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Li Lili

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Li Lili

Li Lili (Chinese: 黎莉莉; 2 June 1915 – 7 August 2005) was a Chinese film actress and singer. Her films Playthings, The Great Road and Storm on the Border were blockbusters of the 1930s and 1940s. She was sometimes called "China's Mae West". Her films Volcanic Passions (1932), Playthings (Little Toys) (1933), Daybreak (1933), Sports Queen (1934), and The Great Road (The Big Road) (1934) are available with English subtitles on YouTube.

Infobox

Born
Qian Zhenzhen(1915-06-02)2 June 1915Beijing, China
Died
7 August 2005(2005-08-07) (aged 90)Beijing, China
Occupation(s)
singer, actress
Parent
Qian Zhuangfei
Awards
Special Honor Award 1991 (Chinese Academy of Motion Picture Arts)
Occupations
Singer, actress

Tables

· Filmography
1926
1926
Year
1926
English title
A Hero Hidden in Yanshan Mountain
Original title
燕山俠隱
Role
Ma Muying
Notes
Lost
1931
1931
Year
1931
English title
A Spray of Plum Blossoms
Original title
一剪梅
Role
Piano player
Notes
uncredited
Two Stars
Two Stars
Year
Two Stars
English title
銀漢雙星
1932
1932
Year
1932
English title
Poetry Written on the Banana Leaf
Original title
芭蕉葉上詩
Notes
Lost
Volcanic Passions
Volcanic Passions
Year
Volcanic Passions
English title
火山情血
1933
1933
Year
1933
English title
Daybreak
Original title
天明
Role
Ling Ling
Little Toys
Little Toys
Year
Little Toys
English title
小玩意
Original title
Zhu'er
1934
1934
Year
1934
English title
Queen of Sports
Original title
體育皇后
Role
Lin Ying
The Big Road
The Big Road
Year
The Big Road
English title
大路
1935
1935
Year
1935
English title
National Customs
Original title
國風
Role
Zhang Tao
An Abandoned Woman
An Abandoned Woman
Year
An Abandoned Woman
English title
秋扇明燈
1936
1936
Year
1936
English title
Return to Nature
Original title
到自然去
Bloodshed on Wolf Mountain
Bloodshed on Wolf Mountain
Year
Bloodshed on Wolf Mountain
English title
狼山喋血記
1937
1937
Year
1937
English title
Lianhua Symphony
Original title
聯華交響曲
Notes
Segment 6: "Ghost" (鬼)
The Lost Pearl
The Lost Pearl
Year
The Lost Pearl
English title
人海遺珠
So Busy
So Busy
Year
So Busy
English title
如此繁華
Vistas of Art
Vistas of Art
Year
Vistas of Art
English title
藝海風光
Role
Part 3: "Song & Dance Class" (歌舞班)
1938
1938
Year
1938
English title
Fight to the Last
Original title
熱血忠魂
1939
1939
Year
1939
English title
Orphan Island Paradise
Original title
孤島天堂
1940
1940
Year
1940
English title
Storm on the Border
Original title
塞上風雲
Role
Jin Hua'er
1944
1944
Year
1944
English title
Undaunted Land
Original title
氣壯山河
Role
Ma Fengqi
Blood on the Cherry Blossoms
Blood on the Cherry Blossoms
Year
Blood on the Cherry Blossoms
English title
血濺櫻花
1954
1954
Year
1954
English title
Capture by Stratagem Mount Hua
Original title
智取華山
1963
1963
Year
1963
English title
Fen River Flows On
Original title
汾水長流
Role
Does not appear
Notes
Assistant director
Year
English title
Original title
Role
Notes
1926
A Hero Hidden in Yanshan Mountain
燕山俠隱
Ma Muying
Lost
1931
A Spray of Plum Blossoms
一剪梅
Piano player
uncredited
Two Stars
銀漢雙星
1932
Poetry Written on the Banana Leaf
芭蕉葉上詩
Lost
Volcanic Passions
火山情血
1933
Daybreak
天明
Ling Ling
Little Toys
小玩意
Zhu'er
1934
Queen of Sports
體育皇后
Lin Ying
The Big Road
大路
1935
National Customs
國風
Zhang Tao
An Abandoned Woman
秋扇明燈
1936
Return to Nature
到自然去
Bloodshed on Wolf Mountain
狼山喋血記
1937
Lianhua Symphony
聯華交響曲
Segment 6: "Ghost" (鬼)
The Lost Pearl
人海遺珠
So Busy
如此繁華
Vistas of Art
藝海風光
Part 3: "Song & Dance Class" (歌舞班)
1938
Fight to the Last
熱血忠魂
1939
Orphan Island Paradise
孤島天堂
1940
Storm on the Border
塞上風雲
Jin Hua'er
1944
Undaunted Land
氣壯山河
Ma Fengqi
Blood on the Cherry Blossoms
血濺櫻花
1954
Capture by Stratagem Mount Hua
智取華山
1963
Fen River Flows On
汾水長流
Does not appear
Assistant director

References

  1. Elaine Duan, Top 10 legendary Chinese women in the 1930s: Li Lili, China.org.cn, 2011-08-15. Retrieved 2012-05-06.
    http://www.china.org.cn/wap/2011-08/15/content_23371358.htm
  2. "A Jasmine Swinging In the Wind – Movie Star Li Lili's Screen Career"
    https://archive.today/20240526013329/https://www.webcitation.org/68pnkOmTB?url=http://www.womenofchina.cn/html/womenofchina/report/83453-1.htm
  3. Encyclopedia of Chinese Film
    https://books.google.com/books?id=XAeGAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA219
  4. Chinese Film Classics
    https://chinesefilmclassics.sites.olt.ubc.ca/volcanic-passions-1932/
  5. Chinese Film Classics YouTube playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLhA05Qf-09xBaz_t_ynYbyZ-Porcj7bui
    https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLhA05Qf-09xBaz_t_ynYbyZ-Porcj7bui
  6. Chinese Film Classics
    https://chinesefilmclassics.sites.olt.ubc.ca/li-lili-黎莉莉/
  7. Chinese Film Classics
    https://chinesefilmclassics.sites.olt.ubc.ca/li-lili-黎莉莉/
  8. Forbes
    https://web.archive.org/web/20100818032657/http://www.forbes.com/2010/08/17/li-lili-chinese-actress-lessons-leadership-managing-rein.html
  9. "Top 10 legendary Chinese women in the 1930s"
    http://www.china.org.cn/wap/2011-08/15/content_23371358_2.htm
  10. Cinema and Urban Culture in Shanghai, 1922-1943
    https://books.google.com/books?id=vD6I4hP4CDMC&pg=PA146
  11. "Silent Film Star Li Lili: a TV interview"
    https://web.archive.org/web/20121020151422/http://shanghai.cultural-china.com/html/Arts---Culture/Film/People/200810/16-262.html
  12. Chinese Film Classics, 1922-1949
  13. Cinema and Urban Culture in Shanghai, 1922-1943
  14. Top 10 women of old Shanghai: Li Lili, China.org.cn. Retrieved 2012-05-06.
    http://www.china.org.cn/top10/2011-04/27/content_22447901_3.htm
  15. Hong Kong Cinema: A Cross-cultural View
    https://books.google.com/books?id=85DKMniFe4gC&pg=PA267
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