Shi Yongfen (; 27 June 1921 – 27 August 1999), known professionally as Bai Guang (; also credited as Pai Kwong, Peony (1956) film poster at IMDb.com. Retrieved 1 July 2019. Bai Kwong 1964 Singaporean EP cover at Discogs.com. Retrieved 1 July 2019. and Bai Kwang), Autumn Nights album cover at Discogs.com. Retrieved 1 July 2019. was a Chinese actress and singer. By the 1940s, she became one of the Seven Great Singing Stars.
Bai's big screen career started in 1943.Music Sogua. " Music Sogua Singer profile ." Bai Guang. Retrieved on 2007-04-28. She was known for playing seductive roles due to her flirtatious image on screen and has also played villains at times. She lent a more dramatic tone or sexy attitude to her songs. Some of her hits were "Autumn Evening" (秋夜), "Without You" (如果沒有你), "The Pretender" (假正經), "Revisiting Old Dreams" (魂縈舊夢), and "Waiting For You" (等著你回來).
After the war, Bai Guang moved to Hong Kong and joined Great Wall Pictures. In 1949, A Forgotten Woman (蕩婦心) was shown in Hong Kong. Even the governor, Alexander Grantham, went as a fan.
By 1950, Bai, tired of the low-quality films, retired as an actress in China. After marrying an American GI in 1951, she moved to Japan and successfully opened a nightclub in Tokyo's Ginza district in 1953. The union did not last, and she returned to Hong Kong, recording some music through 1959 when she officially retired. In 1969, she resettled in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, where she married a man 20 years her junior named Yan Lianglong (), who was also one of her fans. She performed to wide acclaim in 1979 in Kaohsiung, Taiwan. Her last public appearance was in 1995 on Hong Kong's TV top 10 Chinese singing awards.
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