She has used many names in her past.张梦瑞 -金嗓金曲不了情 – 2003 Page 100 "因此當李翰祥拍《梁祝》時,就大膽起用小娟,同時為她改了「凌波」這個藝名。想不到竟一炮而紅。凌波不只歌聲甜美,演技也可說無懈可擊,當時邵氏、國泰兩家大公司搶拍《梁祝》(國泰由李麗華、尤敏擔綱), 每天馬不停蹄地作業,演員也全力配合。" When she was a young child, she was sold to a family in Xiamen (Amoy), where she took on the name Jun Haitang () and worked as a domestic maid. After reaching preadolescence, her foster mother forced her to enter the Hong Kong movie industry to exploit her. 感謝養母對我不好 才有今天 She first acted in Amoy Hokkien films under the stage name Xiaojuan (), later in Cantonese films under the stage name Shen Yan (), before finally entering the Shaw Brothers Studio to act in Mandarin films as (Ivy) Ling Po () and rising to superstardom.
