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Wei Wei (actress)

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Wei Wei
Born
Miao Mengying

(1922-05-17)17 May 1922
Died2 November 2023(2023-11-02) (aged 101)
Hong Kong, China
OccupationActress
Years active1942–2023

Wei Wei (Chinese: 韦伟; pinyin: Wéi Wěi; 17 May 1922 – 2 November 2023) born as Miao Mengyin, was a Chinese theatre and film actress.[1]

Biography

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Wei Wei began her career in Huang Zuolin and Fei Mu's theatre troupe in 1942. She is best known for her leading role in the classic film Spring in a Small Town (1948), and various other films, active in Chinese cinema from the late-1940s to the 1960s, she had emigrated to Hong Kong in the 1950s, leaving the industry in the 1960s to marry. However, she also continued to work into the late 20th and early 21st century in production's, primarily in Hong Kong. Wei turned 100 in May 2022,[1] and died in Hong Kong on 2 November 2023, at the age of 101.[2]

Filmography

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Year Title Role
1947 Night Inn Lin Dai Yu (as Wai Wai)
1948 The Great Reunion Er Jie
Spring in a Small Town Zhou Yuwen
1952 Jiang hu er nu
1954 Zi mei qu Lu Zishan (Joyce)
1955 Shan dian lian ai
Yi nian zhi ji Xiuling
Shui huo zhi jian
1956 Ji mo de xin
1957 Tai tai quan qi
Feng chun you wu Zhao Pan'er
1959 Spring Reigns Everywhere Fang Wuan
1960 Cao mu jie bing
1962 Kinmontô ni kakeru hashi
1964 Nan nan nu nu Mrs. Au
1995 I Want to Go on Living
1996 The Age of Miracles Auntie Shum
1998 Anna Magdalena Guest Star
1999 The Truth About Jane and Sam Jane's Grandmother
2000 And I Hate You So
2007 Happy Birthday Mi's Grandmother
2010 Fire of Conscience Manfred's grandmother
The Drunkard Old Mrs Lei
2012 The Assassins Special Appearance

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b Xiao, Yang (18 May 2022). "《小城之春》女主演韦伟女士迎来百岁生日" [Ms. Wei Wei, the actress of "Spring in a Small Town", celebrates her 100th birthday]. Beijing Youth Daily (in Chinese). Retrieved 27 November 2022 – via Toutiao.
  2. ^ "《小城之春》主演韦伟去世 享年一百零一岁". Sohu. 2 November 2023. Retrieved 2 November 2023.
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