Zhao Dan
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- This is a Chinese name; the family name is Zhao.
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 Chinese VCD cover for three classic films starring Zhao Dan |
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| Birth name | Zhao Feng'ao |
| Born | 1915 Yangzhou, China |
| Died | 1980 |
| Years active | 1930s-1960s |
| Notable roles | Xiao Chen in Street Angel Nie Er in Nie Er Lin Zexiu in Lin Zexu |
Zhao Dan (Traditional Chinese: 趙丹; Simplified Chinese: 赵丹; pinyin: Zhào Dān)(1915-1980)(born Zhao Feng'ao) was a Chinese actor popular in the golden age of Chinese Cinema.
Born in Yangzhou in Jiangsu province, Zhao first became famous working in the Mingxing Film Company in the 1930s including playing opposite Zhou Xuan in Street Angel (1937). After the war, Zhao began a creative relationship with director Zheng Junli, with films such as the 1948 anti-Kuomintang drama-comedy, Crows and Sparrows.
Zhao remained on the mainland following the Communist victory in 1949 and continued to make films throughout the 1950s and 1960s notably in biographical films playing historical figures of Nie Er, Lin Zexu (both films were directed by Zheng) and Li Shizhen.
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