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Zhou Xuan

1920 - 1957

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Zhou Xiaohong (traditional Chinese: 周小紅; simplified Chinese: 周小红; pinyin: Zhōu Xiǎohóng; Wade–Giles: Chou1 Hsiao3hung2; born Su Pu; August 1, 1920 – September 22, 1957), known professionally as Zhou Xuan (Chinese: 周璇; pinyin: Zhōu Xuán), also romanized as Chow Hsuan (Wade–Giles: Chou1 Hsüan2), was a Chinese singer and film actress. By the 1940s, she had become one of China's Seven Great Singing Stars. Nicknamed the "Golden Voice" (金嗓子; Jīn sǎng zi), she was the best known of the seven, and had a concurrent movie career until 1954. She recorded more than 200 songs and appeared in over 40 films in her career. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Zhou Xuan is the 1,580th most popular actor (down from 1,392nd in 2019), the 532nd most popular biography from China (up from 544th in 2019) and the 12th most popular Chinese Actor.

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, Zhou Xuan ranks 1,580 out of 13,578. Before her are Ian Somerhalder, Marcia Gay Harden, John Abraham, Donald Crisp, George Hamilton, and Jeffrey Jones. After her are Chespirito, Nancy Allen, Patrick Bauchau, George Reeves, Ryan Gosling, and Alan King.

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Among people born in 1920, Zhou Xuan ranks 125. Before her are Tonino Guerra, Emilio Colombo, Jean Starobinski, Henry Heimlich, Ray Harryhausen, and José Mauro de Vasconcelos. After her are Renato Carosone, Pierre Plantard, Marcel Reich-Ranicki, Albert Memmi, Hiroyoshi Nishizawa, and Saul Bass. Among people deceased in 1957, Zhou Xuan ranks 83. Before her are Álvaro Gestido, Rudolf Schmidt, Dorothy L. Sayers, Pedro Infante, Josef Hofmann, and Washington Luís. After her are Rezső Kasztner, Paul Walden, Carlos Castillo Armas, Elizabeth Hesselblad, Albert Anastasia, and Ernst Gräfenberg.

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In China

Among people born in China, Zhou Xuan ranks 532 out of 1,610. Before her are Jia Yi (-200), Lu Ban (-507), Emperor Xuanzong of Tang (810), Song Jiaoren (1882), Osman Batur (1899), and Han Zheng (1954). After her are Kang Sheng (1898), Soong Ai-ling (1888), Yuan Zhen (779), Bada Shanren (1626), Lee Shau-kee (1929), and He Yingqin (1890).

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Among ACTORS In China

Among actors born in China, Zhou Xuan ranks 12. Before her are Ruan Lingyu (1910), Yuen Siu-tien (1912), Yuen Biao (1957), Run Run Shaw (1907), Yoshiko Yamaguchi (1920), and Shih Kien (1913). After her are Na Moon-hee (1941), Hou Hsiao-hsien (1947), Cheng Pei-pei (1946), Joan Chen (1961), Ti Lung (1946), and Roy Chiao (1927).

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