Wang Xieyan (? - ?)

     Wang Xieyan (王谢燕), was a familiar lao dan (an older female character, usually an important supporting role) in silent era films.  Her first screen appearance was in 1924 in the Baihe studio's "Tea Picking Girl."  She subsequently worked in more than 20 movies at the Mingxing, Minxin and Fudan studios in such significant motion pictures as "Roses Bloom Everywhere in April (1926)," “A Beauty of 16 (1927)," "The Wandering Songstress (1927)," "A Dream of Red Mansions (1927)," "She Wants to be Free (1928)," "Yang Xiaozhen," and "The Burning of Seven Star Mansion I-V (1929-30)."