Wu Yin

Early life and career Wu Yin was born in Tianjin in 1909, to a family from Wu County, Jiangsu province. She was adopted as a little child by her father's blood brother, and her name was changed to Yang Ying . and her husband, filmmaker Meng Junmou , was persecuted to death.

After the end of the Cultural Revolution, Wu Yin was politically rehabilitated on 11 December 1978, and joined the Chinese Communist Party in 1985. She appeared in a few more films, and died in 1991.

Awards In 1957, Wu Yin was awarded the First Class Prize by the Ministry of Culture for her role of Mrs Xiao in the film Crows and Sparrows. In November 2005 she was chosen as one of the 100 best actors of the 100 years of Chinese cinema.

Selected filmography New Women (1935) Scenes of City Life (1935) Crossroads (1937)

Far Away Love (1947) Eight Thousand Li of Cloud and Moon (1947) The Spring River Flows East (1947) Myriad of Lights (1948)

Crows and Sparrows (1949) The Life of Wu Xun (1950) Inescapable (1950) The Married Couple (1951) Bless the Children (1953) Song Jingshi (1955)

Not a Misunderstanding (1963) Family Problem (1964) A Man's World (1987)