Xiang Mei

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Early experience

Xiang Mei was born in Gongxian County, Henan Province. He loved literature and art when he was young, and he was an actor in the school amateur drama company when he was in middle school. After graduating from middle school, he entered the Department of architecture of Tianjin University.

Xiang Mei's experience on the screen is very strange. At that time, Xiang Mei, a teenager, was reviewing her lessons in the room when she suddenly put a letter through the crack of the door. This is an invitation letter from Shanghai film factory. Xiang Mei feels very strange: he has never sent a resume to any film and television company. How can anyone send a letter to him. It turns out that Xiang Mei once went to Beijing with her family. After a distant relative met her, she always felt that she should be engaged in literature and art. Therefore, he recommended Xiang Mei to others. That time, it was Xiang Mei's first acting in her life.

In 1957, due to the chance to take part in shooting the film "women's basketball No. 5", she first appeared on the screen. Xiang Mei's performance was simple, natural and natural, which won the audience's praise. In the same year, Xiang Mei joined Shanghai Tianma film studio as an actor.

Acting experience

From 1957 to 1964, Xiang Mei played different types of roles in the Red Detachment of women, the north and the south, and the night voyage.

In 1979, after the end of the cultural revolution, Xiang Mei played a smart and brave underground worker in the plot film the gunshot of the secret service bureau. In 1980, she won the second small hundred flowers Award for outstanding feature film supporting actress.

In 1980, she played a double faced female underground party in the blue archives, and created distinctive artistic images on the screen. In the 1980s, Xiang Mei had the courage to challenge all kinds of new images. She played the female singer in Qintong, the martyr Zhang Zhixin in flowers that never fade, the intellectual in price, and even played the role of triangle in lilac villa.

In the 1990s, Xiang Mei took part in the shooting of films such as "the moon goes with the people", but she devoted more energy to the screen. Xiang Mei's performance was simple and natural, with a wide range of theatrical routes and a variety of character types. She participated in many films and achieved fruitful results.

In 1987, as the president's wife in exile University, she won the first literature and Art Award for excellent film performance and the performance award of China Film Performance Association (Golden Phoenix Award) held by Shanghai Federation of literary and art circles.

Many years later, what made Xiang Mei active on the screen again was the film "the sound of guns from the secret service". To be able to play in this film, the experience is also very coincidental. Xiang Mei was in her 40s at that time. Changchun Film Studio has been looking for candidates for the film. Once, a photographer from Changchun Film Studio met Xiang Mei in the audience of a cinema in Shanghai and thought that Xiang Mei was the only one to play the role. But because Xiang Mei can't say hello to her during the film screening, after the film is over, Xiang Mei has disappeared in the audience. So the photographer searched for Xiang Mei in the Shanghai film factory. After several rounds, he finally heard from Xiang Mei's sister (who works in Changying factory), "isn't it my sister Xiang Mei?" Finally found Xiang Mei.

Since the performance of the play, Xiang Mei, who has been silent for many years, has come to life again, and the play has continued. The most amazing is the image of underground party workers she created in the blue file. In order to play the role well, Xiang Mei made great efforts in her costume, makeup and props. There was a scene where she needed to wear a cheongsam. The staff helped her choose a Red Cross Stitch velvet cheongsam, but she asked to wear a black velvet cheongsam. Finally, at her insistence, she appeared in a "Anna style" black velvet cheongsam, gorgeous and beautiful. Her image is still regarded as a classic by the audience.

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Hold a post

He once served as the head of Shanghai film actor troupe. He is director of China Film Association, director of Shanghai Film Association and executive director of China Film Performance society.

Character evaluation

In the Red Detachment of women, Xiang Mei plays Honglian, a Red Army soldier who grew up with a child's daughter-in-law. She has a good command of the character's character and the ups and downs of her thoughts and feelings, and her performance is intrinsic, implicit, real and credible. In the continuous artistic practice, from the natural performance to the stage of creating roles. Despite performing many classic films, Xiang Mei also has many regrets about her acting career. Because of her westernized image and tender skin, she failed to interpret the image of workers, peasants and soldiers in the era of film and television in full swing. I've done a lot of movies, but I've never won any prizes. However, Xiang Mei is still active and optimistic, and has been playing the role of mother in some films and TV programs.

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