Olive Young on the cover of the Chinese magazine Liángyǒu (The Young Companion), May 15, 1926

Olive Young on the cover of the Chinese magazine Liángyǒu (The Young Companion), May 15, 1926.

Olive Young (June 21, 1903 – October 5, 1940) on the movie screen, was an American-born film actress in China.

Of Chinese ancestry, she visited China, where she may have been the first female motion picture photographer and movie director in China. Later in life she became an American actress and a touring Blues singer.

Wikipedia link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olive_Young_(actress)

Advertisement clipping for the Hero or Heroes Gan Fenchi, also known as Kan the Great Knight Errant

Advertisement clipping for the Hero or Heroes Gan Fenchi, also known as Kan the Great Knight Errant. The image features an enlargement of Olive Young, one of its actors. She is also featured second from the left. Movie released in China 1928.

Olive Young (June 21, 1903 – October 5, 1940) on the movie screen, was an American-born film actress in China.

Of Chinese ancestry, she visited China, where she may have been the first female motion picture photographer and movie director in China. Later in life she became an American actress and a touring Blues singer.

Wikipedia link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olive_Young_(actress)

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