Hu Ping (胡萍) (1910-?) was a Chinese actress, screenwriter and filmmaker from

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, China, born in

Changsha Changsha (; ; ; Changshanese pronunciation: (), Standard Mandarin pronunciation: ) is the capital and the largest city of Hunan Province of China. Changsha is the 17th most populous city in China with a population of over 10 million, and ...

. She started acting in Shanghai, in the theater industry and was a household name in Shanghai in the 1930s. She joined the Friends Film Company in 1931. Her movies included ''Love and Life'' (恋爱与生命), ''Awkward Tragedy'' (姊姊的悲剧), ''The Hero of the Sea'' (海上英雄), ''The History of the Greenwood'' (绿林艳史) and ''The Night Half Song'' (夜半歌声). Her fate is unknown. She went to Hong Kong after the Japanese invasion in 1937, but was unable to work. She found love and lived as a celebrity, "doing nothing every day, enjoying a leisurely life, going out to the karaoke, ballroom, cafe, singing, dancing." After the Japanese took Hong Kong in 1941, she fled to Chongqing. There was a rumor that she reluctantly married the commander of the

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troops in the

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, a second wife, and was beaten and locked up after trying to flee, possibly committing suicide. Liangyou 067 cover Hu Ping

Career

Hu Ping was working in a Changsha coffee shop when she was discovered by Chinese playwright Tian Han. Han, already making a living as a playwright, would later become known nationally as the writer of China's national anthem. Han introduced her into the world of acting, first on the stage in plays, and later into movie acting. He took her to the Southern Drama Club in Shanghai where she got experience acting in plays such as ''Street Man'' and ''Scrambled Clock''.

Movies

Drama Alliance or Union Film Company (友联影片公司)

*1931 ''The Heroes of the Sea'' (海上英雄) *1931 ''History of Greenwood'' (绿林艳史)

Star film company (明星影片公司)

*1932 ''Love and Life'' (恋爱与生命), filmmaker * 1932 ''The Tragedy of You'' or Awkward Tragedy (姊姊的悲剧), screenwriter and filmmaker and actress *1932 ''Resurrection of National Spirit'' (国魂的复活) *1932 ''Battlefield Adventures'' (战地历险记) *1933 ''Cosmetics market'' (脂粉市场) Zhang Shichuan director *1933 ''Future'' (前程) *1933 ''Spring water'' (春水情波)

Yihua film company (艺华影业公司)

*1933 ''Flame'' (烈焰) *1934 ''Woman'' (女人) (Director Shi Dongshan) *1934 ''Golden Age'' (黄金时代) (Tian Han scriptwriter) *1934 ''Peach Blossom Village'' (桃花村) *1934 ''Feihua Village'' *1935 ''The Beginning of Man'' (人之初) (Hong Shen writer) *1935 ''Hero of our Time'' or ''Hero of the Moment'' (洪深编剧) *1935 ''The Lament of Life'' by Yang Hanzhen * 1935 ''New Peach Fan'' by Ouyang Yuqian * 1936 October ''The Night of Carnival'' (狂歡之夜)

Xinhua Film Company The Xinhua or New China Film Company (), was one of the film studios to capitalize on the popularity of the leftist film movement in 1930s Shanghai, that had begun with the Mingxing and Lianhua studios. It is not related to the modern-day Xinhua N ...
(新华影业公司)

She transferred into Xihua in 1936. *1937 July ''Youth March'' (青年进行曲) directed by Shi Dongshan *1937 ''Song of the Night'' (夜半歌声) directed by Ma Xuweibang

References

External links

Page with bio in Chinese and photos of her in the 1930s.
{{DEFAULTSORT:Hu, Ping 1910 births 20th-century Chinese actresses Chinese film actresses Actresses from Changsha Year of death missing Chinese silent film actresses