Li Yuru, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Li Yuru

Date of Birth: 01-Jan-0001

Place of Birth: Beijing, China

Date of Death: 11-Jul-2008

Profession: opera singer

Nationality: China

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn


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About Li Yuru

  • Li Shuzhen (25 July 1923 – 11 July 2008), better known by her stage name Li Yuru and also known as Li Xueying, was a Chinese opera singer and actress.
  • Descended from Manchu nobility, she is remembered as "one of the great Beijing Opera performers" and played an important role in the acceptance of female singers in female roles (dan).
  • Amid the Cultural Revolution, she was imprisoned from 1966 until the early 1970s.
  • In 1979, she married Cao Yu, one of the most important 20th-century Chinese dramatists, and, following China's opening up under Deng Xiaoping, she ended her life respected as one of the few surviving masters of the dan roles.

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