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Actor
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Male
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Birth:
7 April 1910(Seoul, South Korea)
Death:
27 December 1983(Shanghai, People's Republic of China)
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Biography
Jin Yan (Chinese: 金焰; April 7, 1910 – December 27, 1983), also known by his English name Raymond King, was a Korean-born Chinese actor who gained fame during China's golden age of cinema, based in Shanghai. His acting talents and good looks gained him much popularity in the 1930s. He was dubbed the "Film Emperor" and the "Rudolph Valentino of Shanghai".