You min

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Character experience

Early experience

You min was born in Hong Kong on August 19, 1936, and studied at Shengxin middle school in Macao. Because of her parents' busy performance, you min was fostered at her grandmother's home in Macao when she was young. At the age of nine, she appeared on the stage with her father in the Cantonese Opera biography of Huang Feihu, playing a child role. This has laid a solid foundation for her acting on the screen in the future.

In 1951, 16-year-old you min returned to Hong Kong from Macao for a holiday. Shao's company held a "Southern Film Festival" in Nanyang film studio. Bai Yutang asked his daughter to attend for him because he was busy acting. At that time, Shao company was eager for new people, and found that you min's beautiful appearance was very suitable for acting, so they asked her to audition. As a result, he was selected as soon as he tried.

New to film

In 1952, when she was still a sophomore at Shengxin middle school in Macao, Shao Cunren, the director of Shao's father and son Co., Ltd., saw a picture of you min hanging in the living room at the Bi's home. He thought she was a talent, so he made her into the film world. It is said that you min wrote his favorite surname and first name on white paper, then kneaded them one by one into a paper ball, and then drew them out at will, so he got the word "You Min". In the same year, you min starred in her first film "the lady of spring", but the film was not released.

After that, she made more than 20 films for Shao, such as "remnant life", "birds in the same forest", "match between dragon and phoenix" and "red powder battle".

In 1954, she co starred with Zhao Lei in the movie "love between man and ghost". This is the first time you min tried to dress up in ancient costume. In the film, she plays a beautiful and ill fated female ghost. The film won the award of "the most beautiful film" in Southeast Asia Film Festival, and the name of Youmin began to attract people's attention. Since then, she has successively made films such as "tomorrow", "remnant", "black glove", "good daughter" and so on, and began to establish her own position in the film world. You min made more than 20 films in Shao's period, most of which played the image of a weak woman with a small family. In Danfeng street, directed by director Li Hanxiang, she plays a bullyed little singer along the Qinhuai River. In "after dusk", she plays a fateful little girl worker.

Join Dianmao

In July 1958, you min transferred to the International Film Industry Co., Ltd. and starred in the film "love affair of the jade girl", in which she played the sensitive character Li Peiying, and won the best actress award at the Sixth Asian Film Festival for her role.

In 1960, you min starred in the film "happy family" directed by Wang Tianlin, in which she played Du Huifang, a small staff member with a heavy burden of life. You min won the best actress award in the 7th Asian Film Festival for this film.

In 1961, you min, Glenn and Ye Feng co starred in the movie stars, moon and sun. Directed by Yi Wen, you min plays Zhu LAN, a poor and sickly woman. She won the best actress award of the first Golden Horse Award for her performance in the film. You min is among the top ten stars in the Asahi Shimbun election.

In 1962, she was the heroine of the color film Hong Kong night. When the film was released in Tokyo, it broke all the local and foreign box office records of the same period. As a result, you min became the most popular foreign female star in Japan, and even won the title of Pearl of Hong Kong by the Japanese press. On March 29, the plot film "lotus in the fire" starred by you min was released, in which she acted as the heroine Chen Yulian.

In 1963, directed by Wang Tianlin and written by Zhang Ailing, she played the role of Wang Jinghui, a woman with a rough fate in the film little children.

In April 1964, you min announced that she would quit the film industry after making the film "deep palace resentment".

In June 1975, you min became the judge of the 3rd Miss Hong Kong election. In October 1981, you min was the guest of the best actor award of the 18th Taiwan Golden Horse Film Awards.

Personal life

family

You min was born in a family of opera. Her father is Bai Yutang, a famous Cantonese Opera actor.

feeling

In April 1964, after shooting the film "deep palace resentment", you min married Mr. Gao Fuqiu, a wealthy businessman from Hong Kong and Macao, in London, and then announced that he had quit the film industry. You min lives a comfortable life after marriage and often travels around the world.

Death

On December 29, 1996, you min died of heart failure. He was 60 years old.

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Character evaluation

You min, with her excellent acting skills and elegant temperament, has made Chinese movies a great surprise to the world film world for the first time. (Qilu online review)

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