Bai Hong

• Name — Bai Hong • Birth Name — Bai Lizhu (zh-Hant) • Born — 24 February 1920 Beijing, China • Died — 28 May 1992 (aged 72) • Occupation — Actress, singer Bai Hong (白虹, 24 February 1920–28 May 1992) was a Chinese actress and singer born Bai Lizhu (zh-Hant) in Beijing. By the 1940s, she had become one of the Seven Great Singing Stars.[1]

At age 11, Bai was admitted to the Bright Moonlight Song and Dance Troupe and entered Shanghai's entertainment industry. She used the stage name (白虹), meaning "White Rainbow". She was called one of the "Beiping Three Whites" (zh-Hant) with Bai Guang and Bai Yang.

Her music career began at the young age of 11. She acted in her first film, Renjian Xianzi《人間仙子》, at 14. In the 1930s, she was a popstar icon singing songs like zh-Hant. By 1934, a singing competition was sponsored in Shanghai, where she won by more than 200 votes taking the crown. She was known for having a mastery of the language and a clarity in expressing lyrics, which helped her gain many fans. In 1936 she toured Southeast Asia with the Bright Moonlight Song and Dance Troupe. A year later, she then joined the Green Bird Theatre Troupe (zh-Hant). In the 1930s, she was recognized as one of the three great mandopop singers with Zhou Xuan and Gong Qiuxia. Her career peaked in the 1940s, when her music style changed more to uptempo jazz. Some of the songs that propelled her to stardom included "Intoxicating Lipstick" (zh-Hant), "Love and Gold" (zh-Hant), "Flowers Don't Bloom Without Rain" (zh-Hant) and "He's Like the Spring Wind" (zh-Hant). In the 1930s and 1940s, she recorded more than 150 songs and had many hits. Only Zhou Xuan made more recordings than her during that time. She performed in over 30 films and had many stage performances. She was also the first pop singer from Mainland China to give a solo concert, which took place on 12 and 13 January 1945. The three songs zh-Hant, zh-Hant, and zh-Hant were her personal preferences. She was married to the composer Li Jinguang (zh-Hant), and they later divorced in 1950. She stayed in China after 1949 and continued performing in theater. During the Cultural Revolution, because Jiang Qing and the Gang of Four did not want people to know anything about Bai's song and film history in Shanghai the 1930s and 1940s, many other people of the same generation as Bai were imprisoned. Bai, a singer and actress in the 1930s and 1940s, was also imprisoned and subjected to persecution and abuse. She officially retired in 1979. In 1992, she died at the age of 72.

• 《野玫瑰》（1932） • 《华山艳史》（1934） • 《人间仙子》（1934） • 《健美运动》 (1934) • 《美人恩（上、下部）》（1935） • 《国色天香》（1936） • 《日出》（1938） • 《情天血泪》（1938） • 《离恨天》（1938） • 《珍珠衫》（1938） • 《少奶奶的扇子》（1939） • 《武则天》（1939） • 《云裳仙子》（1939） • 《金银世界》（1939） • 《三剑客》（1939） • 《王熙凤大闹宁国府》（1939） • 《播音台大血案》（1939） • 《亡命之徒》（1940） • 《双珠凤（上、下部）》（1940） • 《潇湘秋雨》（1940） • 《刁刘氏》（1940） • 《红线盗盒》（1940） • 《九大明星歌唱大会》（1940） • 《铁扇公主》（1941） • 《孤岛春秋》（1941） • 《无花果》（1941） • 《玉碎珠圆》（1942） • 《地老天荒》（1942） • 《美人关》（1943） • 《何日君再来》（1943） • 《结婚交响曲》（1944） • 《红楼梦》（1944） • 《银海千秋》（1944） • 《万户更新》（1945） • 《红楼残梦》（1948） • 《雾夜血案》（1948） • 《夜莺曲》（1950）

Bai Hong is recorded as a citizen of People's Republic of China. Recorded with the occupation musician. Recorded with the occupation singer. Recorded with the occupation actor. Classed in the genre shidaiqu.