Wei Wei (actress)
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Wei Wei | |
|---|---|
 Wei at the 2010 Hong Kong International Film Festival | |
| Born | Miao Mengying 17 May 1922 |
| Died | 2 November 2023 (aged 101) Hong Kong, China |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1942–2023 |
Wei Wei (Chinese: 韦伟; pinyin: Wéi Wěi; 17 May 1922 – 2 November 2023), born as Miao Mengyin, was a Chinese theatre and film actress.[1]
Wei Wei began her career in Huang Zuolin and Fei Mu's theatre troupe in 1942. She is best known for her leading role in the classic film Spring in a Small Town (1948), and various other films, active in Chinese cinema from the late-1940s to the 1960s, she had emigrated to Hong Kong in the 1950s, leaving the industry in the 1960s to marry. However, she also continued to work into the late 20th and early 21st century in production's, primarily in Hong Kong. Wei turned 100 in May 2022,[1] and died in Hong Kong on 2 November 2023, at the age of 101.[2]
Filmography
| Year | Title | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1947 | Night Inn | Lin Dai Yu (as Wai Wai) |
| 1948 | The Great Reunion | Er Jie |
| Spring in a Small Town | Zhou Yuwen | |
| 1952 | Jiang hu er nu | |
| 1954 | Zi mei qu | Lu Zishan (Joyce) |
| 1955 | Shan dian lian ai | |
| Yi nian zhi ji | Xiuling | |
| Shui huo zhi jian | ||
| 1956 | Ji mo de xin | |
| 1957 | Tai tai quan qi | |
| Feng chun you wu | Zhao Pan'er | |
| 1959 | Spring Reigns Everywhere | Fang Wuan |
| 1960 | Cao mu jie bing | |
| 1962 | Kinmontô ni kakeru hashi | |
| 1964 | Nan nan nu nu | Mrs. Au |
| 1995 | I Want to Go on Living | |
| 1996 | The Age of Miracles | Auntie Shum |
| 1998 | Anna Magdalena | Guest Star |
| 1999 | The Truth About Jane and Sam | Jane's Grandmother |
| 2000 | And I Hate You So | |
| 2007 | Happy Birthday | Mi's Grandmother |
| 2010 | Fire of Conscience | Manfred's grandmother |
| The Drunkard | Old Mrs Lei | |
| 2012 | The Assassins | Special Appearance |
