Wang Ying (actress)

Not to be confused with Wang Ying (actor).
Xu Beihong's painting Put Down Your Whip, depicting Wang Ying's performance of the street play.

Wang Ying (Chinese: 王莹; March 8, 1913 – March 3, 1974) was a Chinese actress in the 1930s.

She was the greatest rival of the actress Jiang Qing. She was persecuted by Jiang Qing at the time of Cultural Revolution, and died at age 60. During incarceration, she was called Prisoner No. 6742.

Wang Ying was politically rehabilitated on July 6, 1979.

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