Lingyuan

Lingyuan

Ling Yuan (1917.2.8-2012.1.20), a Chinese film actress, formerly known as Zhang Min, was absent from school after the September 18th Incident in 1931, and later worked as a midwife in Changchun Baichuan Hospital; he joined the performance training class of Manchuria Film Association in 1937, and played the role of mother in the film "lofty aspiration candlelight sky" in the same year; he was an actor in Northeast film studio since 1946; he was an actor in Beijing Film Studio in 1951; he was in the film studio in 1960 In the film "red flag spectrum", she plays the image of honest, kind and virtuous rural women in northern China; she also played an important role in the films "plain guerrillas", "black triangle", "sweet career", "icing on the cake"; Ling Yuan has been in the film for 50 years, shaping the screen image of rural middle-aged and elderly women in 100 films, and is good at comedy.

He died of illness in Beijing on January 20, 2012 at the age of 95.

Character experience

Ling Yuan, formerly Zhang Min, Han nationality. At first, he worked as a midwife in Changchun Baichuan hospital. Because of his love for film art since childhood, when he saw the recruitment advertisement of Manying, he applied for Manying's actor training class without telling his family. In 1937, he was admitted to the performance training class of Manchuria Film Association and participated in the training together with Zheng Xiaojun. In the same year, he played the role of mother in the film "ambitious Candlelight". From 1938 to 1945, he appeared in more than 20 films of Puppet Manchuria. After the surrender of Japan, Manying disintegrated. In order to bid farewell to the past full screen actor experience, Zhang Min changed his name to Ling Yuan.

Young "mother"

Ling Yuan said with a smile: I have never been young in the film. Maybe my image is suitable for playing mother, so when I was 20 years old, the director let me play mother for the first time. But at that time, I was very upset because I was too young. There is no way, the director asked people to paint a lot of black color on my face, piece by piece, very ugly. In addition, there is a "son" who is about the same age as me. It's really hard to feel in my heart. As soon as he called "Ma", I was so ashamed that I had a fever on my face. Remember at this time in the side of the teacher loudly said to me: you play the character, not yourself. Don't want to be a star, be a famous actor. At that time, I thought, let the audience watch my play instead of me. So I played the role of mother for the first time with the "son" who was about my age and kept shouting "mother" to me. never left "good mother". She always remembers what the teacher said to her: "creating characters, not acting yourself.". Also learned to let the audience "admit the play is better than admit yourself". Since entering the Beijing Film Studio in 1951, Ling Yuan, in his 30s, began to appear on the film screen as a "kind mother" until he was 89. Guo Zhenqing, the actor who plays Li Xiangyang, and Ling Yuan always get along very well. No matter when, they still call Ling Yuan "Ma".

Heroic mother

In 1955, Ling Yuan, 38, played the mother of the hero Li Xiangyang in Changying's famous film plain guerrillas. This is not the first time that Ling Yuan has played a mother, but it is the first time that she has played a mother since she became a mother. At that time, the plot of the film is that guerrilla leader Li Xiangyang comes back from the outside in the middle of the night. He has been thinking about his son's mother. Instead of such conversations as "you're back," he shows real emotional concern in his eyes. Ling Yuan expresses a mother's most sincere feelings for her child with a pair of eyes from the bottom of his heart. The devotion of her true feelings almost made her forget that she was acting. Decades later, Ling Yuan still can't forget the performance of Li Xiangyang's mother and son. Recalling the process of playing his mother, Ling Yuan felt that he really realized that his mother's artistic performance of loving his children was performed by his mother in the film plain guerrillas, because he was also a mother at that time. The tacit understanding in the play is inseparable from the true feelings outside the play. Li Xiangyang and his mother outside the play are also a mother and son with infinite family affection. Guo Zhenqing, the actor who plays Li Xiangyang, and Ling Yuan get along very well all the time. They call Ling Yuan "Ma" whenever they want. Many years later, the mother and son in the play meet again outside the play, and the "son" is still a kind "mother". It's like a mother and son. Today, "son" is far away in heaven, but "mother" deeply miss that unforgettable love between mother and son. Therefore, Ling Yuan had a burden on her mind at that time. She was especially afraid that people would scold her for being improper after the performance.

Classic characters

In 1962, Ling Yuan, 45, with his luggage roll, washbasin, director Xie Tian and actor Zhao ziyue, came to a small station, Shacheng railway station to experience life and start shooting the comedy "icing on the cake". After the movie was shown, Ling Yuan's "fat sister-in-law" won the favor of many audiences. Mentioning the kind "fat sister-in-law" in "icing on the cake", Ling Yuan said that when she first accepted the role, she had a great burden in her heart. Nowadays, the old people's "Twilight love" is nothing new, but in that era more than 40 years ago, it was not easy for the old people to fall in love, and it seemed that it was not easy to be accepted. in addition, comedies have strict requirements for lines and actions, not only very accurate, but also fast-paced. Therefore, in the process of creating "fat sister-in-law", Ling Yuan has always felt great pressure. The reason for his success is that he has benefited a lot from the inspiration of director Xie Tian and the tacit cooperation with Zhao ziyue. For example, in a small pavilion and other old station master's play, Ling Yuan's performance is always hard to let go. Director Xie said: "what are you afraid of? Look, how beautiful it is for an old lady to fall in love!" Everyone laughed and Lingyuan relaxed a lot. And Zhao ziyue's dedication is deeply affected by her, because he is worried that his recitation will slow down the filming, he always spared no time to recite his lines seriously. When we were filming in the Ming Tombs, it was very hot at noon. When we were resting, we suddenly found that Zhao ziyue could not be found. It took us a long time to find him sitting by the pond reciting his lines attentively. I still remember that in order to play the part of talking to the kitten well, Zhao ziyue's hands were scratched by the kitten because he constantly stroked the kitten. Lin Yuan, Xie Tian and Zhao ziyue also had happy and tacit cooperation in sweet career and making money. When you recall, Ling Yuan still remembers it. She said: it's unforgettable and lucky for me to be able to cooperate with the versatile director Xie Tian and the noble actor Zhao ziyue. "After the film was released, no matter on the street or walking in the courtyard of Beiying, the children hated me to death when they saw me."

Evil spy

In 1978, after the release of the anti special feature film "black triangle" by Beijing Film Studio, the thrilling scene in the film became an inseparable topic in the streets. The most talked about is naturally Ling Yuan's female spy Yu Huang. When it comes to the movie "black triangle", people still have fresh memories of Yu Huang's insidious eyes peeping from behind the door. The most classic horror scene created by Lingyuan once made many audiences remember that they couldn't sleep at night, because people can't forget Lingyuan's fierce eyes. in fact, when Ling Yuan was told by her leaders that she wanted to play Yu Huang in black triangle, she had only three words in her mind: No. On the one hand, she has never played such a role and has no bottom in her heart; on the other hand, her relatives and friends are worried that Ling Yuan's image of a kind mother will be damaged. For this reason, Ling Yuan found the leader several times and didn't want to play the negative role. However, the leader said that this is the work assigned to you and must be performed, and encouraged her to overcome the fear of difficulties. Both positive and negative roles should be performed well. No way, Ling Yuan took over the role she didn't want to play. She also thought of more difficulties. Because black triangle was shot just at the end of the cultural revolution, and the pros and cons of literary and artistic stage creation were all facial makeup, it is difficult to create a vivid image of "female spy". She thinks over and over again that this character should be exaggerated but not too much, but it is difficult to grasp the propriety if it is not exaggerated and afraid of passing through. What is more difficult is that she is not familiar with the life of the female spy and does not know where to start. She first looked for a lot of anti special novels and movies, looking for feelings while watching them. But after that, she felt that the key was to analyze the character's ideological logic. The secret service is also a human being. Yu Huang's belief is to be a good secret service, and then he will become a successful person. If you want to play in Huang's, you have to analyze the female spy's dual character, which is gentle and kind on the surface and cruel and vicious in the bone. After repeated pondering, Ling Yuan, through the subtle movements of eyes, lighting a cigarette and smoking, vividly displays the image of a female spy who is seemingly amiable, but can poison and shoot instantly with a stare of his eyes. She is full of hatred in her bones. In order to experience the feelings of female spies in life, Ling Yuan even cultivated the psychology of hatred when he saw good people. However, during the interval of filming, Ling Yuan had to care for the 17-year-old heroine Liu Jia. The multiple identities in and out of the play made Ling Yuan's performance more difficult.

Minister's "mother"

In 2006, Ling Yuan, who is nearly 90 years old, was invited to play a minister's mother in the TV series spring breeze and rain. Among the more than ten plays, Lingyuan completed each one at a time, and the lines were not bad at all. All the young people present were amazed and admired by such excellent lines. When talking about it, everyone envies it

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