Li Minghui | |||||||||||
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![]() Li, 1926 | |||||||||||
Born | 1909 | ||||||||||
Died | 9 December 2003 Shanghai, China | (aged 93–94)||||||||||
Chinese name | |||||||||||
Traditional Chinese | 黎明暉 | ||||||||||
Simplified Chinese | 黎明晖 | ||||||||||
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Li Minghui (simplified Chinese: 黎明晖; traditional Chinese: 黎明暉; pinyin: Lí Mínghuī, 1909 – 9 December 2003) was a Chinese actress, dancer, and singer. The daughter of Li Jinhui, she featured in his musicals from a young age, despite tradition expecting female roles to be played by men. By the age of eighteen she had appeared in numerous films, stage dramas, and phonograph records, taking a hiatus in 1928 to tour Southeast Asia with her father's Bright Moon Song and Dance Troupe. After returning to China, she worked for the United Photoplay Service and continued her singing and acting through 1938.