Zhang Zhiyun
Zhang Zhiyun | |||||||||||||
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Zhang Zhiyun, painted by Jin Meisheng | |||||||||||||
| Born | Zhang Ashan (張阿善; 张阿善) 1904 or 1905 | ||||||||||||
| Died | 2 November 1963 | ||||||||||||
| Occupation | Actress | ||||||||||||
| Years active | 1923–1953 | ||||||||||||
| Chinese name | |||||||||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 張織雲 | ||||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 张织云 | ||||||||||||
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Zhang Zhiyun (traditional Chinese: 張織雲; simplified Chinese: 张织云; pinyin: Zhāng Zhīyún, fl. 1923–1953) was a Chinese actress. Born in Panyu County, Guangdong, she moved to Shanghai in her youth. Hired by the Greater China Film Company through a general casting call, she later transferred to Mingxing, with whom she made the commercially successful Lonely Orchid (1926) and was crowned "movie queen" in a newspaper poll. She left the film industry after beginning a relationship with Tang Jishan, and when they severed ties she was unable to regain her stardom despite making several films. Zhang moved to British Hong Kong in her later years.