Yu Lan (Chinese: 于蓝; pinyin: Yú Lán; 3 June 1921 – 28 June 2020) was a Chinese film actress. In 1961, Yu won the award for Best Actress at the 2nd Moscow International Film Festival for her performance in A Revolutionary Family.[1][2] Her youngest son is Chinese director and Beijing Film Academy professor Tian Zhuangzhuang.[3]
Yu was born 1921 in Xiuyan, Liaoning as Yu Peiwen (Chinese: 于佩文). She entered Counter-Japanese Military and Political University in 1938 and worked as an actress at a company affiliated with Luxun Academy of Arts after 1940.[4]
She died in Beijing on 28 June 2020, aged 99.[5]
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