Zhou Xuan( 1920 or 1918 ~ 1957)
周璇（1920 ~ 1957)
Zhou Xuan, former name was Su Pu, was born on August 1st of 1920 in Changzhou，Jiangsu Province and died on 22 September 1957, when she was 39. She was an early Chinese film actress and a popular singer.
周璇，原名苏璞，1920年8月1日出生于江苏常州，1957年9月22日去世，终年39岁。她是中国早期电影著名女演员，著名歌唱家。
Zhou Xuan was sold and separated from her natural parents at her early age and raised by adoptive parents, the Zhou's couple. Since 1935, she played a role in The Beautfs Favour by Tianyi Film Company. In 1936 she joined Yihua Film Company, Starring many films, such as Joyous Day (1936) and All Loves (1937). But it was jn Street Angel that she achieved stardom in 1937 in Star Film Company when director Yuan Muzhi cast her as one of the leads as Xiaohong.She successfully created the image, a singing girl who suffers all insult and hurt and still has a nice ideal. Street Angel was the masterpiece of her performance art.
童年被卖为周家养女。1935年从影，在天一影片公司拍摄的影片《美人恩》中扮演角色。 1936年加人艺华影业公司，主演《喜临门》（1936)、《满园春色》（1937)等影片。但她真正获得演员的角色是在1937年明星影片公司拍摄、袁牧之导演的《马路天使》中扮演女主角小红,她成功地塑造了在旧社会受尽侮辱和损害，但对前途仍抱有美好理想的歌女形象。《马路天使》为其表演艺术的代表作。
After the Incident of August Thirteen, she took part in the full-length drama, Guarding Lu Gou Bridge. Then she went to Philippine to propagandize the resistance against Japan and saving the nation with Shanghai Drama Art Association.
“八一三”事变后参加大型话 剧《保卫卢沟桥》的演出。后随上海剧艺社赴菲律宾宣传抗日救亡。

In 1938 she joined Shanghai Guohua Film Company and starred nearly twenty films, like Meng Jiangnv (1939), Li Sanniang ( 1939) and Tale of the Western Chamber ( 1940) , etc. In 1943 she Starred The daughters of Fisherman (1943) and The Dream of Red Mansions ( 1944) in Chinese Film Joint Stock Ltd. After the Anti-Japanese War she went to Hong Kong and starred An All-consuming Love ( 1947 ) , Memories of the Southward (1947 ) and The Dark Secrets of the Qing Court (1948) ,etc.
1938年人上海国华影业公司，主演《孟姜女》（ 1939)、《李三娘》(1939)、《西厢记》（1940)等近二十部影片。1943年在中华电影联合股份有限公司，主演《渔家女》（1943)、《红楼梦》（1944)等影片。抗战胜利后赴香港，相继主演《长相思》（又名 《陌上花开》）（1947)、《忆江南》（1947)、《清宫秘史》（1948)等影片。
Zhou Xuan made a total of over 40 films in her life and was the chief singer of over 100 film theme songs and interlude songs, which made people believe that she was an eternal screen idol. She could be considered as the earliest Chinese amphibious star, a brilliant star in the early entertainment field. Her masterpieces Street Angel and Memories of the Southward enjoyed a high prestige in the world, of which Street Angel had been awarded one of Chinese Excellent Films in 90 Years" and she herself was awarded the “Centennial Award” in Chinese film.
周璇一生共出演了40多部影片，并主唱过电影主题曲和插曲100多首，成为人们心中永远的银幕偶像，可以算是中国最早的两栖明星，成为早期娱乐界的一颗耀眼之星。她的代表作《马路天使》、《忆江南》等片更是享誉海内外。其中《马路天使》在20世纪曾被评 为“中国电影90年优秀影片”之一，周璇本人则荣获中国电影“世纪奖”。