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761: 50: 480: 619: 650:, a political campaign launched by Mao against the capitalist class in 1952. He was accused of embezzlement and confessed to the charges under pressure. Shangguan decided to divorce Cheng; their marriage lasted less than two years. She later had another relationship with the director He Lu ( 356:; 2 March 1920 – 23 November 1968) was a Chinese actress active from the 1940s to the 1960s. She was considered one of the most talented and versatile actresses in China, and was named one of the 100 best actors of the 100 years of Chinese cinema in 2005. 673:) chose her to play the leading role as a heroic nurse, a far cry from her traditional roles of socialites and rich wives. She adjusted to her new role well, and portrayed a wide variety of characters in many films including 532:). However, her new marriage was short-lived due to Yao's infidelity, and the couple divorced before their daughter turned two. Shangguan subsequently had a brief relationship with the actor 1391: 634:
and established the People's Republic of China in 1949, Shangguan Yunzhu continued her acting career under the new government. In 1951 she married her third husband Cheng Shuyao (
748:, had been denounced as "huge poisonous weeds". She was also under severe persecution for her alleged affair with Mao. She was badly beaten by followers of Mao's wife 491:. Influenced by the studio's many customers from the film industry, she became fascinated with acting. In 1940 she enrolled in a drama school and was employed by the 752:, who gave her an ultimatum to confess her relationship with Mao. At 3 a.m. on 23 November 1968, Shangguan Yunzhu jumped to her death from her apartment. 731:
and had a successful surgery. However, only two months later it was found that she also had cancer in her brain and had to undergo another major operation.
371:. In Shanghai she became a drama and film actress, and her career took off after the end of the war. She starred in several prominent leftist films such as 659:
Affected by her association with Cheng Shuyao, Shangguan did not play any major role for several years. This changed in 1955, when she starred in the film
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Shangguan was married three times and had three children, but all her marriages ended in divorce. She was said to have had an affair with
1381: 389:. After the Communist victory in mainland China in 1949, her career was set back when her husband was embroiled in the anti-capitalist 847: 567: 1292: 928: 517: 1193: 1361: 1371: 467:, the invading Japanese army attacked Jiangyin in November 1937, killing one of Wei's sisters in a bombing raid. She fled to 526:). The next year Shangguan divorced Zhang Dayan and married Yao. In August 1944 she gave birth to a daughter named Yao Yao ( 647: 390: 1273: 1239: 1089: 1051: 785:) (2000) – Biographical account of Shangguan and her daughter Yao Yao, who was killed in a traffic accident in 1975. 1376: 1198:[Movie star Shangguan Yunzhu's life and death] (in Chinese). People's Daily. 10 June 2004. Archived from 417: 339: 250: 65: 719:, at which Mao said he was a fan of hers. Mao was said to have requested to meet her "in private" many times. 1356: 264: 1351: 1164: 1129: 610:). Her masterful performances in these popular films brought her great fame and critical acclaim. 464: 368: 454:), an art teacher and a friend of her brother's, and soon gave birth to a son named Zhang Qijian ( 855: 572: 373: 1386: 1263: 1229: 1079: 1041: 495:
after graduation. She adopted the name Shangguan Yunzhu suggested by the influential director
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In Shanghai Wei found work at a photo studio owned by He Zuomin, a photographer for the
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Several biographies have been published in Chinese about Shangguan Yunzhu's life:
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In 1942 Shangguan joined the Tianfeng Drama Society, where she met the playwright
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In the post-war period, Shangguan Yunzhu played her first lead roles in
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Dilemmas of Victory: The Early Years of the People's Republic of China
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Shangguan was said to have had an intimate relationship with
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Grieving for a movie star: a biography of Shangguan Yunzhu
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People persecuted to death during the Cultural Revolution
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was opened to the public as the Shangguan Yunzhu Museum.
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Index

Chinese name
family name
Shangguan
autographed photo of Shangguan Yunzhu, taken in the 1940s
Chinese
Jiangyin
Jiangsu
China
Shanghai
China
Traditional Chinese
Simplified Chinese
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin
Wade–Giles
Chinese
Wade–Giles
Jiangyin
Second Sino-Japanese War
Spring River Flows East
Crows and Sparrows
Women Side by Side
Five-anti Campaign
Mao Zedong
Jiang Qing
Cultural Revolution
Chinese
Jiangyin
Jiangsu
Second Sino-Japanese War

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