---
name: "Tang Ru-Yun"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/tang-ru-yun"
fi1m_id: "tang-ru-yun"
imdb_id: "nm0849332"
tmdb_id: 555380
wikidata_id: "Q15955814"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "2 January 1924"
died: "9 April 2011"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 91
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-26T03:08:21.320925+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Tang Ru-Yun

## Identity

Tang Ru-Yun

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/tang-ru-yun
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** tang-ru-yun
- **IMDb ID:** nm0849332
- **TMDB ID:** 555380
- **Wikidata ID:** Q15955814
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q15955814, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0849332/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/555380

Actor. Born 2 January 1924 in Zhongshan, Guangdong, China. Died 9 April 2011.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 2 January 1924, Zhongshan, Guangdong, China
- **Died:** 9 April 2011
- **Active:** 1985–2000
- **Also known as:** Tang Yu-Yuen, Tong Yu-Wan, 唐如韞, Ruyun Tang , Yu-Yuen Tang
- **Average Fi1m score:** 91, as actor, over 2 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1980s 90 (1), 2000s 92 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q15955814, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0849332/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/555380

## Biography

Tang Ru-Yun was a Taiwanese actress. She began her career in military theatre troupes and appeared in stage productions, television dramas and films from the 1960s onwards.

She is known for supporting roles in several Taiwanese New Wave films, including Ming's mother in Hou Hsiao-hsien's *The Time to Live and the Time to Die* (1985), for which she received the Golden Horse Award for Best Supporting Actress, Mrs Xia in Edward Yang's *A Brighter Summer Day* (1991), and the grandmother in Yang's *Yi Yi* (2000). She also appeared in *Together* (2002).

Tang died in Taipei in 2011.

*Sources: imdb.com, zh.wikipedia.org, en.wikipedia.org.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Yi Yi* (2000), Fi1m 92, as Grandma — [page](https://film.one/film/yi-yi.md)
- *The Time to Live and the Time to Die* (1985), Fi1m 90, as Ming's Mother — [page](https://film.one/film/the-time-to-live-and-the-time-to-die.md)

## Complete filmography (11)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Why Watch Yi Yi: A One and a Two...* (2020), as Grandma (archive footage) (uncredited)
- *Together* (2002), Actor
- *Yi Yi* (2000), as Grandma — Fi1m 92, [page](https://film.one/film/yi-yi.md)
- *Lonely Hearts Club* (1995), as Mother In Law
- *A Brighter Summer Day* (1991), as Mrs. Xia — Fi1m 90, [page](https://film.one/film/a-brighter-summer-day.md)
- *Li-hsiang’s Love Line* (1990), Actor
- *Sun of Eject* (1990), Actor
- *The Time to Live and the Time to Die* (1985), as Ming's Mother — Fi1m 90, [page](https://film.one/film/the-time-to-live-and-the-time-to-die.md)
- *An Unforgettable Day* (1979), Actor
- *The Wild Goose on the Wing* (1979), Actor
- *The Bride from Hell* (1972), as Feng Feng's Grandmother

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