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Ruan Lingyu

1910 - 1935

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Ruan Lingyu (born Ruan Fenggen; April 26, 1910 – March 8, 1935), also known by her English name Lily Yuen, was a Chinese silent film actress. One of the most prominent Chinese film stars of the 1930s, her exceptional acting ability and suicide at the age of 24 led her to become an icon of Chinese cinema. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ruan Lingyu is the 1,153rd most popular actor (up from 1,709th in 2019), the 410th most popular biography from China (up from 607th in 2019) and the 6th most popular Chinese Actor.

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, Ruan Lingyu ranks 1,153 out of 13,578. Before her are Michael Massee, Hilary Swank, David Tomlinson, Alan Alda, Blythe Danner, and Daniel Radcliffe. After her are Michael Rooker, Paolo Villaggio, Senta Berger, Andy Lau, Vera Miles, and Tatsuya Nakadai.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1910, Ruan Lingyu ranks 73. Before her are Ferdinand Daučík, Kim Il, John Sturges, Imi Lichtenfeld, Karel Zeman, and John Hammond. After her are Aladár Gerevich, Dorothea Tanning, Pavel Batitsky, Barthélemy Boganda, Joy Adamson, and Johan Ferrier. Among people deceased in 1935, Ruan Lingyu ranks 47. Before her are Princess Victoria of the United Kingdom, Kurt Tucholsky, Arthur Arz von Straußenburg, Princess Anastasia of Montenegro, Gareth Jones, and Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov. After her are Louis de Beaufront, Richard Sheldon, Ma Barker, Abraham Isaac Kook, Valerian Kuybyshev, and Meletius IV of Constantinople.

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In China

Among people born in China, Ruan Lingyu ranks 410 out of 1,610. Before her are Gan Ying (100), Gampopa (1079), Wei Zheng (580), Zhao Mengfu (1254), Huang Gai (145), and Emperor Chong of Han (143). After her are Qiu Chuji (1148), Dazu Huike (487), Emperor Zhaozong of Tang (867), Pang De (170), Hu Shih (1891), and Li Shizhen (1517).

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Among ACTORS In China

Among actors born in China, Ruan Lingyu ranks 6. Before her are Toshiro Mifune (1920), Jet Li (1963), Bolo Yeung (1946), Donnie Yen (1963), and Gong Li (1965). After her are Yuen Siu-tien (1912), Yuen Biao (1957), Run Run Shaw (1907), Yoshiko Yamaguchi (1920), Shih Kien (1913), and Zhou Xuan (1920).

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