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VETERAN ACTRESS DIES AT 100

Actress and recipient of the national honorary title “People’s Artist” Qin Yi passed away on May 9 at the age of 100.

Qin, born in Shanghai in 1922, grew up a cinema buff and turned her passion for the silver screen into a lifelong career, making her film debut in the 1939 flick Hao Zhangfu (A Good Husband).

After 1949, Qin played leading roles in many films, including and . She remained one of the most popular film actresses in China

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