Jiang Qing [a] [note 1] (March 1914 – 14 May 1991), also known as Madame Mao, was a Chinese communist revolutionary, actress, and political figure. She was the fourth wife of Mao Zedong, the Chairman of the Communist Party and Paramount leader of China.

Feb 25, 2025 · Jiang Qing (born March 1914, Zhucheng, Shandong province, China—died May 14, 1991) was the third wife of Chinese communist leader Mao Zedong and the most influential woman in the People’s Republic of China for a while until her downfall in 1976, after Mao’s death.

Chinese Communist and third wife of Mao Zedong. Name variations: Ho Tzu-chen. Flourished in the 1930s; married Mao Zedong (1893–1976, founder of the People's Republic of China), around 1931 (divorced 1937); children: five.

Becoming Madame Mao is a historical novel by Anchee Min detailing the life of Jiang Qing (spelled in the novel as "Jiang Ching"). She became Madame Mao after her marriage to Mao Zedong. In this story Min tries to cast a sympathetic light [citation needed] on one of the most controversial political figures in the People's Republic of China.

May 19, 2021 · In the early morning hours of May 14, 1991, Jiāng Qīng 江青 — known to many as Madame Mao — took her own life. She had been imprisoned for a decade, serving a life sentence for vaguely defined “counterrevolutionary crimes,” …

Jiang Qing (Chinese: 江青, March 1914 – May 14, 1991), born Lǐ Shūméng, known under various other names, including the stage name Lan Ping (Chinese: 蓝苹), and commonly referred to as Madame Mao, was the third wife of Chairman Mao Zedong of the People's Republic of China.

Apr 5, 2019 · It’s well known that Jiang Qing 江青, or “Madame Mao,” was an actress before marrying Communist China’s Great Helmsman. She got her start acting in theater troupes, and for a period of four years, lived in Shanghai and worked in the city’s glamourous film scene.

Biography: Jiang Qing, also known as Madame Mao, was a Chinese Communist revolutionary, actress, and major political figure during the Cultural Revolution (1966–1976). She was the fourth wife of Mao Zedong, the chairman of the Communist Party of China, and her influence significantly increased after her marriage to Mao.

One such figure was Jiang Qing, a woman who came to be called Madame Mao and who, after Chairman's death, fell from grace with the Chinese people. Stefan R. Landsberger, Professor of Contemporary Chinese Culture at the University of Amsterdam, tell us through images the incredible story of Madame Mao's rise to power and her tragic downfall.

This is the most complete and authoritative account of the childhood and tumultuous life of Jiang Qing, from her early years as an aspiring actress to her marriage and partnership with Mao Zedong, the controversial years of power after Mao's death, her final years of disgrace and imprisonment, and her suicide in 1991.