chinese wade march november chinese actress active 1940s 1960s considered talented versatile actresses china named best actors years chinese cinema born fled shanghai hometown attacked japanese shanghai drama film actress career took end second sino japanese war starred prominent leftist films women communist victory mainland china career set husband embroiled anti capitalist anti campaign later portrayed wide variety characters films married times children marriages ended divorce said affair severely persecuted followers wife cultural revolution leading suicide november early life born town birth chinese fifth youngest child parents married art teacher friend brother soon gave birth son named age soon marriage second sino japanese war erupted november invading japanese army attacked sisters killed bombing raid fled shanghai family 1940s shanghai found work photo studio owned photographer influenced studio customers film industry fascinated acting enrolled drama school employed graduation adopted suggested influential director successfully playing female lead stage play thunderstorm joined film debut joined met playwright year divorced married august gave birth daughter named new marriage short lived infidelity couple divorced daughter turned subsequently brief relationship actor post war period played lead roles dream paradise directed long live directed starred leftist films including spring river flows east directors director director women director performances popular films brought great fame critical acclaim communists won established continued acting career new government married husband manager shanghai gave birth son named soon embroiled anti campaign political campaign launched capitalist class accused confessed charges pressure decided divorce marriage lasted years later relationship director affected association play major role years changed starred film storm southern island director chose play leading role heroic nurse far cry traditional roles rich wives adjusted new role portrayed wide variety characters films including day director early spring february director stage sisters director recognized talented versatile actresses china relationship said intimate relationship chairman january private meeting set shanghai mayor said fan said requested meet private times suicide diagnosed breast cancer successful surgery months later found cancer brain undergo major operation time cultural revolution way films appeared early spring february denounced huge poisonous severe persecution alleged affair badly beaten followers wife gave ultimatum confess relationship november jumped apartment mansion death biographies museum biographies published chinese life biographical account daughter killed traffic accident movie star biography childhood home opened public selected filmography dream paradise long live spring river flows east lights hope world women storm day spring comes tree early spring february stage sisters
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