Famous Chinese actress Qin Yi passed away at age 100 in Shanghai on Monday. Photo: VCG
Qin acted in a food safety promotion video for Beijing in 2014. She devoted herself to promoting good causes in her later years, participating in a public welfare film at 97. Photo: VCG
In 2017, 95-year-old Qin played a white-haired maid in director Chen Kaige’s film “Legend of the Demon Cat.” Photo: IC Photo
Qin watches a video with movie director Chen Kaige on set in 2017. Photo: IC Photo
Qin speaks at a film release in 2017 in Nanjing, East China’s Jiangsu province, to promote “The Beautiful Kokonor Lake,” a film she produced and performed in. The film presents the hardships meteorological engineers faced in building the Qinghai-Tibet Railway. Photo: VCG
Qin attends the 17th Shanghai International Arts Festival with Chinese veteran actor Lan Tianye in Shanghai in 2015. Photo: VCG
Qin participates in a classic movie screening event during the 16th Shanghai International Film Festival in Shanghai in 2013. Photo: VCG
Qin attends the release of “Penicillin 1944” during the 11th Shanghai International Film Festival in Shanghai in 2008. Photo: VCG
Qin (right) sits next to film actress Zhang Ruifang at an event hosted by the China Film Foundation in Nanjing in 1995. Photo: VCG
Qin (right) and Zhang Ruifang work on a farm on the outskirts of Shanghai in 1963. Born in 1922 in Shanghai, Qin started her acting career in Chongqing at 16. Photo: VCG
After 1949, Qin joined the Shanghai Film Studio and played many memorable roles, including the only female character in the 1956 film “Railway Guerrilla.” Photo: CCTV
Qin acted in more than 40 films and TV series, winning her the national honorary title of “people’s artist” at 97 in 2019. Photo: CCTV