Portrait of Chen Yanyan

Acting

Chen Yanyan

Career

Active from 1931 to 1974, with up to 3 main titles a year.

Leading roles
10
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score56/100
Highest rated
Poster for The Love Eterne
The Love Eterne
GoodWatch score75/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 4 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 5.5 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 5.2 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 1.8 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.2 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.2 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 6.0 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Chen Yanyan Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    1.0, average 5.4
  • Situational Comedy
    1.0, average 2.7
  • Satire & Parody
    1.0, average 2.3
  • Pop Culture
    0.9, average 2.2

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Revenge 3
  • Historical Drama 2
  • Love Triangle 2
  • Cantonese Cinema 2
  • Wuxia 2
  • Family Honor 2
  • Martial Arts 2
  • Melancholy Tone 2
  • Historical Romance 2
  • Scholar and Maiden 2
  • Tragic Romance 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

47
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

1970s

9 titles · average score 52
The Thunder Kick
The Thunder Kick (1974)

as Mother Chow

The Young Tiger
The Young Tiger (1973)
GoodWatch score 38

as Tiger's mother

The Young Avenger
The Young Avenger (1972)

as Li Kui's Third Sister

The Deadly Knives
The Deadly Knives (1972)

as Jiao's Mother

The 14 Amazons
The 14 Amazons (1972)
GoodWatch score 66

as Ken Chin Hua

Flower in the Rain
Flower in the Rain (1972)

as Yuan Ping's mother

The Merry Wife
The Merry Wife (1972)

as Zhen's grandmother

Valley of the Fangs
Valley of the Fangs (1970)

as Sung's Wife

Heads for Sale
Heads for Sale (1970)

as Luo's mother

1960s

25 titles · average score 74
The Three Smiles
The Three Smiles (1969)

as Lady Hua

Spring Blossoms
Spring Blossoms (1968)

as Mrs Chen

The One-Armed Swordsman
The One-Armed Swordsman (1967)
GoodWatch score 72

as Master Qi's Wife

My Dream Boat
My Dream Boat (1967)

as Shin's mother

Too Late for Love
Too Late for Love (1967)

as Fen's auntie

The Blue and the Black
The Blue and the Black (1966)

as Auntie Ji

Sons of the Good Earth
Sons of the Good Earth (1965)

as Mrs Tien

The West Chamber
The West Chamber (1965)

as Lady Cui

Between Tears and Smiles
Between Tears and Smiles (1964)

as Shian's Mother

The Love Eterne
The Love Eterne (1963)
GoodWatch score 75

as Ying-Tai's Mother

Three Sinners
Three Sinners (1963)

as Old Mrs. Yen

Nobody's Child
Nobody's Child (1960)

as Adopted mother

1950s

1 title
The Long Lane
The Long Lane (1956)

as Lan-Zhen

1940s

4 titles
Suspicion
Suspicion (1948)

as Zhao Lan

The Wedding Night
The Wedding Night (1942)

as 林继芬

芳华虚度
芳华虚度 (1942)

as 白萍

Legend of Sui Dynasty
Legend of Sui Dynasty (1940)

as 李小玉

1930s

8 titles · average score 57
自由天地
自由天地 (1937)

as 鸿玉

The Big Road
The Big Road (1935)
GoodWatch score 57

as Xiang Ding

Song of China
Song of China (1935)

as Sun Ruoyan - the daughter

The Light of Maternal Instinct
The Light of Maternal Instinct (1933)

as Lin Shao-Mei

Spring in the South
Spring in the South (1932)

as Xiaohong Li

Struggling
Struggling (1932)

as Yan Gu

共赴国难
共赴国难 (1932)

as 小女儿

A Spray of Plum Blossoms
A Spray of Plum Blossoms (1931)

as A Qiao / Lucetta