Olive Young

Olive Young

Known for: Acting
Biography: 1907-06-21
Deathday: 1940-10-04 (33 years old)

Biography

Olive Young (June 21, 1903 – October 5, 1940), sinocized as Aili Yang (楊愛立) on the movie screen, was an American-born film actress in China.Of Chinese ancestry, she visited China, where she may have been the first female motion picture photographer and movie director in China. Later in life she became an American actress and a touring Blues singer. A cover-girl for Liangyou pictorial magazine, she was labeled a flapper, a career woman, part of the movement of modern independent women worldwide which also included China's "new-age woman" (新時代女性) or "modern miss" (摩登小姐), and the Japanese "modern girl".In 1926 she broke the taboo against kissing in Chinese movies, causing Chinese moviegoers to "gasp".

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Known For
Acting

Gender
Female

Birthday
1907-06-21

Deathday
1940-10-04 (33 years old)

Birth Place
Saint Joseph, Missouri, USA

Citizenships
United States of America

Also Known As
Yang Aili, 杨爱立, 楊愛立, Aili Yang, Oye Lup Young, Olive Young Lum, Ai-Lee Yang, Ayli Yang, Pei Fen Young

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