Yan Yuexian (严月娴), also romanised as Yang Yoo-yea, was a Chinese actress in the silent film industry in Shanghai in the mid 1920s and early 1930s and was the daughter of composer and actor Yan Gongshang 严工上 (1872~1953).

She made her first movie in 1926 as a "child actor" of about 15-years-old, having joined the drama association earlier in 1925.

[2] However, her last big role was her 1941 film Spring Breeze Back to Dreams.

[2] In 1982, when she was 71 years old, her situation was hard; she was living alone in Shanghai with no income, relying on her sisters' help from overseas.

[2] A fan of her last film, 49 years earlier, helped secure her a good job as a librarian at the Shanghai Literature and History Research Institute.