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Lee Ya-Ching

Chinese aviator and actor · Actors · Lived 1912 to 1998 · aged 85

Lee Ya-Ching, also known by her stage name Li Dandan (李旦旦), was a Chinese film actress, pioneering aviator, and philanthropist. She was the first Chinese woman to be granted a civil aviation license in China, in 1936, and also co-founded its first civilian flying school.

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1998Died28 January 19981939Disputed PassageFilm, Aviatrix (as Lee Ya-Ching)1929Don't Change Your HusbandFilm1928Mulan Joins the ArmyFilm, Hua Mulan1927A Poet from the SeaFilm, Liu Tsan YingA Wandering SongstressFilmRomance of the Western ChamberFilm, 1927HongniangThe Reviving RoseFilm1926Why Not HerFilm, Kong Qiongxian1912Born16 April 1912

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As an actress, she starred in Romance of the Western Chamber, and played the lead in an early adaptation of Mulan for the screen. Lee Ya-Ching is an Anglicized version of her Chinese name.

Category
Actors
Type
Actor
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1912 to 1998 · aged 85

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