Ruan Lingyu

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Early experience

In 1917, Ruan Lingyu's mother worked as a maid in a large family surnamed Zhang in Shanghai. In 1918, Ruan Lingyu's mother sent her to a private school near Zhangjia to study, and had a school named Ruan Yuying. In 1919, Ruan Lingyu's mother begged her master Zhang (who was the director of Chongde women's school) to enter Chongde women's school founded by American missionaries for half the tuition fee. Later, Ruan dropped out of school and left Chongde girls' school.

Acting experience

In 1926, introduced by Zhang huichong, he entered the star film company and starred in his first film named husband and wife, thus starting his acting career. In the same year, he co starred with Yang Naimei and Zheng Xiaoqiu in the plot film Beijing Yang Guifei, in which he played Yang Xiaozhen, a socialite who was good at singing and dancing. In addition, he co starred with Ding Ziming in the plot film blood and tears monument.

In 1928, he co starred with Gong Jianong in the ancient costume myth movie "Cai Zhuangyuan builds Luoyang Bridge"; in the same year, he co starred with Hu Die and Zheng Xiaoqiu in the love movie "Baiyun tower". In 1929, he starred in the martial arts movie burning Jiulongshan directed by Zhu qianju; in the same year, he co starred with Zheng Jiduo in the love movie lust treasure mirror, playing a girl in secret love with the painter; then, he co starred with Zheng Jiduo in the martial arts movie great destruction of Jiulongshan; in addition, he also starred in the plot movie Lonely Hong after robbery, which was edited and directed by Li Pingqian.

In 1930, he co starred with Liu Jiqun in the short comedy "suicide contract"; in the same year, he co starred with Jin Yan and Liu Jiqun in the romantic film "wild grass and flowers", in which she played Lilian, a flower girl who was exiled from the disaster area to Shanghai; in addition, he co starred with Wang Ruilin and Lin ChuChu in the romantic film "spring dream of the old capital", in which she played Yan, a famous geisha.

In 1931, he co starred with Jin Yan in the love movie peach blossom weeping for blood, in which he played Lin Gu, the graceful poor village girl; in the same year, he starred in the love movie love and obligation adapted from Hua Luochen's novel of the same name; then, he co starred with Jin Yan and Gao Zhanfei in the love movie yijianmei; in addition, he co starred with ye JUANJUAN in the love movie yutangchun. In 1932, Chen Yanyan and Jin Yan co starred in the plot movie "spring dream of the old capital".

In 1933, she co starred with Li Lili and Yuan congmei in the plot movie "trinkets", in which she played sister-in-law ye who made a living by making small toys; in the same year, she co starred with Jin Yan in the plot movie "city night", in which she played a poor man who worked as a female worker in a cotton mill; in addition, she co starred with Chen Yanyan and Jin Yan in the plot movie "three modern women", in which she actively participated in the film Zhou Shuzhen, the laboring masses fighting for survival and freedom.

In 1934, he co starred with Li Keng in the plot film goddess, in which he played a prostitute who sold her body to live and raise her son; in the same year, he co starred with Zheng Junli in the plot film new woman, in which he played Wei Ming, an intellectual woman who suffered from marriage failure; then, he co starred with Lin ChuChu and Li Keng in the plot film life; in addition, he also co starred with Gao Zhanfei and Li Keng He co starred in the plot movie "fragrant snow sea", in which he played a virtuous and beautiful girl.

In 1935, she co starred with Li Lili in the plot movie Guofeng, in which she played Zhang Lan, a powerful woman who could keep herself clean in the strange and colorful life of Shanghai. In 1938, he co starred with Xuan Jinglin in the plot movie "dance palace blood tears". In 2005, Ruan Lingyu was selected by the 14th Golden Rooster Baihua Film Festival as one of the 100 most outstanding film actors in China's 100 year film history.

Personal life

family

Ruan Lingyu's father, Ruan Yongrong, was a worker at the Asia oil store in Pudong, Shanghai. In 1916, when Ruan Lingyu was 6 years old, Ruan Yongrong died of tuberculosis due to chronic labor. She also adopted an abandoned girl named Zhang miaorong and Xiao Yu.

feeling

In 1917, Ruan Lingyu worked as a maid in a large family in Shanghai. She first met Zhang Damin, who was six years older than her. At the end of 1925, Ruan Lingyu, a sophomore in Chongde girls' school, began to live with Zhang Damin in hongqingfang. With Zhang Damin, Ruan Lingyu has almost no freedom of her own except for some living expenses and Zhang Damin's sweet words. In 1926, Ruan Lingyu began to take the road of acting. Because Zhang Damin didn't have any survival skills, he began to blackmail Ruan Lingyu, who was slowly emerging.

In 1932, when the Anti Japanese war broke out in Songhu on January 28, Ruan Lingyu went to Hong Kong to escape the war and met Tang Jishan, a wealthy tea merchant, in a social occasion. Later, when Ruan Lingyu returned to Shanghai, she left Zhang Damin and moved to a three story small western style house that Tang Jishan bought on Xinzha Road, where she began to live with him. Later, Zhang Damin blackmailed Ruan Lingyu and Tang Jishan and took them to court together. Then, Ruan Lingyu discovers that Tang Jishan has a new girlfriend, Liang saizhen. From then on, Tang Jishan began to beat and scold Ruan Lingyu.

In 1934, when he appeared in the film new woman, his relationship with Director Cai Chusheng gradually approached. Later, Cai Chusheng, who had an original wife in the countryside, did not choose to be with Ruan Lingyu because he was worried about his family and reputation.

Death

On March 8, 1935, Ruan Lingyu wrote two suicide letters and took three bottles of 30 sleeping pills to commit suicide in the house of Qinyuan village, Xinzha Road, Shanghai. At 6:38 p.m. on March 8, 1935, Ruan Lingyu passed away because she missed the best rescue time. She was only 25 years old. On March 14, Ruan Lingyu's coffin was moved from Shanghai Wanguo funeral home to Lianyi villa cemetery in Zhabei. At 1:10 p.m., 12 film experts, including Jin Yan, Sun Yu, Fei Mu, Zheng Junli, Wu Yonggang, Cai Chusheng and Li Minwei, carried the coffin onto the hearse.

Take part in the film

Character evaluation

Ruan Lingyu's appearance is dignified, elegant and refined, with exquisite acting skills and rigorous performance attitude. In the movie goddess, Ruan Lingyu portrays the tragic female image of sister-in-law, which impresses the audience deeply (Netease Entertainment, Journal of Shanxi Radio and Television University).

Ruan Lingyu has a broad vision and is keen on watching films from different countries. Her expression in the film focuses on a pair of extraordinary eyes, which have a certain mysterious meaning and strong temptation. In her later works, she is also good at catching this kind of eyes. In the process of film shooting, Ruan Lingyu acted very naturally and switched on and off freely. At the same time, in the process of artistic creation, she is different from the film named husband and wife, which only depends on her own direct feelings to perform, but a process from sensibility to rationality. In the film performance, Ruan Lingyu has outstanding artistic talent, and more importantly, her efforts after tomorrow. In addition, Ruan Lingyu is also good at pursuing the innovation of film art, and has a persistent spirit of innovation (Lantai world review).

Commemoration of later generations

On March 20, 1985, the China Film Association and the China Film Art Research Center held an academic seminar to commemorate the 50th anniversary of Ruan Lingyu's death in Beijing. From October 22 to 24, 2010, to commemorate the 100th anniversary of Ruan Lingyu's birth, Qin Yi held the "first Shanghai silent film exhibition" in Shanghai Film City.

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