyu
Date of birth: 1910-04-25
Place of birth: Shanghai, China
Known for: Acting
Also known as: Lily Yuen Ling-Yuk, Лили Юэнь, Lily Yuen
Biography
Ruan Lingyu, born Ruan Fenggen, also known by her English name Lily Yuen, was a Chinese silent film actress. One of the most prominent Chinese film stars of the 1930s, her exceptional acting ability and suicide at the age of 25 led her to become an icon of Chinese cinema.
Movie Credits
Little Toys
1933-01-03
Sister Ye lives in a rural village, where everyone makes traditional toys. When Sister Ye's husband
A Married Couple in Name Only
1927-04-30
Sea of Scented Snow
1934-12-01
A young peasant woman becomes a Buddhist nun twice to return -also twice- to her regular life.
National Customs
1935-05-13
In 1930, two sisters from the countryside, the serious Zhang Lan (Ruan Lingyu) and the frivolous Zha
Wild Flower
1930-12-31
Ill-fated romance of an orphaned flower girl and a young musician, destroyed by his traditional fami
The Goddess
1934-12-07
A young prostitute, who is trying to give her infant son a good start in life, must contend with a c
A Spray of Plum Blossoms
1931-04-01
Bai Le De and Hu Lun tung are military cadets. After graduating, Hu Lin Tung is appointed captain of
The Peach Girl
1931-12-31
An upper-class son of urbane landowners falls in love with a peasant girl. When a pregnancy results,
Imperial Concubine Yang of Beijing
1927-01-01
New Women
1935-02-03
Overnight, the sexy Wei Ming will become a successful novelist. But, desperate to get the money that
The Dream of the Ancient Capital
1930-12-31
This film depicting the lives of ordinary people — street peddlers, poor scholars, and young revolut
Life
1934-01-01
Chengshi zhi ye
1933-01-01
The daughter of a poor family living in the slums is forced to work at the docks. When it is learned
Spring in the Jade Palace
1931-12-31
Love and Duty
1931-01-18
The film tells the story of Yang Naifan (Ruan Lingyu) who runs from her arranged marriage to be with
Three Modern Ladies
1933-01-01
Coming Home
1934-01-01
Coming Home of a dead person
Goodbye, Shanghai
1934-03-21