Zhao Dan

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Zhao Dan
Born	Zhao Feng'ao (1915-06-27)June 27, 1915 Nantong, Jiangsu, China
Died	October 10, 1980(1980-10-10) (aged 65) Beijing, China
Years active	1930s–1960s
Political party	Chinese Communist Party
Spouse(s)	Ye Luxi Huang Zongying
Children	2
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese	趙丹
Simplified Chinese	赵丹
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Zhào Dān

Zhao Dan (June 27, 1915 – October 10, 1980) was a Chinese film actor.

Zhao became famous working in the Mingxing Film Company in the 1930s including playing opposite Zhou Xuan in Street Angel (1937). After the Sino-Japanese War, Zhao began a creative relationship with director Zheng Junli, with films such as the 1948 anti-Kuomintang drama-comedy, Crows and Sparrows.

Zhao remained on the mainland following the Communist victory in 1949 and continued to make films throughout the 1950s and 1960s notably in biographical films playing historical figures of Nie Er, Lin Zexu (both directed by Zheng Junli) and Li Shizhen.

Zhao joined Chinese Communist Party in 1957. During the Cultural Revolution, he was persecuted and imprisoned for 5 years. He died of pancreatic cancer in Beijing in 1980.

Zhao was married to Ye Luxi (Rose Ye) in 1936. When he was arrested by Sheng Shicai in Xinjiang in 1939, it was rumored that he was killed. Thus Ye married the playwright Du Xuan. After the war, he was released and returned to Shanghai. He married actress Huang Zongying in 1948.

• Zhang, Yingjing (2008). "Zhao Dan: Spectrality of Martyrdom and Stardom". Journal of Chinese Cinemas. 2 (2): 103–111. doi:10.1386/jcc.2.2.103_1.

• Zhao Dan at IMDb
• A Man of Many Faces
• Zhao Dan at the Chinese Movie Database