Biography
Zhao Dan (June 27, 1915 – October 10, 1980) was a Chinese actor popular in the golden age of Chinese Cinema. Zhao first 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 Communist Party of China in 1957. During the Cultural Revolution, he was persecuted and imprisoned for 5 years. He died of pancreatic 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 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.
Filmography
all 24
Movies 24
Director 2
Writer 1
Red Crag (1965)
青山恋 (1964)
Nie Er (1962)
The Opium Wars (1959)
Soul of the Sea (1958)
第三次试验 (1958)
For Peace (1956)
Li Shizhen (1956)
为孩子们祝福 (1953)
Crows and Sparrows (1949)
Three Girls (1949)
关不住的春光 (1948)
Rhapsody of Happiness (1947)
Street Angel (1937)
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Known ForActing
GenderMale
Birthday1915-06-27
Deathday1980-10-10 (65 years old)
Birth PlaceYangzhou, Jiangsu province, China
ChildrenZhao Qing
CitizenshipsRepublic of China, China
Also Known As趙丹, Chiu Tan, 赵丹, Чжао Дань, Дань Чжао, Chiu Dan, Chao Tan, Zhao Dan
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