Shanghai native Zhao Jingxia 赵静霞 joined the Shenzhou Film Company after graduating from middle school, and first appeared in 1925's《Unbearable Memories》as the spoiled daughter of a wealthy man. This supporting role gained her a contract with the larger and more prosperous Mingxing studio, but also typecast her as a secondary player. She was usually the second or third female in cast credits, often as the young wife of a supporting male character. Zhao's debut role for Mingxing was as the concubine Pingjin in 1926's 《He Wants a Baby》. This would be the first of more than 30 silent films she would make with Mingxing, although she had an uncredited part in China's first sound film, 《Songstress Red Peony》and one lead role in 1931's 《A Miss From Shanghai》. By the turn of the decade, her roles had been getting steadily smaller, so she retired from the screen after 1931.
Filmography (all as actress):
1925:
Unbearable Memories
1926:
He Wants a Baby
A Lovelorn Actress
The Rich Man's Daughter
The Good Son (aka A Good Guy)
April Roses
Her Sorrows
Resentments
1927:
A Couple in Name
The Legendary Hunter
Real and False Daughters
Miss Wei's Profession (aka Female Secretary)
Reciprocity
Ma Yongzhen of Shandong
1928:
The Yang Guifei of Beijing (aka Yang Xiaozhen)
White Cloud Pagoda (pts.1,2)
The Young Mistress's Fan
Heroine in Black
The Luoyang Bridge
1929:
The Life of the Rich
Tears and Flowers (pt.2)
Young Compatriots on the Battlefield
The Burning of Red Lotus Temple (pt.5)
A Beauty Under the Blade
New Journey to the West (pts.1-3)
Blood of the Lovers
1930:
Peach Blossom Lake (uncredited)
A Red Egg
A Romantic Girl
1931:
The Filial Thief
Three Fathers
An Amorous History of the Silver Screen (pts.1,2)
Songstress Red Peony (uncredited)
A Miss From Shanghai
Who is a Hero?
