Chen Yan-yan

Biography

Chen Yanyan (Chinese: 陳燕燕; Wade–Giles: Ch'en Yen-yen; 12 January 1916 – 7 May 1999), born Chen Jianyan, was a Chinese actress and film producer in the cinema of Republic of China (1912–1949), British Hong Kong and Taiwan.

Known For

The One-Armed Swordsman

Master Qi's Wife

The 14 Amazons

Ken Chin Hua

Center Stage

Self

The Love Eterne

Ying-Tai's Mother

The Young Tiger

Tiger's mother

The Joy of Spring

Teacher

Heads for Sale

Luo's mother

The Three Smiles

Lady Hua

Filmography

Year	Movie	Role
1991	Center Stage	Self
1978	Mantis Combat
1973	The Young Tiger	Tiger's mother
1972	The 14 Amazons	Ken Chin Hua
1972	The Merry Wife	Zhen's grandmother
1972	Flower in the Rain	Yuan Ping's mother
1972	The Deadly Knives	Jiao's Mother
1972	The Young Avenger	Li Kui's Third Sister
1971	Sons and Daughters
1971	It Takes a Man to Be Henpecked
1970	Heads for Sale	Luo's mother
1970	Valley of the Fangs	Sung's Wife
1969	The Three Smiles	Lady Hua
1968	Spring Blossoms	Mrs Chen
1967	Four Sisters	Luo Mu
1967	My Dream Boat	Shin's mother
1967	Too Late for Love	Fen's auntie
1967	Auntie Lan	Lan's Mother
1967	The Goddess of Mercy	Queen
1967	The One-Armed Swordsman	Master Qi's Wife
1967	Sing High, Sing Low
1966	The Blue and the Black	Auntie Ji
1966	The Blue and the Black 2	Mrs. Ji
1966	The Joy of Spring	Teacher
1965	The Butterfly Chalice	Madam Tien
1965	The West Chamber	Lady Cui
1965	Sons of the Good Earth	Mrs Tien
1965	The Grand Substitution	Ching Ying's wife
1965	The Lotus Lamp	Chiu Erh's Mother
1964	The Crimson Palm	Mrs. Lin
1964	Lady General Hua Mulan	Mu-Lan's mother
1964	Between Tears and Smiles	Shian's Mother
1963	The Love Eterne	Ying-Tai's Mother
1963	Three Sinners	Old Mrs. Yen
1963	Bitter Sweet	Mother Luo
1963	The Lady and the Thief	Mother Li
1960	Nobody's Child	Adopted mother
1956	The Long Lane	Lan-Zhen
1948	Suspicion	Zhao Lan
1947	Love Without End
1942	芳华虚度	白萍
1942	The Wedding Night	林继芬
1941	Home
1940	A Ghost
1940	Legend of Sui Dynasty	李小玉
1939	The Legend of the White Snake
1938	Vistas of Art
1938	Thunderstorm
1937	Tears of a Mother
1937	Symphony of Lianhua
1937	自由天地	鸿玉
1937	Chun dao ren jian
1936	A Girl in an Isolated City
1935	Song of China	Sun Ruoyan - the daughter
1935	The Big Road	Xiang Ding
1934	New and Old Times
1933	The Light of Maternal Instinct	Lin Shao-Mei
1933	Three Modern Ladies
1932	Humane
1932	Struggling	Yan Gu
1932	Spring in the South	Xiaohong Li
1932	共赴国难	小女儿
1931	A Spray of Plum Blossoms	A Qiao / Lucetta
1931	Two Stars in the Milky Way
1931	Love and Duty
1930	The Dream of the Ancient Capital

Year	TV Show	Role