Bai Yun (1918–1982), born Yang Weihan to a Chaozhou family in Honolulu, was an actor, director and screenwriter working in Mandarin, Cantonese and Amoy-dialect cinema. Spotted in Shanghai by director Zhang Shichuan, he joined the Guohua company and became a matinee favourite, appearing opposite Zhou Xuan in Xixiang Ji (1940). Back in Hong Kong after the war he appeared in the city's first colour Mandarin film, Jinxiu Tiantang (1949), and its first Amoy-dialect film, Xiangfeng Henwan (1948). He wrote, directed and starred in the hit Amoy picture Tang Bohu Dian Qiuxiang (1952) and took all three roles in several others, appearing in over a hundred films. He moved to Taiwan in 1965 and died there in 1982; his sister was actress Dongfang Mingzhu.
Achievements
- 1949 · Starred in Jinxiu Tiantang, Hong Kong's first colour Mandarin film.
- 1952 · Wrote, directed and starred in the hit Amoy-dialect film Tang Bohu Dian Qiuxiang.