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Hu Die, also known by her English name Butterfly Wu, was one of the most popular Chinese actresses during the 1920s and 1930s. She starred in The Burning of the Red Lotus Temple, which started a craze for martial arts films, Sing-Song Girl Red Peony, China's first sound film, and what is considered her best film, Twin Sisters. She was voted China's first "Movie Queen" in 1933, and won the Best Actress Award at the 1960 Asian Film Festival for her performance in Rear Door.
Birth Name
Ruihua Hu
Born
Tuesday, 01 January 1907
Died
Sunday, 23 April 1989
Actress Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Lady in the Tower | Madame Lai | 1967 |
| Liang dai nu xing | Wen Chih | 1960 |
| Rear Entrance | Mrs Tsui Yu Nam / Mrs. Xu | 1960 |
| Nobody's Child | 1960 | |
| Mou furen | 1947 | |
| Chun zhi meng | 1947 | |
| Kongque Dongnan Fei | 1941 | |
| Yanzhi Lei | 1938 | |
| The Classic for Girls | Woo Ying | 1934 |
| Twin Sisters | Da Bao / Er Bao / 大宝/二宝 | 1934 |
Actress Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Lady in the Tower | Madame Lai | 1967 |
| Liang dai nu xing | Wen Chih | 1960 |
| Rear Entrance | Mrs Tsui Yu Nam / Mrs. Xu | 1960 |
| Nobody's Child | 1960 | |
| Mou furen | 1947 | |
| Chun zhi meng | 1947 | |
| Kongque Dongnan Fei | 1941 | |
| Yanzhi Lei | 1938 | |
| The Classic for Girls | Woo Ying | 1934 |
| Twin Sisters | Da Bao / Er Bao / 大宝/二宝 | 1934 |
| Zhifen shichang | Li Cuifen | 1933 |
| Burning of the Red Lotus Monastery | Red girl | 1928 |
| Baiyun Ta | 1928 | |
| Qiushan Yuan | Shen Liqiong | 1925 |
