Qin Yi

Qin Yi (; 4 February 1922 – 9 May 2022) was a Chinese actress. She gained fame for her stage performances in the war-time capital Chongqing during the Second Sino-Japanese War. After the war, she became one of China's most popular film actresses throughout the 1950s and the 1960s, and was recognised as one of the country's top four actresses. Premier Zhou Enlai called her the "most beautiful woman in China".

Early life and theatre career Qin Yi was born on 4 February 1922 to a wealthy Shanghai family. She was one of the many daughters in the family.

After the Japanese invasion of China in 1937, Qin fled to Wuhan and became active in anti-Japanese activities. When Wuhan also fell to the Japanese, she fled to the war-time capital Chongqing in 1938, and received actor training at the China Movie Studio. The label became widely known, and after the founding of the People's Republic of China in 1949, the four were officially recognised by the new government as the "Top Four Actresses of China".

Film career After the surrender of Japan at the end of the World War II, Qin Yi moved back to Shanghai, and in 1946 acted in The Loyal Family, her first feature film. The next year, she had her first leading role in Chen Liting's Far Away Love opposite Zhao Dan, which made her a famous movie star.

Qin Yi and her family suffered greatly during the Cultural Revolution, like millions of other Chinese. She was separated from her family for years, and spent five or six years undergoing struggle sessions and performing forced labour in rural areas. Her son, who was diagnosed with schizophrenia in 1965, just before the start of the Cultural Revolution, could not receive the necessary medical care and his condition steadily worsened. After the Cultural Revolution, Qin Yi made a comeback in the 1980s. who was later renamed Jin Feiheng using her step-father's surname.

In 1947, Qin Yi married Korean-born Chinese actor Jin Yan, known as China's "Film Emperor" in the 1930s and 1940s. They had a son named Jin Jie , who suffered from schizophrenia and could not live independently. Qin Yi took constant care of him, especially after the death of her husband in 1983. and died on 9 May 2022. Lost Love 失去的爱 1957 Woman Basketball Player No. 5 女篮5号 1982 Under the Eaves of Shanghai 上海屋檐下 Golden Eagle Awards 1983 Best Actress (for Under the Eaves of Shanghai) Shanghai International Film Festival 2008 Lifetime Achievement Award Golden Rooster Awards 2009 Lifetime Achievement Award Golden Phoenix Awards 2009 Lifetime Achievement Award