Yu Lan

This article is about the Chinese actress. For other topics, see Yulan (disambiguation).

In this Chinese name, the family name is Yu.

Yu Lan (Chinese: 于蓝; pinyin: Yú Lán; 3 June 1921 – 28 June 2020) was a Chinese film actress. In 1961, Yu won the award for Best Actress at the 2nd Moscow International Film Festival for her performance in A Revolutionary Family.^[1][2] Her youngest son is Chinese director and Beijing Film Academy professor Tian Zhuangzhuang.^[3]

Yu Lan
Born	Yu Peiwen (1921-06-03)3 June 1921 Xiuyan, Liaoning, China
Died	28 June 2020(2020-06-28) (aged 99) Beijing, China
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1938–2020
Spouse	Tian Fang
Children	Tian Zhuangzhuang
Awards	Golden Phoenix Awards 1995 Honorary Award 2005 Lifetime Achievement Award Moscow Film Festival Best Actress 1962 A Revolutionary FamilyGolden Rooster Awards – 2009 Lifetime Achievement Award
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese	于藍
Simplified Chinese	于蓝
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Yú Lán

Life

Yu was born 1921 in Xiuyan, Liaoning as Yu Peiwen (Chinese: 于佩文). She entered Counter-Japanese Military and Political University in 1938 and worked as an actress at a company affiliated with Luxun Academy of Arts after 1940.^[4]

She died in Beijing on 28 June 2020, aged 99.^[5]

Filmography

Year	English Title	Chinese Title	Role	Notes
1949	Medical Warrior	白衣战士
1951	Red Flag	翠岗红旗
1952	Longxugou	龙须沟	Madam Cheng
1961	A Revolutionary Family	革命家庭	Zhou Lian	Moscow Film Festival for Best Actress
1965	Eternity in Flames	烈火中永生	Jiang Jie
2009	Looking For Jackie
2018	Goddesses in the Flames of War
2019	For Love with You

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