- Wei Wei was a Chinese actress.
- Wei Wei continued to work into the late 20th and early 21st century.
- In 1947, he starred in his debut film "Nightclub". The following year, "Spring in a Small Town" was filmed. After that, Wei Wei went to Hong Kong and filmed movies such as "Children of Jianghu" and "Sisters".
- She is best known for her leading role in the classic film Spring in a Small Town (1948), and various other films from the 1940s to the 1960s, but "Spring in a Small Town" is Wei Wei's most famous film, produced in 1948 and directed by the famous director Fei Mu.
- She appeared on the theater stage in 1941 and joined the Shanghai Professional Repertory Theater.
- She was one of the top 10 most beautiful beauties of China's first generation and a "living fossil" of Chinese movies.
- In 1947, Wei Wei filmed for the first time in a movie: "Nightclub" . The film was directed by the famous director Huang Zuolin. Because it was the first time she was on the big screen, Wei Wei was a little nervous, and the director Huang Zuolin was very dissatisfied with her performance. He made her re-shoot a line more than 30 times, so Wei Wei decided to boycott.
- When Tian Zhuangzhuang remade "Spring in a Small Town" in 2001, Wei Wei, who was already over 80 years old at the time, personally went to Suzhou to visit the cast, which became a legend.
- Wei Wei has performed for Great Wall Film Company and Phoenix Film Company , and her representative works also include "Children of Rivers and Lakes" (1952), "Sisters" (1954), etc.
- Due to the current situation in mainland China , Wei Wei turned in 1948 to Hong Kong for the development of her career.
- Her most famous movie "Spring in a Small Town" (1948) was selected as one of the 10 classic works in the 90-year history of Chinese cinema.
- She retired from acting in the early 1960s. But 30 years later, in the early 1990s, Wei Wei, who was in his 70s, regained her dream of acting and participated in "I Want to Live", "Sail", "Anna Madeleine", "The Truth" and "Little Children". Movies such as "Kiss", "Happy Birthday", "Dragon Showdown" and "The Drunkard".
- Wei Wei was also interviewed in the documentary "Legend of the Sea" (2010) directed by Jia Zhangke.
- Wei Wei was appreciated and helped by the famous director Fei Mu, who gave her an important opportunity to film "Spring in a Small Town" in 1948 and play the heroine Zhou Yuwen. This film is considered a masterpiece in the history of Chinese film, depicting a love tragedy in a small city. Wei Wei used his superb acting skills to perform the role of Zhou Yuwen vividly, making her famous overnight.
- She had a talent for acting since she was a child.
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