People's Artist Thoai Mieu: From a poor childhood to "first and second peaches" is now criticized for selling online

People's Artist Thoai Mieu is an old name of the Vietnamese Cai Luong village. Before coming to the title "first and second peach", Thoai Mieu had a poor childhood. Recently, the image of Thoai Mieu selling online made many people surprised.

People's Artist Thoai Mieu, born in 1953, is a Vietnamese reformed artist. In the 80s and 90s, almost no one did not know about Thoai Mieu. Her roles from the screen and stage follow her real life. People forget her real name is Ngoc Hoa, also sometimes forget her stage name Thoai Mieu but only remember a Miss Ngoc Ha or Tuyet Mai in plays.

Cai Luong went downhill, the artist's life also contained many tears and bitter smiles. Thoai Mieu also went through tumultuous journeys, but in order to paint a picture of her life, it was very different from other names of the same time. Thoai Mieu admitted that, from the time she entered the profession until now, she had retired, her career and life were very smooth, sometimes it was as if the surface of the lake had never rippled.

Thoai Mieu comes from a large family with up to 12 children, of which 5 are male and 7 female. Artist Thoai Mieu is the 5th child in the family. When she was young, she was very fond of cai luong even though her family had no conditions, but when she saw that Thoai Mieu was gifted, Thoai Mieu's adoptive grandmother took her to study ca tai tu and cai luong at the muoi phu master.

In 1969, Thoai Mieu was admitted to the Saigon National School of Music and Drama, majoring in Cai Luong actors. After 3 years of training at a regular school, in 1971, she firmly performed everywhere with plays such as: "The Lord's Cruel Day", "The Durian tree blooms", "Confiding Ngoc Han". , "Many miles for her husband", "She has two berths"...

In 1985, artist Thoai Mieu won a gold medal for his role as Hong in the play "Doc Mist" by author Le Duy Hanh... It can be said that each role is different in different circumstances, to varying degrees. The success of each role is also different, but because of that, her name is engraved in the hearts of the audience.

In the career of People's Artist Thoai Mieu, notably the play "The durian tree blooms", she co-starred with People's Artist Le Thuy has become a classic. It is known that from the time they met until now, the friendship of two famous Vietnamese Cai Luong stars has lasted 45 years.

People's Artist Thoai Mieu shared about her friendship with her senior, she said: "I idolize artist Le Thuy very much. In 1976, I was fortunate to sing with her. Me and her were very close. When I had a problem difficulties and sadness is to find her to find a solution".

As for Le Thuy, she also said that she considers Thoai Mieu as a family member. "We're not real sisters, but we're closer than that. Thoai Mieu always comes to me to talk to me with all his heart," said People's Artist Le Thuy.

In particular, the intimacy of the two artists is not only present on stage but also in real life, they are also worried about each other. People's Artist Thoai Mieu recalled: "I lost my mother early, I only had three left, my sisters each have their own place. I only had Sister Thuy who was close, so when I got married, she took care of everything from booking. restaurant to check in".

"Even she took care of me when I gave birth to my first baby. She said when she gave birth, she would call her immediately without worrying about running the number. But at 12 o'clock at night, I went into labor. I called to report. I knew that she had just come back from singing. I just arrived at Tu Du hospital and saw that the couple just parked their car in front of the door. When I gave birth by cesarean section, Ms. Thuy also signed the papers on my behalf, waiting until "the mother is round and the child is square". just returned," she added.

After a while, the public was surprised to see People's Artists Thoai Mieu and Thoai My go to sell goods online, confiding about this, the veteran female artist was heartbroken because she was criticized for running out of online sales. People's Artist Thoai Mieu said that for more than half a year of the epidemic, female artists were almost stuck at home.

When the stage stopped working, Thoai Mieu and his sister - Meritorious Artist Thoai My started selling online. The two artists also performed art by singing alternately during the livestreams to attract the audience. Selling products to earn extra income while meeting and exchanging fans helps them have more joy during difficult times.

But the artist also met with mixed opinions, even disdain from some audiences. Thoai Mieu said that she and Thoai My once burst into tears on the livestream when they read the comment: "The artist is old enough to have to sell online".

"Many viewers told me that it was heartbreaking, selling livestreams is not the end of time. Because everyone has to live, also to survive to overcome this difficult time. We judge artists by their works, series. movies, but don't look at how they make a living," said Thoai Mieu.

Although she retired many years ago, she still misses her job. The female artist sometimes accepted to perform for Tran Huu Trang theater - where she attached to the role of leader and affiliated artist before retiring. If she is healthy enough, she will still enthusiastically participate in the cultural programs of the television station or the provincial charity.

According to Thoai Mieu, at this age, she sang because of love and meaning to the stage, not because of money. Seeing that many colleagues are still passionate about singing, but because of her health and circumstances, she can't continue, she can't help but relent. The female artist then conceived that the Patriarch still loved her voice and continued to dedicate her voice until she refused to accept leaving.

People's Artist Thoai Mieu said that her life was lucky because she had a good husband. Her husband is artist Phan Quoc Hung - former director of the Tran Huu Trang Cai Luong Theater. Lately married, Thoai Mieu and his partner have been together for more than 30 years until the day he passed away due to illness.

The two fell in love with the stage and built a home with 2 sons. During his lifetime, the male artist accompanied his wife in work and life. He often encouraged her to live optimistically, think positively and always think about her wife and children. A time when her husband died, Thoai Mieu was depressed and depressed because of the indescribable feeling of emptiness. Up to now, the pain of losing her partner has not subsided in her heart.

"I am fortunate to have a peaceful marriage, my husband loves me deeply. He left suddenly leaving me and the children. I believe that somewhere far away, he will feel his heart. proud, the love of his wife, children and grandchildren is always towards him. Now hanging around in the house, looking at things and places he often sits makes me nostalgic, "she said.

At the age of U70, People's Artist Thoai Mieu enjoys the joy of life. She wants to spend the last time of her life taking care of her children and grandchildren, every day offering incense to her deceased husband. For female artists, frivolous fame is now left behind the door. She also took refuge, living slowly after years of taking care of her family and serving the audience. The life of an artist in old age - sometimes just a moment of peace like that.