Shi Pei Pu, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Shi Pei Pu

Chinese opera singer, spy

Date of Birth: 21-Dec-1938

Place of Birth: Shandong, China

Date of Death: 30-Jun-2009

Profession: artist, opera singer, spy

Nationality: China

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius

Shi Pei Pu (Chinese: ???; pinyin: Shí Pèipú; 21 December 1938 – June 30, 2009) was a Chinese opera singer from Beijing.
He became a spy who obtained secrets from Bernard Boursicot, an employee in the French embassy, during a 20-year-long sexual affair in which the performer convinced the man that he was a woman.
He claimed to have had a child that he insisted had been born through their relations.
The story made headlines in France when the facts were revealed.
The affair inspired American David Henry Hwang's play M.
Butterfly (1988), which was produced on Broadway.
It was adapted as the 1993 movie of the same title.