Zhou Xuan, romanized as Chow Hsuan, was an iconic Chinese singer and film actress.
16 Facts About Zhou Xuan
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Zhou Xuan was the best known of the seven, nicknamed the "Golden Voice", and had a concurrent movie career until 1954.
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Zhou Xuan recorded more than 200 songs and appeared in over 40 films in her career.
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Zhou Xuan spent her entire life searching for her biological parents but her parentage was never established until after her death.
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Zhou Xuan was later adopted by a family named Zhou, changing her name to Zhou Xiaohong.
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In 1932, Zhou Xuan began acting as a member of Li Jinhui's Bright Moon Song and Dance Troupe.
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Zhou Xuan began her film career in 1935, and she achieved stardom in 1937 when director Yuan Muzhi cast her as one of the leads as a singing girl in Street Angel.
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Zhou Xuan rapidly became the most famous and marketable popular singer in the gramophone era up to her death, singing many famous tunes from her own movies.
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Zhou Xuan spent the next few years in and out of mental institutions owing to frequent breakdowns.
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Zhou Xuan was survived by two sons, Zhou Min and Zhou Wei, born of different fathers.
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Zhou Min was widely believed to be the son of the businessman Zhu Huaide, who left for Shanghai in 1950 after Zhou Xuan entrusted him with her savings and never returned; Zhou Min was born in that same year.
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The elder of the two, Zhou Xiaoxuan, is a classical pianist trained at Concordia University and now living in Beijing.
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The youngest, Amanda Zhou Xuan, is taking a similar path as an actress and has already worked on a few shows and films.
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The book My Mother Zhou Xuan was written by Zhou Wei and his wife Chang Jing ; while a later book, Zhou Xuan Diary, was written by Zhou Min.
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An adaptation of the life of Zhou Xuan was produced in TVB's Song Bird, starring Adia Chan as Zhou Xuan and Leon Lai as her lover.
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Zhou Xuan sang duets with Lai in the program while under Crown Records.