Background
Ruocheng, Ying was born on June 21, 1929 in Beijing, China. Son of Chienli Ignatius and Baozhen (Cai) Y.
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Ruocheng, Ying was born on June 21, 1929 in Beijing, China. Son of Chienli Ignatius and Baozhen (Cai) Y.
Student Quinghua University, Beijing, 1946-1950.
He first came to the attention of western audiences for his portrayal of Kublai Khan in the 1982 miniseries Marco Polo. Ying was born in Beijing. He studied in a church school in Tianjin in early years, and later graduated from the Department of Foreign Languages of Tsinghua University.
He was forced into the provinces to perform manual labor during the Cultural Revolution.
Ying died on December 27, 2003, at the age of 74. Ying is the author of a memoir, co-authored by Claire Conceison, "Voices Carry: Behind Bars and Backstage During China"s Revolution and Reform" (Lanham: Rowman & Littlefield, 2009).
Member All China Theatre Association (director) Beijing branch). Translate, editor:Stanislavsky Produces Othello, 1954.
Married Wu Shiliang, July 17, 1950. Children: Ying Ziaole, Ying Da.