Meritorious Artist Phuong Thanh: Awarded posthumous title after death, plays all villains, in real life is a good wife

Suddenly passing away, Meritorious Artist Phuong Thanh not only left a shocking loss to her friends and colleagues of the same generation, but also the young actors who worked with her...

Who is artist Phuong Thanh?

Artist Phuong Thanh was born in 1956 in Phu Tho, graduated from the 2nd course of Vietnam Cinema School in the same class as famous artists such as: Dieu Thuan, Thanh Quy, Nhu Quynh.

Artist Phuong Thanh is considered one of the northern small screen beauties of the 70s and 80s as she possesses a round, kind face, speaking eyes and a bright, radiant smile.

During her more than 30-year career with cinema, Phuong Thanh has participated in about 50 movies and about 100 television episodes.

Starting off with the role of Thoa in the movie Adopted Child (1977), followed by roles in the movies Raining on the City, Children, The Last Sin, Who's Angry, Who Loves, People Met, Returning to Sam Sao, A love will come, Celebrating the moon hills, Halfway through spring...

Phuong Thanh is one of the prominent actors in Northern cinema in the 80s. When mentioning Phuong Thanh, movie lovers remember the role of "crocodile" Hien in the film The Last Sin by director Tran Phuong. This is also her most famous and lifelong role.

When talking about Phuong Thanh with this role, many people still say that this is the female villain with a "terrifyingly charming" appearance because of her captivating, wild, reckless, flirtatious and very affectionate eyes.

This role also brought the female artist the Golden Lotus Award for Best Actress at the 5th Vietnam Film Festival in 1979. To play the female robber Hien "Crocodile", artist Phuong Thanh had to entered Long Thanh - Dong Nai prison to eat and sleep with female criminals to grasp their psychology and emotions.

However, the role that Phuong Thanh mentioned the most and loved the most is the role of Kieu Oanh in the movie Moon Hill Memories. Because, the days of filming this movie blossomed her love affair with co-star Nguyen Anh Dung (former Director of the Vietnam Drama Theater).

The film is set in the Quang Ninh mining industrial area during the years of reform. Phuong Thanh plays the role of bright, dreamy worker Kieu Oanh, Anh Dung plays Le Quang Hoa - an excavator worker with an artistic spirit, likes to play guitar, compose...

In the movie, the romantic kiss scene on the moon hill of the two main characters was played very realistically by the two artists. Remembering this scene, the late artist Phuong Thanh once shared that they actually kissed, not because they were acting for effect, but because the emotions made them forget that they were acting. By the time the director gave permission to stop, they still hadn't let go of each other.

Although they knew each other before, it wasn't until this movie that Anh Dung and Phuong Thanh fell in love and decided to tie their lives together.

The two became husband and wife when Phuong Thanh turned 30 years old. After this role, the female artist rarely appeared on screen to focus on her role as a wife and mother, supporting her husband's career. Artist Phuong Thanh's last role was the role of a mother in the television series Wedding Season directed by Do Minh Tuan.

For her contributions to the country's cinema, artist Phuong Thanh was awarded the title of Meritorious Artist by the State. The female artist had a history of high blood pressure and passed away in 2009 after a stroke. Phuong Thanh's funeral had thousands of mourners and mourners.

After the funeral, the entire class of actors from the second course of Vietnam Cinema School (now Hanoi University of Theater and Cinema) signed a petition requesting the posthumous title of People's Artist to be awarded to artist Phuong Thanh.

In 2011, Meritorious Artist Phuong Thanh was posthumously awarded the title of People's Artist by the State and is one of the few Vietnamese artists named in the Encyclopedia of Soviet Cinema.

Meritorious Artist Phuong Thanh's husband was sad when his wife passed away

In the early days after his wife passed away, Meritorious Artist Anh Dung said he could hardly sleep because he was always faced with sadness, everywhere was the image of his deceased wife. If it weren't for his daughter who was at college entrance exam age and needed to be taken care of, I don't know if he would have lived.

Too sad, Mr. Dung decided to sell the house his family was living in near Bach Dang wharf because it contained too many memories. He hardly kept any old furniture, perhaps just his wife's souvenirs. He placed them on the 4th floor, creating a memorial space for People's Artist Phuong Thanh.

The death of his wife came as a big shock to artist Anh Dung. Before the pain of losing his wife could subside, 19 days later, artist Anh Dung's mother also passed away. The two pains piled up in a short time, causing him to almost completely collapse. Along with the mild stroke, his memory decreased.

Meritorious Artist Anh Dung almost abandoned his job. He once confided that he didn't want to do anything anymore, because as long as he thought, there was no point in doing anything. To him, fame and status no longer mean anything. He spends his free time writing film scripts and stage scripts. Sometimes I go make movies.

A history of stroke combined with diabetes and a melancholy life since his wife's death caused Meritorious Artist Anh Dung's health to soon deteriorate, leading to a second very serious stroke in mid-March. /2015...

Finally, he breathed his last at 4:00 p.m. on April 30, 2015, after a long period of deep coma, leaving his relatives, friends and colleagues in mourning.

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