Ying Yin (Chinese: 英茵, 28 March 1916 – 23 January 1942) was a Chinese actress active in the 1930s and 1940s. During the Japanese occupation of Hong Kong in 1942, she worked for the Chinese intelligence. She assisted a Chinese resident in Hong Kong, who was apprehended and shot by the Japanese occupation authorities. Ying Yin, who loved him, was unable to endure this situation, and committed a Shinjū suicide by taking a large dose of opium. Ying Yin was born under the Beiyang government in Beijing. Her father's younger brother was Ying Lianzhi. Shortly after she graduated from Peiping High Normal School, she came to Shanghai where she studied and started performing at the Song and Dance Training Course organized by Li Jinhui and the Lianhua Film Company. In 1936, she joined the Mingxing Film Company, has in the films such as Crossroads in the show, and starred in the movie Dream Universe.
