Chen Yunshang

Chinese actress and singer

Chen Yunshang

Nancy Chan

Born

(1919-08-10)10 August 1919^[1]

Guangzhou

Died

29 June 2016(2016-06-29) (aged 96)

Other names

Nancy Chan, Chan Wan-Seung

Occupation

Actress

Spouse

Tang Yuhan

Chinese name

Traditional Chinese

陳雲裳

Simplified Chinese

陈云裳

Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Chén Yúnshang

Chen Yunshang (Chinese: 陳雲裳; pinyin: Chén Yúnshang; August 10, 1919 – June 29, 2016) was a Chinese film actress and singer of the 1930s and 1940s.

Biography

Chen was born in Guangzhou but her family came from Taishan. She began her career in Hong Kong in 1935 but in 1939 moved to Shanghai to star in Mulan Joins the Army.^[2]

Chen married Tang Yuhan, a Shanghai doctor, in 1943.^[3] They subsequently moved to Hong Kong. She retired in 1952. ^[4]

Filmography

Films

This is a partial list of films.

1939 Mulan Joins the Army
1940 Bi yu zan
1942 Bo ai
1943 Eternity

Gallery

Chen Yushang on the cover of Liangyou, #124.
Chen Yushang on the cover of Liangyou, #142.
Chen Yushang on the cover of Liangyou, #156.
Chen on the cover of The Young Companion, issue 180

References

^ 陳雲裳寫真照片 (in Chinese). Retrieved 18 August 2013.
^ Paul Fonoroff, Silver Light: A pictorial history of Hong Kong cinema (1997).
^ (in Chinese) Biography of Chen Yunshang Published in Beijing, Zhangye Daily (张掖日报), April 9, 2003.
^ 中国电影皇后陈云裳去世曾与胡蝶、周璇齐名 (in Chinese). Retrieved 1 July 2016.