Henry O | |||||||||||
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Born | Jiang Xireng (蒋锡礽) July 27, 1927 Shanghai, China | ||||||||||
Nationality | Chinese, American | ||||||||||
Occupation | Actor | ||||||||||
Years active | 1987–2012 | ||||||||||
Spouse | Ying Chen | ||||||||||
Children | Jiang Ji-yong, Jiang Ji-yun and Ji-li Jiang | ||||||||||
Chinese name | |||||||||||
Traditional Chinese | 歐亨利 | ||||||||||
Simplified Chinese | 欧亨利 | ||||||||||
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Website |
henryo |
Henry O ( simplified Chinese: 欧亨利; traditional Chinese: 歐亨利; pinyin: Ōu Hēnglì; born July 27, 1927) is a Chinese-American former actor. He is the father of Ji-li Jiang, the author of Red Scarf Girl.
O was born in Shanghai in 1927 and attended British and American missionary schools in China. He worked as a stage actor in China before switching to film work after moving to the United States. [1] [2]
During the Cultural Revolution he was falsely accused of counter-revolutionary crimes and was detained and forced to do hard labour by the Chinese government.
O and his family left China and settled in the United States in the 1980s to take care of his daughter Ji-yun's children. Henry O is his stage named and is derived from O. Henry.
O resides in San Francisco area [3] and is married to Ying Chen. They have three children including Jiang Ji-yong, Jiang Ji-yun and author Ji-li Jiang. O is fluent in both English and Mandarin Chinese.
Most of O's credits after 1983 are after his arrival to the United States.
Henry O | |||||||||||
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Born | Jiang Xireng (蒋锡礽) July 27, 1927 Shanghai, China | ||||||||||
Nationality | Chinese, American | ||||||||||
Occupation | Actor | ||||||||||
Years active | 1987–2012 | ||||||||||
Spouse | Ying Chen | ||||||||||
Children | Jiang Ji-yong, Jiang Ji-yun and Ji-li Jiang | ||||||||||
Chinese name | |||||||||||
Traditional Chinese | 歐亨利 | ||||||||||
Simplified Chinese | 欧亨利 | ||||||||||
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Website |
henryo |
Henry O ( simplified Chinese: 欧亨利; traditional Chinese: 歐亨利; pinyin: Ōu Hēnglì; born July 27, 1927) is a Chinese-American former actor. He is the father of Ji-li Jiang, the author of Red Scarf Girl.
O was born in Shanghai in 1927 and attended British and American missionary schools in China. He worked as a stage actor in China before switching to film work after moving to the United States. [1] [2]
During the Cultural Revolution he was falsely accused of counter-revolutionary crimes and was detained and forced to do hard labour by the Chinese government.
O and his family left China and settled in the United States in the 1980s to take care of his daughter Ji-yun's children. Henry O is his stage named and is derived from O. Henry.
O resides in San Francisco area [3] and is married to Ying Chen. They have three children including Jiang Ji-yong, Jiang Ji-yun and author Ji-li Jiang. O is fluent in both English and Mandarin Chinese.
Most of O's credits after 1983 are after his arrival to the United States.