Liang Saizhen (), also romanised as Liang Sa-tsen, was a Chinese film actress and

dancer Dance is an The arts, art form, consisting of sequences of body movements with aesthetic and often Symbol, symbolic value, either improvised or purposefully selected. Dance can be categorized and described by its choreography, by its repertoir ...

active in the 1920s and 1930s. She appeared in over 20 films in

Shanghai Shanghai, Shanghainese: , Standard Chinese pronunciation: is a direct-administered municipality and the most populous urban area in China. The city is located on the Chinese shoreline on the southern estuary of the Yangtze River, with the ...

, the vast majority of them

silent film A silent film is a film without synchronized recorded sound (or more generally, no audible dialogue). Though silent films convey narrative and emotion visually, various plot elements (such as a setting or era) or key lines of dialogue may, w ...

s. After the

Second Sino-Japanese War The Second Sino-Japanese War was fought between the Republic of China (1912–1949), Republic of China and the Empire of Japan between 1937 and 1945, following a period of war localized to Manchuria that started in 1931. It is considered part ...

began in 1937, she fled to

British Malaya The term "British Malaya" (; ) loosely describes a set of states on the Malay Peninsula and the island of Singapore that were brought under British Empire, British hegemony or control between the late 18th and the mid-20th century. Unlike the ...

, and probably died in Singapore.

Filmography

Personal life

Her younger sisters Liang Saizhu (), Liang Saishan (), and Liang Saihu () also acted in some films. Liang Saizhu appeared in ''The Seashore Hero'' (1929), ''Madame Mai'' (1934), and ''Four Sisters'' (1935), as well as some films after 1935. Liang Saishan only appeared in ''Madame Mai'' and ''Four Sisters'', and Liang Saihu only appeared in ''Four Sisters'', which starred the four of them together.The Liang family four sisters raised money for the Anti-Japanese War and had initiated many fundraising activities.

References

* People from Zhongshan Actresses from Guangdong 20th-century Chinese actresses Chinese film actresses Chinese silent film actresses Chinese emigrants to Singapore Year of birth missing Year of death missing {{DEFAULTSORT:Liang, Saizhen