Wei Wei

Wei Wei (May 17, 1922 - November 2, 2023), formerly known as Miao Mengying, was born in Zhongshan County, Guangdong Province. She was born in Zhenjiang, Jiangsu Province. She was a Chinese actress. She participated in drama performances in Shanghai in 1941 and joined the film industry in 1947, performing her debut film "Nightclub" (1947). The following year, she served as the first heroine in the movie "Spring in a Small Town" directed by Fei Mu. Due to the current situation in mainland China, Wei Wei moved to Hong Kong for development. Wei Wei has performed for Great Wall Film Company and Phoenix Film Company, and his representative works also include "Children of Rivers and Lakes" (1952), "Sisters" (1954), etc. Wei Wei retired from acting in the early 1960s. But 30 years later, in the early 1990s, Wei Wei, who was in his 70s, regained his dream of acting and participated in films such as "I Want to Live", "Sail", "Anna Madeleine", "Truth", "Little Kiss", "Happy Birthday", "Dragon Showdown" and "The Drunkard". He was also interviewed in the documentary "Legend of the Sea" (2010) directed by Jia Zhangke. 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 celebrated his 100th birthday in May 2022 and passed away on November 2, 2023, at the age of 101.