Yu Lan

• Name — Yu Lan • Birth Name — Yu Peiwen • Born — 3 June 1921 • Birthplace — Xiuyan, Liaoning, China • Place of death — Beijing, China • Occupation — Actress • Years Active — 1938–2020 • Spouse — Tian Fang • Children — Tian Zhuangzhuang • Awards — Golden Phoenix Awards 1995 Honorary Award 2005 Lifetime Achievement Award Moscow Film Festival Best Actress 1962 A Revolutionary Family Yu Lan (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. Her youngest son is Chinese director and Beijing Film Academy professor Tian Zhuangzhuang.

Yu was born 1921 in Xiuyan, Liaoning as Yu Peiwen. 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. She died in Beijing on 28 June 2020, aged 99.

• Year — English Title — Chinese Title — Role — Notes • 1949 — Medical Warrior — 白衣战士 • 1951 — Red Flag — 翠岗红旗 • 1952 — Longxugou — 龙须沟 — Madam Cheng • 1961 — A Revolutionary Family — 革命家庭 — Zhou Lian — Moscow Film Festival for Best Actress • 1965 — Eternity in Flames — 烈火中永生 — Jiang Jie • 2009 — Looking For Jackie • 2018 — Goddesses in the Flames of War • 2019 — For Love with You