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简介

Xie Fang, originally named Xie Huaifu, was born on November 1, 1935 in Huangpi, Hubei, with her ancestral home in Yiyang, Hunan, and later moved to Shanghai. She graduated in 1951 from Luo Yi Girls' School in Hankou and then joined the music department of the Central-South Work Troupe as an opera actress. In 1962, she was selected by China's Ministry of Culture as one of the 22 film stars of New China. In 1963, she was transferred to the Beijing Film Studio as an actress. In 1995, she received the Chinese Film Century Award for Best Actress. She performed many notable roles in film, television, drama, opera, and Chinese theater, including the films "Song of Youth," "Early Spring in February," and "Stage Sisters." She also wrote memoirs, novels, and essays including "On and Off the Screen," "The Past Flies By," and "The Unsinkable Lake." She passed away on December 19, 2024 in Beijing due to cardiopulmonary and renal failure caused by a myocardial infarction, at the age of 89.