"Queen" Mong Tuyen: 3 times by boat, U80 still divorced because her husband went back and forth with close friends, now lives alone

Artist Mong Tuyen, whose real name is Huynh Thi Kim Loan, was chosen by readers, audiences and prestigious journalists for the backstage photo of the White Black daily. She had great success on stage and screen before 1975, but after half a life, she still could not find her true happiness.

Enter the profession to "padded people, wear high shoes"

Born in 1947 in Can Tho, Kim Loan participated in singing from a very young age, up to now, it has been more than 60 years of eating art. At the age of 11, Kim Loan studied ancient music under the tutelage of music teacher Ba Co. Kim Loan considers Ba Cu and his wife as his adoptive parents. Little girl Kim Loan and her teacher roamed the streets of her hometown, Can Tho, Vinh Long while learning a trade while singing to earn money to send home to help her family.

In 1961, Kim Loan joined the Hoa Sen delegation in Saigon under the manager Bay Cao. When she was young, her feet were more than an inch high, her breasts were padded with foam to look like a young girl, and she practiced observing seniors like Dieu Hien, Anh Hong to transform into a few adults, Kim Loan acted perfectly. Huyen in the play The market house on a rainy night - the role that brought Kim Loan to the stage light in the city. In 1962, Kim Loan joined the Phuong Nam troupe and succeeded when playing Xuan Hoa in the East drama about the loss of flowers and Phuong Loan in the play Half a life of injustice.

Under the guidance of composer Nguyen Phuong, pregnant woman Tho invited Kim Loan to join the Thanh Minh - Thanh Nga troupe to perform with Thanh Nga, Ngoc Giau, Bich Son... in 1963. Beside a talented Thanh Nga. beauty, a good singer Ngoc Giau, good acting, Kim Loan still shines and has her own place.

Talent does not wait for age

When the pregnant woman Tho ordered the production of the play Phu Tu Toc Tu, the role of dancer Thu Lan was assigned to the female artist Ngoc Giau, but because of personal disagreements, Ngoc Giau did not accept the role and left the group, the pregnant woman Tho gave the role to the female artist. Kim Loan. Thanks to her excellent performance when playing Thu Lan in this play, Kim Loan was awarded the Gold Medal of Thanh Tam Award 1963, the same year as Bach Tuyet, Truong Anh Loan, Tan Tai, Thanh Tu, Diep Lang . During the period in the Thanh Minh - Thanh Nga troupe, Mong Tuyen and Tham Thuy Hang shared the role of dancer Cam Le in the play Shadow of the toothpick with Thanh Duoc, Thanh Tu, Ngoc Nur...

Audiences who love Cai Luong have also seen Thanh Nga and Mong Tuyen together perform the role of Duong Quy Phi in the play An Loc Son, the daughter in the play Mother - Wonder of the Universe on the stage of the National Singing Company. 1974...

Black and white screen queen

On television, in the groups Bich Thuan, Mong Tuyen, Kieu Mai Ly, Thanh Minh... Mong Tuyen also succeeds in many different roles. She also founded the drama group Mong Tuyen. At the end of 1966, Kim Loan began to be invited by many directors to act in movies, at this time a new singer named Kim Loan was emerging, so Kim Loan changed her stage name to Mong Tuyen. Since changing her stage name, her talent and career have entered a golden and peak period.

After the death of female artist Thanh Nga, Mong Tuyen flashed again when she replaced almost all the roles of Thanh Nga. With the role of Van in the play Dark and Light (a successful role of the late artist Thanh Nga), Mong Tuyen won the Gold Medal of the National Theater Festival in Hai Phong. About Tran Huu Trang troupe, Mong Tuyen transformed into Kieu Nguyet Nga in an impressive play of the same name alongside Ngoc Giau as Luc Van Tien.

"Four great beauties" of the movie village

Along with female stars Tham Thuy Hang, Thanh Nga, Kieu Chinh... Mong Tuyen is considered the representative of "Saigon beauty". Appearing for the first time on the silver screen through the action movie 11:30 by director Le Hoang Hoa, the fresh beauty of Mong Tuyen has made a special impression. In 1970, Mong Tuyen took part in the role of Loan in the movie Purple Horizon produced by Lien Anh, with a budget of 7 million dong. The film won three gold awards in literature and art before 1975 and earned nearly 50 million VND in revenue.

In 1971, Mong Tuyen with La Thoai Tan, Huy Cuong, and Thanh Lan appeared in Ganh Hang Hoa by director Le Mong Hoang. This is one of the best widescreen color films, images and quality in the South at that time. This is a movie that scored lipstick for Mong Tuyen in the film industry. Director Le Hoang Hoa, who invited Mong Tuyen to participate in the first movie commented: "Mong Tuyen's pure beauty is a fresh breeze, a small poetic stream for the Saigon screen". After 1976, Mong Tuyen participated in the first TV series of Ho Chi Minh City - Co Nhip. Many viewers after liberation still remember the special role of Mong Tuyen, engineer Tuyet Anh, in the film New Page of Director Le Dan in 1979. It was an important step forward, the integration with artistic life. of Mong Tuyen after the country was completely reunified.

In September 1988, Mong Tuyen settled in France and then moved to live with her husband in Australia. She is mainly at home doing housework, when sad, she goes to her brother's fruit shop to help or sing at activities of overseas Vietnamese. Returning to Vietnam, Mong Tuyen participated in the movie I am a star, released the CD Remembering the rain forever, performed the liveshow Returning to the homeland, which was very popular with the audience.

3 times marriage breakdown

People often say "red face and fate", Mong Tuyen - a talented female artist, but her married life has experienced many ups and downs is proof of that statement. "Tuyen has 3 husbands, which I consider to be my own fault. When we get married, everyone wishes to live a long life together until their teeth are white, and I also want the same ..." - she expressed.

According to the story, the first husband pursued her when she went to sing in Nha Trang: "Every day when I sang, he sat there, right there. He proposed marriage and my father agreed, but the marriage ended because He went to work in many places and left home at night for a period of time, which was against the husband and wife's religion, so I decided to break up."

In 1984, Mong Tuyen had a chance to meet her second husband during a singing session. She recalls: "He was a gentle and virtuous person who loved me very much but in the end still could not go together for the rest of his life because of his hot temper. Between him and my brother, there were many frictions and couldn't be together. solved it, I was awkward myself and we broke up."

I thought happiness came late, but the third marriage was also incomplete when she discovered that her husband was unfaithful when going back and forth with her friends. "I personally don't want a divorce at an adult age because it's awkward, but he wanted it so we broke up," she said.

Marriage going through many difficulties does not make the female artist lose faith, on the contrary, she always considers everything a joy and a driving force in life.

Currently, female artist U80 lives alone in Vietnam, always upholding mental health, practicing yoga and willing to do many useful things to contribute to society. The female artist said: "Being single but not lonely is better than living two people and still feeling lonely".

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