Hu Die

Hu Die (actually: Hu Ruihua ;胡蝶Chinese, Pinyin Hu Dié; * 1907 in Shanghai, † April 23, 1989 in Vancouver, Canada) was a Chinese actress. She was named Queen of the canvas and Ms. Butterfly Hu.

Life

As a teenager, Hu attended the drama school of Hong Sheng. In 1925, she made ​​her film debut with Qiushan yuan. By 1927, she appeared in several film adaptations of Chinese legends for several film companies, including as a snake woman in Baishe zhuan (1926 ) and as Lady of the Camellias in Xi Chahua (1927 ).

From 1928 to 1937, Hu was engaged in the famous film company Mingxing and experienced in this time the peak of her career. In China's first sound film, Ge'nü hongmudan by Zhang Shichuan, she played in 1931 an oppressed and abused by her husband woman. Under the director Zhang Hu occurred frequently. When her best acting performance shall be the display of two twin sisters - a poor farmer's wife and a mistress of a military commander - in the film Zimei hua (1933 ) by Zheng Zhengqiu. The film was one of the most commercially successful Chinese productions of time.

Due to the occupation of China by the Japanese, she emigrated to Hong Kong, where they until 1946 and only turned a few movies again. Her last film was Jietong ( 1960).