Английская Википедия:Bai Guang

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Bai Guang (27 June 1921 – 27 August 1999), also credited as Pai Kwong,[1] Bai Kwong[2] and Bai Kwang,[3] was a Chinese actress and singer. By the 1940s, she became one of the Seven great singing stars.[4]

Biography

Bai Guang was born Shi Yongfen (Шаблон:Zh) in 1921 in Zhuozhou, Hebei.[5] Her father was a quartermaster under general Shang Zhen. In her early years, she was a student of the Beiping Salon Theatrical Troupe (Шаблон:Lang), and once performed Cao Yu's play "Sunrise". [6] In 1937, she studied at the University of Tokyo's music department until World War II in 1942. After drama school, she wanted to be a movie star. As she proclaimed, she wanted to be like the beams of light coming off the movie projectors onto the big screen. Hence, her stage name was Bai Guang (Шаблон:Lang), which translated to "White Light".

Career

Her mandopop songs were often used in many of her movies as soundtracks. In an age and culture where light, higher voices were usually favored, she had a slightly deep and hoarse voice, which helped her become a big star in Shanghai.[7] People called her the "Queen of the Low Voice" (Шаблон:Lang).

Bai's big screen career started in 1943.[8] She was known for playing seductive roles due to her flirtatious image on screen and has also played villains at times. She lent a more dramatic tone or sexy attitude to her songs. Some of her hits are "Autumn Evening" (Шаблон:Lang), "Without You" (Шаблон:Lang), "The Pretender" (Шаблон:Lang), "Revisiting Old Dreams" (Шаблон:Lang), and "Waiting For You" (Шаблон:Lang).

After the war, Bai Guang moved to Hong Kong and joined Great Wall Pictures. In 1949, A Forgotten Woman (Шаблон:Lang) was shown in Hong Kong. Even the governor, Alexander Grantham, went as a fan.

By 1950 Bai tired of the low-quality films she was given and retired as an actress in China. After marrying an American GI in 1951,Шаблон:Citation needed she lived in Japan and successfully opened a nightclub in Tokyo's Ginza District in 1953.[5] The union did not last, and she returned to Hong Kong, recording some music through 1959 when she officially retired. In 1969 she resettled in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, where she married a man 20 years her junior. She performed to wide acclaim in 1979 in Kaohsiung, Taiwan. Her last public appearance was in 1995 at Hong Kong's TV top 10 Chinese singer award presentation.

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Bai's tomb

On 27 August 1999 she died in her house at Kuala Lumpur's Damansara Heights suburb due to colon cancer at the age of 78. She was buried at the Nirvana Memorial Park.[9][10]

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The unique piano tomb

Filmography

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  1. ↑ Peony (1956) film poster at IMDb.com. Retrieved 1 July 2019.
  2. ↑ 1964 Singaporean EP cover at Discogs.com. Retrieved 1 July 2019.
  3. ↑ Autumn Nights album cover at Discogs.com. Retrieved 1 July 2019.
  4. ↑ Шаблон:Cite book
  5. ↑ 5,0 5,1 Шаблон:Cite book
  6. ↑ Шаблон:Cite web
  7. ↑ Baidu. "Baidu Шаблон:Webarchive." Bai Guang. Retrieved on 2007-04-28.
  8. ↑ Music Sogua. "Music Sogua Singer profile Шаблон:Webarchive." Bai Guang. Retrieved on 2007-04-28.
  9. ↑ Шаблон:Cite book
  10. ↑ Шаблон:Cite book
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