Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio (1987) featured a cast of 79 tracked actors. Of these, 31 (61%) are still alive today and 20 have passed away. The oldest surviving cast member is Liangliang Zhou, age 93. This TV series starred Zhang Liling and Yuyan Wang.
61% still with us· verified cast40% of full cast · incl. 27 unverified
Survivorship
Cast Reunion Index: 61% still living
Avg. Age at Death: 70.4 yrs
Deaths by Year
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Cast79 members
| Person | Character | Status | DOB | Age | DOD | Age in 1987 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Zhang Liling 鲁飞飞 | 鲁飞飞 | Living | 01/09/1967 | 59 | — | 20 |
| 娇娜 | Living | 01/03/1959 | 67 | — | 28 | |
 Zheng Shuang 辛十四娘 | 辛十四娘 | Living | 18/11/1966 | 59 | — | 21 |
 Zhou Yemang 冯子平 | 冯子平 | Living | 24/10/1956 | 69 | — | 31 |
 Lü Liang 楚公子-梁有才 | 楚公子-梁有才 | Living | 01/01/1957 | 69 | — | 30 |
 Meiyi Yan 鬼郡君 | 鬼郡君 | Unverified | — | — | — | — |
 Yuan Zhiyuan 老家人-老神仙 | 老家人-老神仙 | Unverified | — | — | — | — |
| 禄儿 | Living | 19/03/1971 | 55 | — | 16 | |
 Niu Tie 酒店老板-冯大人 | 酒店老板-冯大人 | Deceased | 01/01/1922 | 93 | 05/03/2015 | 65 |
 Yang Kun 楚夫人 | 楚夫人 | Living | 02/12/1963 | 62 | — | 24 |
 Qin Zhang 白衣少女 | 白衣少女 | Living | 16/09/1952 | 74 | — | 35 |
| 阿绣 | Living | 18/03/1957 | 69 | — | 30 | |
 万中良 刘子固 | 刘子固 | Unverified | — | — | — | — |
| 刘安 | Living | 01/12/1935 | 90 | — | 52 | |
| 刘母 | Living | 01/10/1936 | 89 | — | 51 | |
| 狐仙 | Unverified | — | — | — | — | |
 Qiao Qi 舅父 | 舅父 | Deceased | 01/01/1921 | 86 | 29/06/2007 | 66 |
| 舅母 | Deceased | 15/07/1928 | 88 | 26/09/2016 | 59 | |
 于明德 店主-郎冬生 | 店主-郎冬生 | Unverified | — | — | — | — |
 陆野 账房 幕僚 | 账房 幕僚 | Unverified | — | — | — | — |
 Da Shichang 贾奉雉 | 贾奉雉 | Living | 26/09/1940 | 85 | — | 47 |
 Wu Haiyan 贾夫人 | 贾夫人 | Living | 01/12/1954 | 71 | — | 33 |
 Cao Duo 贾祥 | 贾祥 | Deceased | 01/12/1929 | 75 | 01/01/2005 | 58 |
 Xu Caigen 老渔翁 | 老渔翁 | Deceased | 21/02/1932 | 89 | 22/07/2021 | 55 |
| 李应 | Unverified | — | — | — | — | |
| 田母 | Living | 30/06/1933 | 93 | — | 54 | |
 Xia Tian 唐知县-老醉头 | 唐知县-老醉头 | Deceased | 01/01/1920 | 85 | 01/01/2005 | 67 |
 Mu Bai 赵老爷 | 赵老爷 | Deceased | — | — | 26/04/2012 | — |
 Gao Bo 武恒 | 武恒 | Deceased | 26/06/1918 | 73 | 16/04/1992 | 69 |
 Wang Xiyan 武承休 | 武承休 | Presumed Deceased | 01/08/1924 | 102 | — | 63 |
| 恶汉 | Unverified | — | — | — | — | |
 Yu Hui 云翠仙 | 云翠仙 | Living | 01/12/1965 | 60 | — | 22 |
 Wen Haibo 顾公子 | 顾公子 | Unverified | — | — | — | — |
| 郎母 | Unverified | — | — | — | — | |
 谷亦安 郎玉柱 | 郎玉柱 | Unverified | — | — | — | — |
 陈莎莎 石榴-范十一娘 | 石榴-范十一娘 | Unverified | — | — | — | — |
 王伶群 婴宁-狐母 | 婴宁-狐母 | Unverified | — | — | — | — |
 Lu Weiqiang 王子服 | 王子服 | Unverified | — | — | — | — |
 Lou Jicheng 范祭司 | 范祭司 | Unverified | — | — | — | — |
 Zhu Sha 二婶 | 二婶 | Deceased | 09/03/1928 | 66 | 04/05/1994 | 59 |
 He Li 秋儿 | 秋儿 | Unverified | — | — | — | — |
 曹秋根 相面人 | 相面人 | Deceased | 12/07/1953 | 58 | 18/10/2011 | 34 |
 蒋正勤 宋县令 | 宋县令 | Unverified | — | — | — | — |
 Youxi Wu 掌柜 | 掌柜 | Living | 08/08/1945 | 81 | — | 42 |
 Meng Jin 封三娘 | 封三娘 | Living | 05/11/1965 | 60 | — | 22 |
 Gao Liang 孟安仁 | 孟安仁 | Deceased | 21/08/1975 | 49 | 11/02/2025 | 12 |
 郑晖 阿宝 | 阿宝 | Unverified | — | — | — | — |
 熊大桦 孙子楚 | 孙子楚 | Unverified | — | — | — | — |
 Li Qi 李昌 | 李昌 | Living | 17/02/1955 | 71 | — | 32 |
 钟浩 陈明允 | 陈明允 | Living | 01/01/1964 | 62 | — | 23 |
| 绿珠 | Unverified | — | — | — | — | |
 Hou Hua 小二 | 小二 | Living | 06/06/1960 | 66 | — | 27 |
| 舅母 | Unverified | — | — | — | — | |
 Ru Ping 窦女 | 窦女 | Living | 19/09/1966 | 60 | — | 21 |
| 胖奴 | Deceased | 01/01/1967 | 35 | 01/01/2002 | 20 | |
| 王氏 | Unverified | — | — | — | — | |
| 八大王 | Deceased | 05/02/1924 | 90 | 25/12/2014 | 63 | |
| 书僮 | Unverified | — | — | — | — | |
| 冯妻 | Living | 01/01/1960 | 66 | — | 27 | |
 Yue Hong 尹氏 | 尹氏 | Living | 31/08/1962 | 64 | — | 25 |
 Zhu Xinyun 马介甫 | 马介甫 | Living | 01/01/1962 | 64 | — | 25 |
 Shen Fa 杨万石 | 杨万石 | Living | 09/07/1942 | 84 | — | 45 |
 Niu Ben 杨万钟 | 杨万钟 | Living | 09/07/1935 | 91 | — | 52 |
| 杨父 | Deceased | 01/01/1926 | 78 | 01/01/2004 | 61 | |
 Lu Ling 红衣女子 | 红衣女子 | Living | 02/09/1972 | 54 | — | 15 |
 Fei Liu 吴御史-贾士通 | 吴御史-贾士通 | Deceased | 01/08/1928 | 86 | 01/01/2015 | 59 |
 于振寰 张公子 | 张公子 | Unverified | — | — | — | — |
 Wang Kan 李志鹏 | 李志鹏 | Living | 28/11/1960 | 65 | — | 27 |
| 知县 | Deceased | 01/01/1939 | 82 | 18/03/2021 | 48 | |
 Ma Guangru 张于旦 | 张于旦 | Deceased | 26/12/1962 | 32 | 26/05/1995 | 25 |
 Xu Jiaojing 郎福顺 | 郎福顺 | Unverified | — | — | — | — |
| 甘玉 | Unverified | — | — | — | — | |
| 温氏 | Deceased | 30/01/1957 | 63 | 16/07/2020 | 30 | |
| 瑶台 | Living | 01/01/1942 | 84 | — | 45 | |
 刘大印 贾中 | 贾中 | Unverified | — | — | — | — |
| 兰氏 | Living | 01/01/1956 | 70 | — | 31 | |
| 锦瑟 | Deceased | 18/06/1961 | 41 | 20/10/2002 | 26 | |
 Ji Xuefei 肃王三公主 | 肃王三公主 | Living | 07/07/1973 | 53 | — | 14 |
 Ying Gao 刘氏 | 刘氏 | Deceased | 01/01/1956 | 69 | 22/03/2025 | 31 |
