# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/nellie-yu-roung-ling
# Generated: 2026-09-07T20:31:53.028Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/nellie-yu-roung-ling"
name: "Nellie Yu Roung Ling"
slug: "nellie-yu-roung-ling"
description: "Nellie Yu Roung Ling, also spelt Nelly, was a Hanjun Plain White bannerwoman and dancer, who is considered \"the first modern dancer of China\". She was the younger daughter of Yu Keng and Louisa Pierson, the other one being Lizzie Yu Der Ling. Although not a member of the Qing imperial family, Roung Ling was given the title of \"commandery princess\" while serving as a lady-in-waiting for Empress Dowager Cixi.:268 She was also known as Yu Roon(g) Ling, especially in the works of her sister Der Ling.:267 She was referred to as Madame Dan Pao Tchao after her marriage to the General Dan Pao Tchao, and Princess Shou Shan, a title appeared on the cover of her 1934 historical novella about the Fragrant Concubine, a name Sir Reginald Johnston claimed she never used.:xii"
tagline: "Multiracial dancer of Chinese-American descent (1882–1973)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Nellie_Roungling_Yu.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "China"
  isoCode: "CN"
birthDate: "1882"
deathDate: "1973-01-16"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           47.25
  momentum:             2.273449920508744
  historical:           6.855584
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E8%A3%95%E5%AE%B9%E9%BD%A1"
    title: "裕容齡"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nellie_Yu_Roung_Ling"
    title: "Nellie Yu Roung Ling"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nellie_Yu_Roung_Ling"
    title: "Nellie Yu Roung Ling"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nellie_Yu_Roung_Ling"
    title: "Nellie Yu Roung Ling"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://gan.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E8%A3%95%E5%AE%B9%E9%BD%A1"
    title: "裕容齡"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://wuu.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E8%A3%95%E5%AE%B9%E9%BD%A1"
    title: "裕容齡"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://zh_min_nan.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nellie_Yu_Roung-ling"
    title: "Nellie Yu Roung-ling"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://zh_yue.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E8%A3%95%E5%AE%B9%E9%BD%A1"
    title: "裕容齡"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q12269798"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump