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Meng Xiaodong

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Died
  
1977, Hong Kong

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Spouse
  
Du Yuesheng (m. 1950–1951), Mei Lanfang (m. 1927–1933)

Similar
  
Du Yuesheng, Mei Lanfang, Mei Baojiu, Lu Xiaoman, Huang Jinrong

Meng Xiaodong (Chinese: 孟小冬) (December 9, 1908 - May 26, 1977) was a Shanghai actress of Peking opera. In August 1925 she was introduced to Mei Lanfang, with whom she collaborated in a film and married in 1927. At the time, Mei was already to two other women. They divorced in 1933. In spring 1949 she went to British Hong Kong and married Du Yuesheng in 1950, after which she effectively ended her acting career. In 1967 she immigrated to Taiwan and died in Taipei at the age of 69. She was interred in Shulin District, New Taipei City.

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Films

  • Lord of East China Sea and Lord of East China Sea II (both 1993) by Cecilia Yip
  • Forever Enthralled (2008) by Zhang Ziyi
  • The Last Tycoon (2012) by Yuan Quan and Feng Wenjuan

    • Television series

  • Shanghai, Shanghai (2010) by Yang Zimo
  • Lord of Shanghai (2015) by Myolie Wu

    • References

    Meng Xiaodong Wikipedia
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