Yang Naimei

Yang Naimei (Chinese: 楊耐梅; 1904 – December 27, 1960) was an actress of China's silent film era. She starred in such well-received films as The Soul of Yuli (1924), Orchid in an Empty Valley (1926), Spring Dream by the Lakeside (1927) and The Young Mistress' Fan (1928).[1]

In this Chinese name, the family name is Yang.
Yang Naimei
Chinese: 楊耐梅
Born1904 (1904)
China
Died1960 (aged 55–56)
Other namesNai-Mei Yang, Naimei Yang
OccupationActress
Years active1924-1930s

In 1926–28 Yang played lead roles in films which put her among the top-ranked Chinese film actresses of the 1920s.

Career

Yang's breakthrough role was in The Soul of Yuli (1924), where she played a dissolute playgirl who wouldn't settle down after marriage. Yang then played lead roles in The Poor Children and Lured into Marriage.

In 1928 Yang opened the Naimei Film Company which produced one film in the same year, An Extraordinary Woman. Yang retired from acting in the mid-1930s.[1]

References
  1. Ye, Tan; Zhu, Yun (2012). Historical Dictionary of Chinese Cinema. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 193. ISBN 978-0810867796.
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