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Film & TV
Acting · Shanghai, China
Ruan Lingyu, born Ruan Fenggen, 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 25 led her to become an icon of Chinese cinema.
Known for
- National Customs — Zhang Lan1935
- New Women — Wei Ming1935
- Sea of Scented Snow1934
- The Goddess — The Goddess1934
- Life — 妓女1934
- Coming Home1934
- Goodbye, Shanghai — 白露1934
- Playthings — Sister Ye1933
- Chengshi zhi ye — 女工1933
- Three Modern Ladies1933
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 2
- Total plays
- 15
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- The Sequence Alignment/Map format and SAMtools
· 2009 · cited 59,274x
- Observation of a new particle in the search for the Standard Model Higgs boson with the ATLAS detector at the LHC
· 2012 · cited 6,796x
- Landscape of transcription in human cells
· 2012 · cited 4,578x
- The GENCODE v7 catalog of human long noncoding RNAs: Analysis of their gene structure, evolution, and expression
· 2012 · cited 4,539x
- Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy (3rd edition)
· 2016 · cited 4,417x
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Key facts
- Born
- Ruan Fenggen (阮鳳根) , ( 1910-04-26 ) April 26, 1910, Shanghai , Qing China
- Died
- March 8, 1935 (1935-03-08) (aged 24), Shanghai, Republic of China
- Cause of death
- Suicide by barbiturate overdose
- Other name
- Lily Yuen
- Occupation
- Actress
- Years active
- 1927–1935
- Traditional chinese
- 阮玲玉
- Simplified chinese
- 阮玲玉
- Hanyu pinyin
- Ruǎn Língyù
- Jyutping
- Jyun Ling juk
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Encyclopedic overview
Alternative Chinese name Traditional Chinese阮鳳根 Simplified Chinese阮凤根
Ruan Ling-yu (Chinese: 阮玲玉; pinyin: Ruǎn Língyù, born Ruan Feng-gen [阮鳳根; Ruǎn Fènggēn]; April 26, 1910 – March 8, 1935), also known by her English name Lily Yuen, was a Chinese actress in silent films. 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.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Ruan Lingyu” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.