Tham Thuy Hang: Star of the silver screen "Marilyn Monroe Vietnam", a tragedy at the end of her life because of her disfigured beauty

The life of a "silver screen star" Tham Thuy Hang - a woman "colorful in the sky" has an illustrious artistic career but ends with a cruel fate, a lonely life, a deformed face when Getting old makes many people feel sad.

Tham Thuy Hang's real name is Nguyen Kim Phung, born in 1940 in Hai Phong. Just turned one year old, Tham Thuy Hang had to follow her father back to the South and grew up in the countryside of An Giang with water. Tham Thuy Hang has the sweet beauty of a Western girl plus the sharpness of the North.

At the age of 16, Tham Thuy Hang was already a famous beauty among students in Saigon. Knowing the advantage of her own appearance, she hid from her family to participate in an actor recruitment contest organized by My Van film company and surpassed more than 2,000 other contestants, winning the first prize.

Tham Thuy Hang is known as one of the four great beauties of Saigon before 1975. She is famous for her brilliant beauty and outstanding acting talent that no other actress has. Even the name of Tham Thuy Hang at the peak of her life also resonated with many countries in Asia such as Japan, Thailand, Hong Kong...

Tham Thuy Hang rose to prominence as a movie star thanks to her role as Tam Nuong in the 1958 film Beauty of Binh Duong, a movie of My Van studio directed by artist Nam Chau. The role was so impressive that the name "Beauty of Binh Duong" became Tham Thuy Hang's own brand, closely associated with her career.

Many people also think that if America has Marilyn Monroe, Vietnam has Tham Thuy Hang. That statement was not an exaggeration, because in the Vietnamese cinema at that time, there was no actress as famous and possessing such great beauty as Tham Thuy Hang.

She owns plump lips, big sweet deep eyes, seductive dark eyebrows and hot body curves. The full beauty, full of vitality of Tham Thuy Hang was considered the standard at that time. Many people buy her calendar photos to hang in their homes to see the female star every day.

Becoming a shining star in the movie industry, Tham Thuy Hang is receiving more and more invitations to star in many famous movies. At that time, she also topped the list of high-paid stars, with 1 million dong for a role, equivalent to 1 kg of 9999 gold today.

Not only being successful in the film industry, Tham Thuy Hang is also famous in the field of theater, plays, new music and cai luong acting. Tham Thuy Hang once performed very successfully the song "Two trains at night" by Truc Phuong and "Missing love" by Thanh Binh. In addition, the theater group Tham Thuy Hang was at that time ranked in the "top ten" of the famous theater groups, and the actress was ranked in the list of 12 bright actors of the Southern theater.

In addition to the title of Head of the Drama Department, Tham Thuy Hang also participated in writing scripts and starred in works such as "Long River", "Dance in the Shadows", "Old Mother", "Porcelain Eyes", ", "Love Stream", "Drift Waves"...

At the peak of her career, she even received many prestigious awards for her dedication to the film industry such as: Twice won the Asian Best Actor Award at the Taipei Film Festival. , Photo of Asia at the Asian Film Festival held in Hong Kong and Taiwan in 1972 - 1974, The most beautiful actress at the Moscow and Tasken Film Festivals in the Soviet Union in 1982,...

In addition, she also resonated with Chuc Nu in the movie Nguu Lang Chuc Nu , also produced by My Van film studio, and directed by People's Artist Nam Chau. In 1969, Tham Thuy Hang set up her own film studio named after herself as Tham Thuy Hang film studio (the predecessor of the later Vilifilms studio). She was also comparable to many foreign actors at that time.

Tham Thuy Hang's last role was the role of Phon Yi in the play "Lei Vu" by the Kim Cuong troupe. She was awarded the title of Distinguished Artist by the state in 1984 to recognize her contributions to the field of art in general after 1975 such as: For future love, Pair of earrings, White myrtle flower, ...

Regarding private life, from the age of 19, Tham Thuy Hang had to get married according to the family's arrangement. This marriage quickly broke up after 5 years, leaving her to be a single mother. In 1970, Tham Thuy Hang boarded a flower car for the second time with a man with a great position in society, Professor Dr. Nguyen Xuan Oanh.

Mr. Nguyen Xuan Oanh served as Deputy Prime Minister cum Governor of the Bank of the former regime, then Acting Prime Minister for 2 years: 1964 - 1965. After 1975, he worked as an economic advisor to General Secretary Nguyen for a period of time. Van Linh and Prime Minister Vo Van Kiet.

It is widely recognized that Mr. Nguyen Xuan Oanh (20 years older than Tham Thuy Hang) has greatly influenced her name, life and career through two eventful periods of history. Therefore, talking about Tham Thuy Hang without mentioning Mr. Nguyen Xuan Oanh is a mistake. In 2003, Mr. Nguyen Xuan Oanh died of heart disease, leaving her alone.

The biggest tragedy of Tham Thuy Hang is the consequences of plastic surgery, causing the face to be deformed. Many people think that it is a consequence of being passionate about aesthetics to keep youth. Many rumors suggest that she has undergone many large and small surgeries and uses regular botox injections to combat the ravages of chemicals in her body. But what was beautiful and splendid before was discarded, her face deformed day by day. But according to another source, Tham Thuy Hang had a serious accident, so she had to undergo facial surgery.

Contrary to the reputation at that time, now at the age of a gentle grandmother, the beautiful beauty almost disappeared from the art industry and the eyes of fans. People only remember a beautiful, charming Tham Thuy Hang on stage.

From a wonderful beauty, now having to wear a deformed face, is an excruciating pain for Tham Thuy Hang. She closed all the doors of communication with the outside world, just hanging around in the house to recite the Buddha's name. On September 7, 2022, the news that artist Tham Thuy Hang passed away made many people extremely pitiful and regretful.

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