Huang Zongying
Huang Zongying (Chinese: 黄宗英; 13 July 1925 – 14 December 2020) was a Chinese actress and writer. She starred in many black-and-white films such as Rhapsody of Happiness (1947), Crows and Sparrows (1949), Women Side by Side (1949), and The Life of Wu Xun (1950), all co-starring her third husband Zhao Dan.
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| Born | 13 July 1925 Beijing, China | ||||||||||
| Died | 14 December 2020 (aged 95) Huadong Hospital, Shanghai, China | ||||||||||
| Occupation(s) | Actress, writer | ||||||||||
| Notable work | Rhapsody of Happiness Crows and Sparrows Women Side by Side | ||||||||||
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| Traditional Chinese | 黃宗英 | ||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 黄宗英 | ||||||||||
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She began writing film scripts in the mid-1950s, and later became an acclaimed writer of reportage literature. She was a three-time winner of the National Award for Outstanding Reportage Literature, for "The Flight of the Wild-Geese", "Mandarin Oranges", and "The Wooden Cabin".
Huang married four times. Her marriage with actor Zhao Dan lasted 32 years until his death in 1980. In her later years she married writer Feng Yidai. She had two stepchildren from Zhao's previous marriage, and adopted the two orphaned sons of singer-actress Zhou Xuan.
In 2005, Huang Zongying and Zhao Dan were both named among the "100 best actors of the 100 years of Chinese cinema". Their love story was adapted by Peng Xiaolian into two feature films including Shanghai Rumba (2006).