Zhou Xuan (周璇, Wades-Giles: Chow Hsuan) (1 August 1918 - 22 September 1957, Shanghai) was a popular Chinese singer andfilm actress.
Zhou started acting 1935, but she achieved stardom in 1937 in Street Angel, when director Yuan Muzhi cast her as one of theleads as a singing
girl.
She became known as “The Golden Voice” and was a popular singing star in the late 1930s and 1940s. She was regarded as oneof the seven
great singing stars. “Golden Voice” was Zhou’s nickname to commend her singing talents after a competition forthe most popular singers in
Shanghai, where she came in second.
