Bai Yang

Bai Yang (; 4 March 1920 – 18 September 1996) was a Chinese film and drama actress mainly active from the 1930s to the 1950s, during which she was one of the country's most popular movie stars. Bai was the youngest of four children. Her older sister was Yang Mo, a novelist. Bai's parents both died when she was 11.

The Second Sino-Japanese War erupted soon afterwards, and Shanghai's film studios were mostly destroyed in the Battle of Shanghai after three months of fighting. With the fall of Shanghai, Bai Yang retreated to Chongqing, the wartime Chinese capital. During the eight years of war, she starred in just three films, including Children of China (dir. Shen Xiling) and Youthful China or Youth of China (dir. Sun Yu), all patriotic in nature. In 1990, a major ceremony was held to celebrate Bai Yang's 60-year career.

On 18 September 1996, Bai died in Shanghai, China at age 76. She is buried at the Binhai Guyuan cemetery in Shanghai. Tears of the Yang-Tse (1947) (a.k.a. The Spring River Flows East) - Sufen. Eight Thousand Li of Cloud and Moon (1947) - Jiang Lingyu. Dongmei (1960) - Li Dongmei.