Qin Yi

Qin Yi
Qin Yi
	Qin in the 1940s
Born	Qin Dehe; 4 February 1922; Shanghai, China
Died	9 May 2022 (aged 100); Shanghai, China
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1938–2019
Spouses	; Chen Tianguo (m. 1939, divorced) ; Jin Yan (m. 1947; died 1983)
Children	Jin Feiheng; Jin Jie
Awards	Golden Phoenix Awards 1995 Special Honorary Award 2005 Lifetime Achievement Award; Shanghai International Film Festival 2008 Lifetime Achievement Award; Golden Rooster Awards 2009 Lifetime Achievement Award;
	Musical career
Also known as	Qin Dehe
Chinese name
Chinese	秦怡
Hanyu Pinyin
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Qín Yí
Wade–Giles	Ch'in I
IPA	[tɕʰǐn ǐ]
Wu
Romanization	Dzin Yij
Alternative Chinese name
Chinese	秦德和
Hanyu Pinyin
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Qín Déhé
Wade–Giles	Ch'in Tê-ho
IPA	[tɕʰǐn tɤ̌.xɤ̌]

Qin Yi (Chinese: 秦怡; 4 February 1922 – 9 May 2022) was a Chinese actress.^[1]^[2] She gained fame for her stage performances in the war-time capital Chongqing during the Second Sino-Japanese War. After the war, she became one of China's most popular film actresses throughout the 1950s and the 1960s, and was recognised as one of the country's top four actresses. Premier Zhou Enlai called her the "most beautiful woman in China".

^ Yu Chijiang (余驰疆) (2022). 云散风流别秦怡 [Farewell to Qin Yi]. Global People (in Chinese). 469. Chaoyang District, Beijing: People's Daily: 86–90. ISSN 1673-6176.
^ Yu Chijiang (余驰疆) (2022). "Grandmother Qin Yi" 奶奶秦怡. 青年文摘 [Youth Literary Digest] (in Chinese). Vol. 748. Beijing: China Youth Press. p. 23. ISSN 1003-0565.

[1] Yu Chijiang (余驰疆) (2022). 云散风流别秦怡 [Farewell to Qin Yi]. Global People (in Chinese). 469. Chaoyang District, Beijing: People's Daily: 86–90. ISSN 1673-6176.

[2] Yu Chijiang (余驰疆) (2022). "Grandmother Qin Yi" 奶奶秦怡. 青年文摘 [Youth Literary Digest] (in Chinese). Vol. 748. Beijing: China Youth Press. p. 23. ISSN 1003-0565.

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