Bai Yang
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| Native name | 白杨 |
| Born |
Yang Chengfang 4 March 1920 Beijing, China |
| Died | 18 September 1996 (aged 76) Shanghai, China |
| Resting place | Binhai Guyuan cemetery |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Notable work |
Crossroads The Spring River Flows East Eight Thousand Li of Cloud and Moon New Year's Sacrifice |
| Spouse(s) | Jiang Junchao |
| Children | 2 |
| Relatives | Yang Mo (sister) |
Bai Yang (Chinese: 白杨; 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. She was considered the foremost of China's "Four Great Drama Actresses," ahead of Qin Yi, Shu Xiuwen, and Zhang Ruifang. Her most famous films include Crossroads (1937), The Spring River Flows East (1947), Eight Thousand Li of Cloud and Moon (1947), and New Year's Sacrifice (1955).
Bai Yang was born on 4 March 1920 to an affluent family in Beijing, the youngest of four children. Her original name was Yang Chengfang, and the novelist Yang Mo was her older sister. Her parents both died when she was 11, and she acted in a supporting role in Hou Yao's silent film Sad Song from an Old Palace (Gugong Xinyuan), made by the Lianhua Film Company. She then worked as a drama actress for a few years, acting in plays by Tian Han and Hong Shen, as well as foreign playwrights such as Oscar Wilde and Eugene O'Neill.
In 1936, Bai Yang joined the Mingxing Film Company in Shanghai. She was given the lead role in Shen Xiling's 1937 film Crossroads, opposite Zhao Dan, the "Prince of Chinese Film". The film was a big hit, and Bai Yang, whose performance received critical acclaim, became highly popular, and was compared by the media to Greta Garbo.
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