Gong Qiuxia

essential information

Life of the characters

In 1933, he joined the Shanghai plum blossom song and dance troupe, where he traveled all over the country, traveled to Southeast Asia, performed songs and dances, and became one of the famous "five tiger generals" of the troupe.

In 1936, he entered the film world and participated in the first film parents and children.

In 1937, he starred in the film lucky money written by Xia Yan and directed by Zhang Shichuan. In 1938 and 1942, she starred in He Luting's "autumn woman" and the lead singer's film "roses bloom everywhere". Become a versatile artist who is good at singing and dancing. And because with poplar, Shu Xiuwen, Huang naishuang starred in the film "four thousand gold", and was nicknamed "big sister". It can be said that she was a hot star in China's film industry at that time. In many films, she plays the image of Chengping woman or old woman. Because she is in cardamom, she is not satisfied with these roles. After her husband's persuasion and the film's release, the audience praised her performance, which strengthened her image as a good wife and mother. These films include Kaifeng, Cuncaoxin and cardamom.

It's as if she's still in the middle of the film "the great wall of Zhejiang" in 1980.

He died of heart disease in Hong Kong on September 7, 2004. He was 88 years old.

Music Album

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Representative works

A film made

1936: parents and children

1937: forever smile, lucky money, the case of ancient pagoda, four thousand gold

1938: the orphan saves his mother, night of terror

1939: the tears of singing, the murder of radio and TV University

1941: harmony between the Phoenix and the Phoenix, flowers of the earth and tears splashed by flowers

1942: roses blooming everywhere, shadow of the night, hate not to meet before marriage, four sisters of fraternity, floating clouds cover the moon

1943: thousand gold grudges, brother in need, torrent, long night with many dreams, long day ahead, old dream in Beijing and wind of Triumph

1945: renewal of ten thousand households, flower of the earth

1946: Luhua Fanbai yanzifei 1947: Si Mei Tu, chunhuaqiuyue

1949: the heart of a slut, the blood, the red Begonia and the enchantress

1950: wild geese from the south, dream of the new red chamber, night of the wind, forbidden marriage

1951: moon mother of Mid Autumn Festival, Carmen, father who doesn't know

1952: daydream, children's classic boudoir, dreamer, Cuncaoxin

1953: shuihongling, metropolitan symphony, sister music, Da Renzi Jing

1955: girl's troubles, I'm a woman, women's apartment, Hedi's visit, peacock's screen, a year's plan

1956: a girl's robbery and a man's marriage

1957: where does spring go, fragrant young lady, Wang Laowu's love, Yan Ermei, unmarried mother and the beginning of love

1958: the icing on the cake, a girl in love with spring, xiaoxiaoxiao youth tour, spring to the seaside, Golden House dream, cardamom years

1959: seventeen years old, Tongming Yuanyang, zhifen XIAOBAWANG

1960: thunderstorm, review of Mandarin dream, love and hatred in the snow

1961: Beauty trick, confused marriage, budding

1962: pearls of the sea, three laughs

1963: longfengchengxiang, Yelin Shuangmei and hejiahuan

1965: Xiao Hulei and Huang yinggu

1966: pillars of society, welcome flowers

1978: horse's eye with iron feet

1980: Rouge

Participating films

1947: "hell heaven" -- singing

1949: Red begonia with blood -- singing

1953: "rainbow song" -- singing

1959: Wang Lao Wu Tian Ding

Characters

In Shanghai's beautiful eaglewood, Gong Qiuxia alone amazes Shanghai beach with "plum blossom". She joined the "plum blossom song and Dance Troupe" at the age of 14, and is known as the "plum blossom five tigers" with Zhang Xianlin and others because of her moving voice and beautiful dancing posture. Public opinion circles in old Shanghai once praised her like this: Gong Qiuxia's songs are most suitable for listening in the morning, because her songs are full of youthful vigor, cadence, sweetness and tact. This wonderful metaphor makes today's fans feel the same.

In 1937, Gong Qiuxia starred in the film "the strange case of the ancient pagoda" in the interlude "the beautiful man in autumn water" is a well-known immortal old song. In the film, Feng Zhen, played by Gong Qiuxia, looks at her daughter Xiao Zhen every night before going to bed. She has mixed feelings. She sings the sad and sorrowful "autumn water Yi Ren" in her high and sorrowful voice, which makes people emotional. "Looking through the autumn water, I can't see the beautiful shadow of Yi Ren, and I can't see it. There are two or three lonely geese..." This song is very memorable!

After the release of the film, Gong Qiuxia's excellent performance and singing won the love of the audience, which made her a hit. The episodes "autumn water girl" and "missing mother" were even more popular in China.

Gong Qiuxia left the audience the most impressive in addition to the beautiful songs, singing well, as well as her profound artistic accomplishment and skilful acting skills. In her long 32 years of acting career, Gong Qiuxia has made more than 100 films and sung more than 100 songs, just like her plum blossom character, introverted and deep.

Character evaluation

Gong Qiuxia is a famous figure in Shanghai in 1930s and 1940s. It's also a song and a movie. In modern words, it belongs to "amphibious star". Her singing voice is sweet and mellow, and has the reputation of "silver voice". Together with the then "golden voice", Zhou Xuan was ranked in the top two of the "top ten singers in Shanghai" and took the lead in acting and singing in the film, creating a precedent for the trend of film and song. Her gentle and simple singing attracted many famous composers at that time. Since Gong Qiuxia was engaged in recording, most of her songs have been recorded and published by EMI company. After she arrived in Hong Kong, she still has a close relationship with EMI, and has become a partner with Chen JUANJUAN, who is also a film actor and singer. She has recorded many two chorus songs.

Gong Qiuxia has outstanding acting skills. She has shot more than 90 films in her life. She is a famous film and song star with outstanding achievements. On the screen, Gong Qiuxia is known as a gentle and kind woman and a kind mother. Her last two films, however, were "iron footed horse's eye fairy belly" in 1978 and "rouge" in 1980.