Meng Xiaodong

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This is a Chinese name; the family name is Meng.

Meng Xiaodong (Chinese: 孟小冬) (January 9, 1908 - May 26, 1977) was a Shanghai actress of Peking opera. In August 1925 she was introduced to Mei Lanfang, with whom she collaborated in a film and married in 1927. At the time, Mei was already to two other women. They divorced in 1933. In spring 1949 she went to British Hong Kong and married Du Yuesheng in 1950, after which she effectively ended her acting career. In 1967 she immigrated to Taiwan and died in Taipei at the age of 69. She was interred in Shulin District, New Taipei City.

Portrayals

Films

• Lord of East China Sea and Lord of East China Sea II (both 1993) by Cecilia Yip
• Forever Enthralled (2008) by Zhang Ziyi
• The Last Tycoon (2012) by Yuan Quan and Feng Wenjuan

Television series

• Shanghai, Shanghai (2010) by Yang Zimo
• Lord of Shanghai (2015) by Myolie Wu