陸小仙

简介

Luk Siu Sin, also known by her stage names Xiao Yao Xian and Lan Yin, was a prominent Chinese Cantonese opera and film actress of the 20th century. She began her career in the early 1930s under the stage name "Xiao Yao Xian" when she performed in Vietnam in the second Cantonese-language film "Mei Jiang Qing Shi" with actor You Guan Ren, which was also her screen debut. In 1948, she performed a Cantonese opera song titled "Xue Ran Ni Chang" at Hong Kong radio station with Huang Chu Shan. In 1952, she performed Cantonese opera at an amusement park in Hong Kong before moving to the People's Republic of China, where she performed in Shanghai and other cities. In December 1956, she participated in a Cantonese opera performance titled "Huo Shao Hong Lian Si" at a Guangzhou theatre. Among her most famous films were "Hu Bu Gui" (1940) and "Xiang Cao Mei Ren" (1947). She moved to the People's Republic of China due to marital problems with director Mo Kang Shi and continued performing opera in various places until her death in 1963 at around 40 years of age. Her final film was "Yin Hai Chun Guang" (1951).