'Four great beauties of Saigon' in the 60-70s: Life has many ups and downs with different turns

It is said that if you have a red face, you will have a bad fate. Maybe it's never been wrong. Saigon in the 1960s and 1970s had four beauties whose talent and beauty extended beyond the borders of Vietnam. The public calls them the four great beauties.

Four great beauties of Saigon in the 60s and 70s of the last century, including Tham Thuy Hang, Kieu Chinh, Kim Cuong and Thanh Nga; Their life has many ups and downs with different turns.

Tham Thuy Hang

Tham Thuy Hang was born in Hai Phong and grew up in An Giang. At the age of 16, she entered a movie actor audition and won the top prize. In 1958, at the age of 18, Tham Thuy Hang started her professional acting career, but her first film, Binh Duong Beauty, immediately brought her to stardom. Since then, she has been constantly invited to act in films and every film is successful, the salary for each film is a pound of gold.

Tham Thuy Hang is called the ultimate beauty of Saigon in the 1960s - 1970s. She has a charming beauty that is both classic and modern, both elegant, natural, and gentle. Every time I look back at the series of young pictures of Tham Thuy Hang, later generations of beauties have to admire. Her beauty and talent helped her receive movie invitations from producers from the US, Thailand, Hong Kong, Japan, Taiwan...

Talking about Tham Thuy Hang, musician Ngoc Son once praised her beauty and talent in an interview with Tien Phong: "I have never seen anyone more beautiful than Tham Thuy Hang. She is very gentle, kind to everyone. Although she is a famous Asian movie star, she is very modest and very decent. She is very cute, once you meet her, you will love her. , do not rely on".

Standing on the peak of money and fame, but Tham Thuy Hang's private life is quite tragic.

At the age of 19, Tham Thuy Hang got married according to the family's arrangement without love. This marriage broke up after 5 years, making Tham Thuy Hang a single mother. Sharing with the media, the actress admitted that because of her busy acting work, she had no time to take care of her children and always felt tormented.

In 1970, Tham Thuy Hang boarded a flower car for the second time with a man of great status in society. In 2003, Tham Thuy Hang's second husband passed away. Tham Thuy Hang and her husband have 4 children together. In addition, many sources said that Tham Thuy Hang once publicly told a few newspapers in 2011 that she had an abandoned daughter when she was at the peak of glory. This daughter was named Nguyen Thuy Thi Hang by her to mark that glorious period. However, due to circumstances, she sent her child to a family she was used to raising. After 1975, this family went to America and Tham Thuy Hang's daughter also followed her adoptive parents from that time.

Also since the role of Phon Y in the play "Thunder Dance" on the theater stage of the Diamond troupe, Meritorious Artist Tham Thuy Hang officially retired from the stage, screen and art activities.

In the late afternoon, artist Tham Thuy Hang has undergone many large and small plastic surgeries to keep her youth by many methods. Many fans of Tham Thuy Hang said that her tragedy was the consequences of plastic surgery, her face was deformed and difficult to recognize.

On the night of September 6, 2022, Tham Thuy Hang died at her home in Ho Chi Minh City, at the age of 82.

Diamond

People's Artist Kim Cuong is known as the "wonder woman" of the Southern theater stage. She not only attracts the audience by her outstanding acting talent but also possesses rare beauty. The female artist has a bold Asian beauty, famous for her curly hair, elegant lady-like curls, a coconut nose bridge and a bright smile that is easy to create sympathy for the opposite person.

In addition to her acting talent, Kim Cuong is also a playwright, having composed many plays under the pseudonym Hoang Dung. She holds the record of being the most spoken scriptwriter in Vietnam today.

Artist Kim Cuong is considered to be the one who paved the way for Saigon drama after 1975. She studied in Bulgaria as a director.

Having a resounding career, People's Artist Kim Cuong is not lucky in love affairs. She experienced many marriage breakdowns. In return, the female artist has a talented son and is very filial to his mother.

Currently, the female period has a happy and peaceful life with her children and grandchildren. She is also one of the artists who is very active in philanthropy.

At the age of 80, People's Artist Kim Cuong still maintains a beautiful and kind beauty. She has always maintained the habit of makeup, manicure, well-dressed and characteristic curly hair over the years.

Thanh Nga

Thanh Nga is the most famous Cai Luong artist in Saigon in the 60s and 70s of the last century. Her name is associated with many classic plays such as The Wife Never Married, Silk Weaving Bridge, Me Linh Drum... Not only possessing a wonderful voice, Thanh Nga also captivates the audience by perfect beauty. The female artist has an oval face, sad eyes and long smooth hair.

In the reformed world, Thanh Nga has the largest number of fans. Rarely do female artists receive as much love as she does. Thanks to her, the performances of the Thanh Minh - Thanh Nga troupe at Hung Dao theater are always full and there is no room left. At the end of the show, there is always a crowd outside the theater waiting to see Thanh Nga's face.

Hong Nhan's fate, Thanh Nga died suddenly at the age of 36. Her husband and wife were shot in the shocking assassination of Saigon on November 26, 1978. That night, they and their son Ha Linh and their own bodyguard had just parked their car in front of the house when two strangers appeared. They used pistols to control the bodyguard and her husband with the intention of kidnapping Ha Linh. Thanh Nga decided to hide her son behind her back and lay on top of her to save her life. Not achieving the goal, two strangers shot and killed the Thanh Nga couple and then got in the car to escape.

Until now, when it comes to Cai Luong stars, the Saigon public always mentions Meritorious Artist Thanh Nga, the most talented female artist in the Southern theater industry.

redress

Kieu Chinh is one of the most famous movie actresses in the South before 1975. She has participated in several Hollywood films. Also because of his exposure to Western culture, Kieu Chinh has a very modern and liberal style. Appearing in rare color frames, the actress always attracts all eyes with her salty beauty.

She possesses sharp lines and eyes that speak magic. Her beauty and ingenuity in acting have helped her build a huge film fortune of up to 100 works.

In 1975, Kieu Chinh went abroad to settle down and still maintain artistic activities. In recent years, she has returned home from time to time and built many scholarship funds to help poor children.

Kieu Chinh is the first Vietnamese actor to achieve significant success in Hollywood and is by far the best performer in the world's film capital.

NSND Kim Cương hé lộ bí mật động trời về mối quan hệ "chị chị em em" với Thẩm Thúy Hằng Hoàng Phúc12:34:13 12/04/2022Mới đây, trong 1 bài phỏng vấn, nữ nghệ sĩ tài danh tiết lộ về mối quan hệ với đồng nghiệp Thẩm Thúy Hằng. Nghệ sĩ Kim Cương là con nhà nòi sân khấu, là người dựng nên sân khấu kịch Kim Cương với bộ máy nhân sự lên tới 70 gia đình...