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Xia Ai
Acting
29 Nov 1912
† 15 Feb 1934
Tianjin, China
Biography
Xia Ai (Chinese: 艾霞; 29 November 1912 – 15 February 1934) was a Chinese left-wing silent film actress and screenwriter. She was born as Yan Yinan to a large middle-class family. She started her career as a stage actor with the South China Theater Society, before joining the Leftists Dramatists League. She wrote a book called Xiandai yi Nüxing (A Woman of Today) in 1933. The book was adapted as a film in the same year. Despite the intrigue around the story, the film was not well received by criti...
Also Known As
艾霞, Ся Ай, Ай Ся, Ai Xia
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