Huang Zongying, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Huang Zongying

Chinese writer and actor

Date of Birth: 13-Jul-1925

Place of Birth: Beijing, China

Profession: actor, writer

Nationality: China

Zodiac Sign: Cancer

Huang Zongying (Chinese: ???; born 13 July 1925) is a Chinese retired actress and writer.
She starred in many black-and-white films such as Rhapsody of Happiness (1947), Crows and Sparrows (1949), Women Side by Side (1949), and The Life of Wu Xun (1950), all co-starring her third husband Zhao Dan. She began writing film scripts in the mid-1950s, and later became an acclaimed writer of reportage literature.
She is a three-time winner of the National Award for Outstanding Reportage Literature, for "The Flight of the Wild-Geese", "Mandarin Oranges", and "The Wooden Cabin". Huang has married four times.
Her marriage with actor Zhao Dan lasted 32 years until his death in 1980.
In her later years she married writer Feng Yidai.
She had two stepchildren from Zhao's previous marriage, and adopted the two orphaned sons of singer-actress Zhou Xuan.
In 2005, Huang Zongying and Zhao Dan were both named among the "100 best actors of the 100 years of Chinese cinema".
Their love story was adapted by Peng Xiaolian into two feature films including Shanghai Rumba (2006). Huang Zongying's younger brother Huang Zongluo is also a famous actor.