ACTOR

Ruan Lingyu

1910 - 1935

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Ruan Lingyu (born Ruan Fenggen; April 26, 1910 – March 8, 1935), also known by her English name Lily Yuen, was a Chinese silent film actress. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ruan Lingyu has received more than 315,534 page views. Her biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia. Ruan Lingyu is the 1,710th most popular actor (down from 1,703rd in 2019), the 606th most popular biography from China (down from 574th in 2019) and the 17th most popular Chinese Actor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 320k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 55.31

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 28

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.77

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.13

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Ruan Lingyus by language

Over the past year Ruan Lingyu has had the most page views in the with 60,917 views, followed by English (36,678), and Japanese (4,152). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are German (154.21%), French (115.72%), and Egyptian Arabic (52.53%)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Ruan Lingyu ranks 1,710 out of 13,578. Before her are Choi Min-sik, Vic Morrow, Aleksey Batalov, James Cosmo, Mirtha Legrand, and Shintaro Katsu. After her are Albert Austin, Liam Cunningham, Mila Kunis, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, James McAvoy, and Charlie Rivel.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1910, Ruan Lingyu ranks 110. Before her are Heinz Hoffmann, Dorothea Tanning, Sylvia Sidney, Rudolf Kempe, Ramaswamy Venkataraman, and Félix Candela. After her are Lothar Collatz, Fritz Leiber, John W. Campbell, Cao Yu, Ngapoi Ngawang Jigme, and Hazi Aslanov. Among people deceased in 1935, Ruan Lingyu ranks 58. Before her are Edoardo Agnelli, Juan Vicente Gómez, Alexander von Linsingen, Meletius IV of Constantinople, Louis de Beaufront, and Charlotte Perkins Gilman. After her are Pavlos Kountouriotis, James Henry Breasted, Aleksandër Moisiu, Otto Schott, Princess Maria Theresa of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg, and René Crevel.

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In China

Among people born in China, Ruan Lingyu ranks 606 out of 1,610. Before her are Wang Ming (1904), Emperor Xiaowu of Jin (362), Sengge Rinchen (1811), Zhang Ziyi (1979), Ding Ruchang (1836), and Yan Zhenqing (709). After her are Wang Fuzhi (1619), Jia Yi (-200), Jimmy Lai (1948), Kenneth Tsang (1935), Cao Yu (1910), and Ding Ling (1904).

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Among ACTORS In China

Among actors born in China, Ruan Lingyu ranks 17. Before her are Yuen Siu-tien (1912), Ti Lung (1946), Zhou Xuan (1920), Joan Chen (1961), Na Moon-hee (1941), and Zhang Ziyi (1979). After her are Kenneth Tsang (1935), Roy Chiao (1927), Li Bingbing (1973), Jimmy Wang Yu (1943), Lee Hoi-chuen (1901), and Lau Kar-leung (1934).

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Television and Movie Roles

Little Toys
Sister Ye
Sister Ye lives in a rural village, where everyone makes traditional toys. When Sister Ye's husband dies of an unknown illness, and while Ye is attending to him, her son is kidnapped and sold to a wealthy lady in the city of Shanghai. Shortly after, the village is destroyed during an attack between rival warlords, forcing the villagers move to the city, where they continue to make toys. Ten years pass, and Ye's daughter Zhu'er has become a toy designer. While helping the Nationalist army at the rear, Zhu'er is killed in an attack by the Japanese. On New Year's Eve, Sister Ye is dressed in rags, sitting on the curb, selling toys. A young boy buys toys from her, and it is none other than her son, whom she does not recognize.
Jan 3o 19336.9 / 10
New Women
Wei Ming
Overnight, the sexy Wei Ming will become a successful novelist. But, desperate to get the money that she needs to cure her little daughter (and harassed by a rich, unscrupulous rake), she will end up eventually engage in luxury prostitution.
Jan 1o 19356.4 / 10
The Goddess
The Goddess
A young prostitute, who is trying to give her infant son a good start in life, must contend with a coercive pimp and the prejudices of others.
Dec 7o 19347.7 / 10