Chen Yunshang

Chen Yunshang
Chinese name 陈云裳 (simplified)
Pinyin Chén Yúnshang (Mandarin)
Born (1919-08-10)10 August 1919[1]
Guangzhou
Other name(s) Nancy Chan
Occupation Actress
Spouse(s) Tang Yuhan

Chen Yunshang or Chan Wan-Seung (Chinese: 陈云裳; pinyin: Chén Yúnshang; born August 10, 1919), also known as Nancy Chan, is a retired Chinese film actress active during the 1930s and 1940s.

Biography

Chen Yunshang 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 from Shanghai to Hong Kong. She retired in Hong Kong in 1952.

Selected filmography

Notes

  1. 陳雲裳寫真照片 (in Chinese). Retrieved 18 August 2013.
  2. Paul Fonoroff, Silver Light: A pictorial history of Hong Kong cinema (1997).
  3. (Chinese) Biography of Chen Yunshang Published in Beijing, Zhangye Daily (张掖日报), April 9, 2003.

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