Thanh Nga and the tragedy of "the stage queen" shook the village of Cai Luong

The assassination of the whole family of Meritorious Artist Thanh Nga once shocked the whole country. Up to now, 42 years have passed, but when recalling the tragic murder of the couple of Meritorious Artist Thanh Nga every day, many people still shudder.

Meritorious Artist Thanh Nga was once the "queen" of the Southern reformed stage in the 70s of the 20th century. But a horrible assassination attempt in 1978 forever robbed the "queen" of the arts. This.

"Queen" of the Cai Luong stage

Meritorious Artist Thanh Nga was born in 1942 in a wealthy family, her mother, Mrs. Nguyen Thi Tho, also known as "Bau Tho", was the leader of the famous Thanh Minh Thanh Nga singing troupe for a while. At the age of 8, Thanh Nga shone on the stage with the role of Nghi Xuan in the reformed play Pham Cong Cuc Hoa.

The reformed career of Meritorious Artist Thanh Nga can be compared to a road lined with roses. She grew up under the limelight and the acclaim of a large audience who loved cai luong. In 1958, 16-year-old Thanh Nga brought home the extremely prestigious Thanh Tam Prospect Award because she was favored by her mother to go on the official stage for the first time with the role of Pha Ca in the play Wife who never married with beauty. bold Asian color, luxurious and noble. Industry insiders appreciate that Thanh Nga has a special voice and acting style. With her emotional voice, she captivated the audience by her transformation when she was elegant, when she was tormented, and sometimes when she was sad but very sincere. Since then, the fan community began to pay attention to the name Thanh Nga.

Gradually, Thanh Nga realized her true passion for doing her job besides fame and the glamor of the limelight to continue to play roles in plays such as Smoke wave pepper, Trial of Bang Quy Phi, Phung Nghi Dinh... brought her name up like a kite in the wind.

With a beautiful appearance and a sweet voice, Thanh Nga was known as the "stage queen" or "cai luong legend" in the South in the 1960s-1970s. The female artist's name is associated with Cai Luong plays Me Linh drumming, Half life of incense, Queen Duong Van Nga ... or in the movies Loan velvet eyes, Highway without lights, After curfew , Lan and Diep...

Since 1969, Thanh Nga began to participate in movies outside of Cai Luong, she became one of the film actors representing the South to attend the Asian Film Festival in Taipei in 1971, the Best Actor award at the National Film Festival. The Asian Film Festival held in 1974 was also in Taipei (Taiwan) with the role of Hue girl in the movie Sunny Afternoon, the only female representative in the delegation to attend the 1969 Indian Film Festival.

A love story is a series of ups and downs

Meritorious Artist Thanh Nga is widely known as a beauty of Saigon, not only famous for her natural talent in the field of theater. She possesses a very special beauty with a delicate face, attractive eyes and a charming smile. Many people are passionate about Thanh Nga just because of this lovely and aristocratic feature.

However, that admiration brought a lot of trouble to Thanh Nga. There were many rich men who confessed to her by bringing many material things in front of her: diamond rings, comfortable furniture or even built her a new theater but were rejected by her. refused because he did not like the way of expressing his feelings with power and money.

Thanh Nga also did not return the love of artist Thanh Duoc after he broke up with artist Ut Bach Lan. In order to conquer Thanh Nga, he pursued and used his power in real life. At that time, many people also said that Thanh Duoc's beautiful marriage with artist Ut Bach Lan broke down because of the appearance of Thanh Nga.

But in the end, Thanh Nga decided to leave him to get married because when the two of them became predestined, Thanh Duoc was engrossed in chasing other beautiful silhouettes. Thought that it was just a joke of a jealous woman, Thanh Nga decided to break her heart, then quickly married an officer of the regime that day as a "revenge of love". Due to the lack of wedlock, the marriage quickly disintegrated despite the grand wedding ceremony.

In the love story, Thanh Nga's life is a series of ups and downs. Until she met and married Mr. Pham Duy Lan, it seemed that the true happy destination for her appeared. It could be said that it was a fateful love affair. During the tour with the Ministry of Information in France, Thanh Nga met Lawyer Pham Duy Lan. Before the beauty and gentleness of Thanh Nga, Mr. Lan was "struck by lightning". With great care and concern, Mr. Lan secretly expressed his love for Thanh Nga. Touched by Mr. Lan's sincerity, Thanh Nga agreed to be his wife after that trip.

The two have a son together, named Pham Duy Ha Linh. She loves her children very much, there is a maid in the house, but Thanh Nga always takes care of her son by herself, wherever she goes to perform, she takes her son with her.

The death of Meritorious Artist Thanh Nga has shocked the art village

I thought life was perfect, but in 1978, tragedy happened to the family of Meritorious Artist Thanh Nga. While returning from the show, the whole family of Meritorious Artist Thanh Nga was suddenly attacked by two strangers in front of the house, controlled with weapons to kidnap their son. In the car of Meritorious Artist Thanh Nga at that time, there were 4 people, Thanh Nga and his wife, a son and a family bodyguard.

After the two sides struggled fiercely, the stranger shot the Meritorious Artist Thanh Nga and her husband and ran away. When discovered, the body of the late artist was still wearing the costume of Empress Dowager Duong Van Nga in the ancient play of the same name that she had performed before. The 5-year-old son and the bodyguard survived.

The sudden departure of Meritorious Artist Thanh Nga at the age of 36 made the artists and the audience feel pity for her "talented and unlucky" fate. The funeral of Meritorious Artist Thanh Nga took place at his home, and many fans from all over the world flocked to Saigon to say goodbye to the ill-fated artist.

Not long after, the two perpetrators were also arrested and sentenced to death. These two people said that initially they only intended to kidnap the late artist's son to blackmail, but because she and her husband resisted fiercely, they attacked.

Currently, Thanh Nga's son has become a comedian, taking the name Ha Linh. He said that when his parents died, he lived with his grandmother but still couldn't help but feel sorry for himself. Sometimes he still dreams of family reunion. At such times, he often went to the grave of the late artist to burn incense and pray for peace.

Although he died at a relatively young age, what the late artist Thanh Nga devoted to art is undeniable. Up to now, the artistic achievements she left behind are considered invaluable legacy of the reformed art. The State also posthumously awarded the title of Meritorious Artist to Thanh Nga in 1984. Her name was also given to a street in Gia Hoa residential area, Phuoc Long B ward, district 9, HCMC in 2015.

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