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Gong Qiu Xia
About
Kung Chiu Hsia was born in Jiangsu, China on Dec. 4 1918. As a singer and dancer she travelled across China and throughout Southeast Asia as part of the Shanghai Plum Flower Troupe (梅花歌舞团) in 1933. She starred in many movies from 1936 to 1966 – perhaps most famous for her role in “Four Daughters” (1938) – and recorded extensively for Pathe (becoming known as one of the “Seven Singing Stars”). After relocating to Hong Kong in 1946 she continued making films and recorded there. In 1967 she moved to Taiwan, and died 7 Sep. 2004.
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Kinship and Relationship
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| Regal (1936) | Recording | – |
| Pathe (1938-1962) | Recording | – |
| Great Wall (1950-1951) | Recording | – |
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Kung Chiu Hsia. Image provided by Ross Laird.
Sources
Wong, Kee Chee. 2001. The Age of Shanghainese Pops. Hong Kong: Joint Publishing.
Contributor
2025. “Kung Chiu Hsia (龚秋霞)“. In Performing Archipelagos, edited by Kyueun Kim, Alvin Eng Hui Lim and Hedren Wai Yuan Sum. Singapore: National University of Singapore.
