ACTOR

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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Zhou Xuan has received more than 281,454 page views. Her biography is available in 33 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 31 in 2019). Zhou Xuan is the 1,393rd most popular actor (up from 1,480th in 2019), the 544th most popular biography from China (down from 525th in 2019) and the 13th most popular Chinese Actor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 280k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 56.60

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 33

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.06

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.48

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Zhou Xuan ranks 1,393 out of 13,578Before her are Martine Carol, David Bradley, Haya Harareet, Maggie Cheung, Blythe Danner, and George Arliss. After her are George Hamilton, Louis Jouvet, Robin Tunney, Don Cheadle, Sam Rockwell, and Katey Sagal.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1920, Zhou Xuan ranks 117Before her are Heinz Kessler, Ray Harryhausen, Don Taylor, Paik Sun-yup, Mohammed Dib, and Martine Carol. After her are Yevgeny Dragunov, Christopher Robin Milne, DeForest Kelley, Saul Bass, Carlo Alberto Dalla Chiesa, and José Luis de Vilallonga, 9th Marquess of Castellbell. Among people deceased in 1957, Zhou Xuan ranks 76Before her are Soemu Toyoda, Johann Rattenhuber, Carlos Castillo Armas, Malcolm Lowry, Kurt von Tippelskirch, and Josef Hofmann. After her are Washington Luís, Josef Lada, Eugenio Castellotti, Shūmei Ōkawa, Irving Baxter, and Hasui Kawase.

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In China

Among people born in China, Zhou Xuan ranks 544 out of 1,610Before her are Yang Xiong (-53), Guo Zongxun (953), Song Jiaoren (1882), Cheng Yi (1033), Ti Lung (1946), and Wang Bi (226). After her are Osman Batur (1899), Ruan Ji (210), Watchman Nee (1903), Li Yu (937), Jia Chong (217), and Zhang Zai (1020).

Among ACTORS In China

Among actors born in China, Zhou Xuan ranks 13Before her are Hou Hsiao-hsien (1947), Yuen Biao (1957), Run Run Shaw (1907), Shih Kien (1913), Yuen Siu-tien (1912), and Ti Lung (1946). After her are Joan Chen (1961), Na Moon-hee (1941), Zhang Ziyi (1979), Ruan Lingyu (1910), Kenneth Tsang (1935), and Roy Chiao (1927).

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