Zhang Zhiyun

Zhang Zhiyun 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.