Zhang Ruifang

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Acting experience

On June 15, 1918, Zhang Ruifang was born into an old military family in Baoding City, Hebei Province. She has been exposed to drama since high school. In 1927, he and Lanma co starred in Tian Han's three act drama the death of a famous actor. In 1931, Zhang Ruifang and Cui Wei co starred in the one act drama put down your whip.

In 1935, he entered the Western Painting Department of Beiping National Art College and participated in drama activities. After the July 7th incident in 1937, Zhang Ruifang, Zhang Nan, Chen Huangmei and others formed the "Peking Student mobile theater company" for the purpose of publicizing the Anti Japanese war. In the same year, Zhang Ruifang played Sister Zhang in Chen Huangmei's play "beating the devil to go"; then she played Guo Moruo's play "Quyuan"; in addition, she also played Cao Yu's play "Beijinger".

In 1938, he joined the Communist Party of China; later, he worked as an actor in the roar drama society, the Chinese drama society and other troupes. In 1940, he took part in his first film the baptism of fire, in which she played a Japanese puppet female spy; in the same year, he co starred with Zheng Junli and Wang Jue in the drama light of East Asia.

In 1946, he acted as a special actor of Changchun Film Studio, and played the role of village girl in the plot film "on the Songhua River". In 1949, he served as an actor in Beijing Film Studio, China Youth Art Theater, Shanghai Film Studio, and head of Shanghai film actor troupe. In 1952, he played Zhao Yumin, the guerrilla leader, in the war movie "south and North". In 1954, she played Zhao Xiumei, a female worker in a cotton mill, in the plot film three years.

In 1956, he co starred with sun Daolin and Wang Danfeng in the plot film home adapted from Ba Jin's novel of the same name. In 1957, he starred in the plot film song of Phoenix directed by Zhao Ming, which was adapted from Huangmei Opera Wang Jinfeng. In 1958, he co starred with Zhang Ziliang in the plot film "38 River".

In 1962, she co starred with Zhong Xinghuo and Liu Fei in the plot film "Li Shuangshuang", which was adapted from Li Jun's novel "biography of Li Shuangshuang". In the film, she played a kind, hardworking, passionate, laughing and noisy Li shuangshuangshuang. She won the best actress award of the second film Hundred Flowers Award for this film. In 1964, he and Zhang Yan starred in the plot movie Li Shanzi. In 1976, he took part in the plot film the young generation directed by Zhao Ming.

In 1978, he co starred with Chen Qiang, Yu Shizhi, Li Xiuming and Wang Tiecheng in the Anti Japanese War themed plot film "the river runs". She plays Li Mai in the film.

In 1979, he and Zheng Zaishi co starred in the drama "roar" adapted from Wang Xingpu's drama of the same name! He Dan, the director of the orchestra, plays in the film. In 1982, the children's film "spring Ding Dong" starring him was released, playing retired kindergarten teacher grandma Tao. In 1986, he co starred with Ye Zhikang and Da Shichang in the plot film 84.85 years of T province. In 1993, Zhang Ruifang won the special honor award of the 4th China Film Performing Arts Association.

In 2003, Zhang Ruifang won the Golden Phoenix award of the 9th China Academy of film performing arts. In 2007, Zhang Ruifang won the 10th Shanghai International Film Festival Chinese film Lifetime Achievement Award; in the same year, he won the 26th China Film Golden Rooster Award Lifetime Achievement Award.

Personal life

family

Zhang Ruifang's father, Zhang Ji, once served as the head of the artillery section of Baoding military academy. His mother, who was a communist, joined the May 4th New Culture Movement.

feeling

The first marriage

In 1939, at the age of 21, Zhang Ruifang was still playing in a drama in the private women's first middle school. When she was rehearsing Moliere's play "the sick", Yu Keji, a student director of the art academy, attracted her attention. In 1940, they came to Chongqing and got married. After living together, there was little to say, and there was a great contrast in their personalities. Five years later, they ended their first marriage.

Second marriage

After the divorce, Zhang Ruifang again focused on the drama performance. Later, when she rehearsed the drama "Qu Yuan" in Chongqing, she met the actor Jinshan. They played Chanjuan and Qu Yuan in the drama, fell in love and married. They can communicate and appreciate each other when acting together, but as a husband, Jinshan is irresponsible in life. In the face of Jinshan, who fell in love with Sun Wei, Zhang Ruifang, an independent and strong character, chose to go through the divorce procedure to end the marriage.

The third marriage

In 1952, Zhang Ruifang met Yan Li, and then they got married. In 1999, Yan Li died of gastric cancer.

Death

At 21:38 on June 28, 2012, Zhang Ruifang died of illness in Shanghai Huadong Hospital at the age of 94. At 10 a.m. on July 3, Zhang Ruifang's farewell ceremony was held in the hall of Shanghai Longhua funeral home. Qin Yi, Niu Zhen and Zhang Zhihua appeared to mourn.

Main works

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Award winning record

Character evaluation

Zhang Ruifang's acting is very simple. When the audience looks at her play, it seems that she doesn't use any acting skills at all, although as soon as she gets the script, she actively enters the role, and the soul of the role is attached to her. In daily life, the audience can also detect the subtle changes of her mental state, and see the shadow of her role in her behavior. Through in-depth life and rehearsal, she cast herself and her character together. The charm of the actor is not through the self, but through the character without reservation. Zhang Ruifang's vivid performance of her role is to overcome her self and transform her self instead of freely expressing her personal feelings. Here, Zhang Ruifang's discussion on the organic integration of actors and roles and the shaping of actors' mental state echoes Stanislavsky's view that actors need to cultivate themselves into tools with strong plasticity, so as to create authentic and credible performances on the stage (Huang Zongying, comprehensive review of literature and Art Studies).

Commemoration of later generations

In 2018, in order to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the birth of Zhang Ruifang, the third chairman of the Shanghai filmmakers Association, more than 200 photos were selected by the Shanghai Fushouyuan humanities Memorial Hall and compiled into a picture biography of Zhang Ruifang, a century old star on the screen, which shows a panoramic view of Zhang Ruifang's life from four parts: his film career, political work, social activities and family life.

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