The late NS Mai Ngoc Can and the life story of the actor specializing in playing the most austere roles on the Vietnamese screen

The late artist Mai Ngoc Can is a familiar face to viewers of Vietnamese TV series, his name is associated with gentle and austere roles. In addition to acting, he worked as a lecturer, directly teaching People's Artist Khai Hung, Meritorious Artist Bui Thac Chuyen, Meritorious Artist Chieu Xuan...

Recently, the news that artist Mai Ngoc Can passed away at the age of 83 after a period of fighting with illness made many colleagues and viewers sad and regretful.

According to information from the late NS's family, the late actor Mai Ngoc Can died at 16:30 on November 2 at his home. The veteran actor's funeral will be held on November 5 at the funeral home of Thanh Nhan hospital, Hanoi. His casket was then taken to be cremated at the Universal Embodiment Station of Van Dien Cemetery.

Over 60 years in the profession, artist Mai Ngoc Can has participated in more than 80 large and small films. The legacy he left behind, even though it was only a supporting role, is still there... in the minds of the audience and many generations of artists who were his students is the image of a gentle and sincere artist Mai Ngoc Can. , as simple as the characters who went through his artistic life.

The life of artist Mai Ngoc Can

Originally from a miner, he then graduated from the first class, the actor class of the Vietnam Film School (currently Hanoi University of Theater and Cinema). Artist Mai Ngoc Can attended the first class of the school with artists such as Tra Giang, Lam Toi...

While studying at school, he played a number of supporting roles in films such as A Phu Couple, Ringed Bird... and then gradually got used to acting.

The late NS once shared that the time when he acted in the movie White Smoke (1973) was the day he went to the army for examination and entered the commando reconnaissance unit of the 350th division.

"At the end of 1963, when I was about to go to Laos, suddenly a car with blue sea appeared at the training ground. Receiving orders from the Captain of the Command to receive the task, I was startled, I did not know what was going on. As it turned out, the armed police came to invite me to act in the movie 'On the 17th parallel'. After finishing that film, I switched to the green military rank, not the red military rank as before,' the late NS Mai Ngoc Can once shared.

In 1968, NS Mai Ngoc Can was sent to attend an intermediate directing class in the country and when he was recruited to Russia to study directing, he took the exam and passed.

He went to Russia and studied preparatory studies at Lomonosov for a year, after that he took a major and transferred to the University of Theater, Music and Cinema.

In 1917 he returned home and worked at the High Command, then was 'called to make plays'.

In 1980, the University of Theater and Cinema was established, he switched from military to civilian and taught here.

In 1989, the late NS went to the Department of Performing Arts for 3 months, then went to Russia to protect after the university, then he returned to the Department of Work. In 2000, he officially retired and returned to his passion of acting.

The career journey of NS Mai Ngoc Can

Having revealed his passion for movies, the late NS Mai Ngoc Can said that he determined that going to the right movies was fun and he did not mind difficulties.

'I decided to go to the movies for fun. Children, do you remember that I invited you. Going to shoot here and there is considered a free travel, but the pay is how much. I went from morning to 2 o'clock at night and only got one million dong," the late NS Mai Ngoc Can once shared on Tri Online.

He was once considered a familiar face of Northern TV series, specializing in playing gentle and austere roles. Some films have left a deep impression on the audience such as: Earth and People, Candles in the Night, The Shadow, The Way of Life, The House...

Holding more than 80 TV series, the late NS Mai Ngoc Can is one of the veteran actors who have received the love of a large number of small screen audiences. In him, people see the simplicity, closeness and sincerity...

The last film that the late NS Mai Ngoc Can participated in was Marry or Fail, directed by People's Artist Khai Hung in 2018.

For the late NS Mai Ngoc Can, every film he participated in was an experience of a life and a role. He said he always found himself in that role.

Every time he participates in a film, NS Mai Ngoc Can has a habit of writing a very meticulous diary for decades, he writes in full details about the film as well as his feelings about the role. All letters in the diary are neatly aligned, if you need to remember, capital letters. That much is enough to see how enthusiastic he is with the acting career.

However, like the late NS Van Hiep, during more than half of his life devoted to art, the late NS Mai Ngoc Can did not keep any titles for himself. What he is most proud of is the warm and sincere affection of the audience.

The admirable marriage of NS Mai Ngoc Can

In addition to her film career, NS Mai Ngoc Can is also admired by many people for her love affair lasting more than half a century with his wife Cao Khang, who used to be a dancer - Ms. Tong Thi Thanh Son.

The two met in 1966 and in 1967 officially returned to the same house. The late NS once revealed that at that time, the two lived near each other in the army barracks and every time they wanted to meet, they had to get candy to ask "children to help deliver letters".

The late artist Mai Ngoc Can and artist Thanh Son had 3 children together - two boys and one girl.

In the rare time he shared with the media, he said he was assured of his children because his children were all grown up.

At the end of 2016, the couple made fans admire with a very romantic 50th wedding anniversary photos in Hanoi.

He always gives his wife respect because after all the hardships of life, she still gives him deep and sincere affection. It was her care that made him feel moved.

"Sand comes back to dust" or "At my age, I don't know when I'll be alive, I don't know when I'll die, I've gone to the altar a lot, 5 movies have been directed by my image to put on the altar "... are the shares of the late NS Mai Ngoc Can during his lifetime. It seems that for the veteran artist, any award or material is just vanity and only the love of the audience for him is precious.

A man who doesn't need any title, he considers himself an artist of the masses.

"Wherever I go, I always receive the eyes and smiles of the people dear to me, requests to take the same photo as a souvenir to show off to my loved ones, surprises while walking on the street. Called back by the lady selling the sidewalk cake, "hey, come here, go to the movies, when does the movie show, take it to eat to avoid hunger ...", these are the very simple happy things of the great grandmother. artist.

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