Lee Chen

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Lee Chen (actually Li Hui, * born in Hohhot , Autonomous Region of Inner Mongolia in China ) is a Sino American actress .

Life

When she was in elementary school, Chen traveled through parts of China with a Mao Zedong propaganda group . She later studied English and graduated with a bachelor's degree . She was one of the earliest students in the Sino-US postgraduate program at Johns Hopkins University and Nanjing University, and received the Master of Arts and Master of Fine Arts degrees .

Chen's acting career began on the theater stage in Chicago , Los Angeles and Honolulu . She also wrote her own play Life Flies , in which she appeared herself. This play is about her past growing up in communist China and becoming an actress in the United States.

In 2010, Chen quit her theater work because she wanted to spend more time with her two sons and to help immigrants in the United States as an English teacher. She also took on many minor acting roles in well-known television series such as Navy CIS: LA and film productions such as Two de Force and Midlife .

View on Maoism

As a 6- to 13-year-old Chen traveled with a propaganda group through Inner Mongolia in China to sing and write poetry about Mao Zedong in public. In a 1999 interview , she said that as a child, she loved singing about Mao. But she also said that this cultural revolution was bad for China and sparked a lot of controversy. As a young girl, she did not know that these were political interests.

“I didn't know there was a political reason for our performances. I only knew I didn't have to go to school. The training I received gave me discipline that helped me to perform in America.

Translated: I didn't know that there was a political reason for our achievements. All I knew was that I didn't need to go to school and that I received a disciplined education that helped me get to America. "

- Lee Chen : starbulletin.com, February 1999

In her theater performance, Life Flies , she also explains what it was like to roam China for propaganda purposes as a child and later to get used to her new life in the USA. This piece was from the Foundation of Florida financially with 10,000 US dollars support to show the general public, how can the life of Chinese people before and during their stay in the United States look like.

Filmography (selection)

  • 2011: Southlands (TV series, 1 episode)
  • 2011: Women Don't Fall from the Sky
  • 2011: Two de Force
  • 2012: Navy CIS: LA (TV series, 1 episode)
  • 2012: Livin 'the Dream LA (TV series, 1 episode)
  • 2013: Life Is So Beautiful
  • 2013: Midlife
  • 2014: Broken Gardenias
  • 2014: Film Lab Presents (TV series, 1 episode)
  • 2014: Thoughts Afar in Moonlight
  • 2014: La Willy-Nilly

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personal data
SURNAME Chen, Lee
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Li Hui
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Sino-American actress
DATE OF BIRTH 20th century
PLACE OF BIRTH Hohhot , Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region , China