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Zhou Xuan is a Actor Chinoise born on 1 august 1920

Zhou Xuan

Zhou Xuan
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Birth name Su Pu
Nationality Chine
Birth 1 august 1920
Death 22 september 1957 (at 37 years) at Shanghai (Chine)

Zhou Xuan (August 1, 1918 – September 22, 1957), also romanized as Chow Hsuan, was an iconic Chinese singer and film actress. By the 1940s, she had become one of China's seven great singing stars. She was the best known of the seven, nicknamed the "Golden Voice", and had a concurrent movie career until 1953. She recorded more than 200 songs and appeared in over 40 films in her career.

Biography

Zhou est née sous le nom de Su Pu (蘇璞), et est séparée de ses parents naturels étant jeune. Elle est élevée à Shanghai par des parents adoptifs dont elle prend le nom de famille Zhou. À 13 ans, elle choisit le nom de scène Xuan, signifiant « jolie jade » en chinois. Zhou Xuan a recherché ses parents biologiques toute sa vie, mais ils ne furent retrouvés qu'après sa mort.

Xuan débute au cinéma en 1935, dans Les Enfants de Chine (風雲兒女, Fēng yǔn ér nǔ), et devient une véritable star en 1937 avec Les Anges du boulevard (馬路天使, malu tianshi), de Yuan Muzhi. Entre 1946 et 1950, elle tourne plusieurs films à Hong Kong. Elle rentre ensuite à Shanghai et souffre par la suite de fréquentes dépressions, fait plusieurs séjours en hôpital psychiatrique et meurt d'une encéphalite en 1957, à 39 ans. En tout, elle a joué et chanté dans quarante-trois films.

En juillet 1949, elle est reconnue comme l'une des quatre grandes actrices par les médias hongkongais, aux côtés de Li Li-Hua, Wang Danfeng et Bai Guang.

Usually with

Yuan Muzhi
Yuan Muzhi
(2 films)
Wei Wei
Wei Wei
(1 films)
Zhao Dan
Zhao Dan
(1 films)
Huang Zuolin
Huang Zuolin
(1 films)
Xia Yan
Xia Yan
(1 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Zhou Xuan (4 films)

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Actress

Night Inn
Night Inn (1947)

Directed by Huang Zuolin
Genres Drama
Themes Films based on plays
Actors Zhou Xuan, Wei Wei
Rating70% 3.5090853.5090853.5090853.5090853.509085
Dream of the Red Mansions, 2h17
Directed by Bu Wancang
Genres Drama, Historical
Themes Films based on mythology
Actors Zhou Xuan
Roles Lin Daiyu
Rating66% 3.334943.334943.334943.334943.33494
Street Angel, 1h27
Directed by Yuan Muzhi
Genres Drama, Comedy, Musical
Actors Zhou Xuan, Ruan Lingyu, Zhao Dan
Roles Xiao Hong
Rating69% 3.4885053.4885053.4885053.4885053.488505
The film deals with two sisters, Xiao Hong (Zhou Xuan) and Xiao Yun (Zhao Huishen) who have fled from the war in Northeast China to Shanghai, where they are living under the brutal thumb of their adoptive parents. Xiao Yun has already been forced into prostitution while her sister serves as a teahouse singer. Soon the sisters realize that the adoptive parents have decided to sell Xiao Hong to a wealthy patron, whereupon they seek the aid of their neighbors, a street musician, Xiao Chen (Zhao Dan), and his misfit friends.
Children of Troubled Times
Directed by Yuan Muzhi
Genres Drama
Themes Political films
Actors Yuan Muzhi, Wang Renmei, Zhou Xuan
Roles dancing girl
Rating56% 2.8469152.8469152.8469152.8469152.846915
The plot follows the young poet Xin Baihe, who flees Shanghai with his friend, Liang. Liang soon joins the resistance against the Japanese invaders, but Xin chooses to pursue a relationship with a glamorous and westernized widow in Qingdao.