Beijing Film Studio was established on April 20, 1949, and its original name was Beiping Film Studio, but on October 1 of the same year, it was changed to its current name.
Since the establishment of the factory, Beijing Film Studio has cultivated a batch of artistic backbones, and the films and creative personnel have won awards at international and domestic film festivals many times.
The old actors to be introduced today have all been in Beijing Film Studio, and they have brought countless classic films to the audience with their superb acting skills. Now that these old actors have passed away, let's take a look at what kind of stories they have today!
Wu Suqin has been in the arts for more than 50 years and has served as the head of the actors troupe of Beijing Film Studio. The first film she participated in was "The Glorious Family" directed by Ling Zifeng, in which she played the role of the women's director, although she had no acting experience before, but this performance still left a deep impression on the audience.
She has participated in many films, such as "Southern Xinjiang Spring Morning", "Boiling Mountains", "Peacock Princess" and so on. In 2013, Wu Suqin won the Special Honor Award of the Golden Phoenix Award issued by the 10th China Film Performing Arts Society. On June 10, 2022, she passed away in Beijing at the age of 88.
Yu Shaokang joined Beijing Film Studio in 1961, and before that, he worked as an actor in Bayi Film Studio, participating in films such as "Black Mountain Blockade" and "The Night of the Fierce War". Since 1958, he has been out of the film industry for two years and was sent to the Great Northern Wilderness Farm as a farmer.
In 1960, he returned to the art stage, first participated in the drama "The Great Northern Wilderness", and starred in the movie of the same name of the play the following year. He has played important roles in many classic films, such as "Little Erhei Gets Married", "The River Flows", "Little Soldier Zhang Ga" and so on.
In 1993, the first year of his death, Yu Shaokang was still participating in the film and starred in his last work "Sea Breeze". On May 3, 1994, he unfortunately passed away due to illness at the age of 69.
In 1936, Xie Tian participated in his first movie "Night Party" under the recommendation of Hu Die, officially starting his acting career.
He joined Beijing Film Studio in the year it was established, and starred in the movie "March of Democratic Youth" the next year. He also entered the directing class of Beijing Film Academy and received a three-year further study.
In 1959, in the film "Lin Family Shop", Xie Tian successfully created the image of the shrewd Boss Lin.
In the same year, the movie "Spring and Autumn on the Water" written and directed by him was released, and since then he has directed many classic films one after another, becoming an excellent representative of acting and directing.
Xie Tian and his children
Among them, "Sweet Career", "Seven Sesame Officials" and film and television works adapted from Lao She's famous novel "Teahouse" have brought it a number of awards. In December 2003, Xie Tian died in Beijing Jishuitan Hospital at the age of 89.
Chen Lizhong is the matchmaker in the movie "Little Erhei Gets Married", and the kind and kind Yang mother in "Wildfire Spring Breeze Fighting Ancient City", or the sharp-toothed rural woman in "Flowers and Full Moon", no matter how contrasting the roles are, she can easily control them.
Audiences who love to watch old movies will definitely be familiar with these roles she plays, because she is so good that she is often invited to play some elderly roles in major film studios.
Since 2005, Chen Lizhong has been bedridden for seven years due to illness, and on July 21, 2012, she passed away due to illness at the age of 96.
Cui Wei is not only an excellent actor, he is also a famous screenwriter and director, he was transferred to Beijing Film Studio in 1956 as the director and director of the art committee, from the director of "Yang Men Female General", "Wild Boar Forest", "Mu Guiying vs. Hongzhou" and other opera films. He has starred in films such as "Sea Soul", "Veteran's New", "Red Flag Spectrum" and so on.
In 1962, he won the Best Actor Award at the first Film Hundred Flowers Award for his role as Zhu Laogong in the film "Red Flag Spectrum". His film "The Female General of the Yang Gate" won the Hundred Flowers Award for Drama in the same year.
He has collaborated with Chen Huaihao many times, and many films are co-directed by two people, among which "Wild Boar Forest" has been greatly recognized.
He died of illness on February 7, 1979, and in the years before his death, he often worked with illness, co-directed the modern Peking opera "Plain Battle" with Chen Huaihao, and insisted on participating in the filming of films such as "Wind and Rain Mileage" and "Li Zicheng" despite illness.
In 1995, in commemoration of his contribution to the film industry, Cui Wei won the Actor Award at the China Film Century Awards.
Guo Yuntai is a good actor with a good character and a bright and upright life. His personality is very upright, he always speaks straightforwardly, because he dares to tell the truth, he has offended many people in the circle, and he was "kicked out" of the film studio when he was most likely to produce results, and he suffered a lot for this.
He despises those who like to pretend to be peers around him, and especially dislikes those who pretend. Although his parents named him "Yuntai", throughout his life, he rarely lived a stable life. He lost his mother at the age of five, and he has tasted the warmth and coldness of human affection since he was a child.
Later, he was fortunate to become a member of the art troupe, only to finally feel the warmth of the world, in terms of performance, he has a very high understanding, at a young age he learned to twist Yangge, stilts and other folk arts, so he was specially cultivated, because of the positive performance, he has made four meritorious contributions, became a small pacesetter in the art troupe.
In 1949, the newly established Beijing Film Studio was in urgent need of film talents, and he was transferred to Beijing and became a film actor. At that time, although he had watched a few movies, he didn't know what acting in movies was all about.
Fortunately, Guo Yuntai is humble and studious, and under the guidance of experienced old-timers, he quickly figured out the way and gradually got better step by step.
His first film shot in Beijing Film Studio was "Luliang Hero", playing the role of militia Wu Erwa, although it was the first time to leave the country, his performance was very natural, and the impression he brought to the audience was very down-to-earth, like a "stunned boy" in a neighboring village.
The turning point of his fate appeared at a symposium held by a film magazine, at which the invited actors were allowed to speak freely, and even if they had any opinions on the problems existing in the film, Guo Yuntai made a more intense speech on some of the bad phenomena he saw.
In his opinion, there was no problem with what he said, he thought it was an ordinary symposium, but he didn't think that soon after the talks, he was sent to the Great Northern Wilderness for labor reform for five years.
He paid a very heavy price for his speech, and it was not until 1962 that he returned to the stage and entered the Xinjiang Repertory Theatre.
He returned to the screen in the 23rd year after the symposium, that is, in 1979, at this time he was no longer the handsome young man on the screen, but at this time his acting skills became more and more calm and mature. In 1980, he was transferred back to Beijing Film Studio, and successively starred in films such as "Who Brings This Flower", "Volleyball Flower", "People Who Deal with the Devil" and so on.
From then until 1994, he was always active on the screen, bringing many popular classic film and television works to the audience. In 1985, Guo Yuntai served as the head of the Beijing Film Actors Troupe. Two years later, he took the initiative to hand over the position to the young actor. In 2005, he died of illness at the age of 77.
Although actor An Zhenjiang's life journey is short, he has created many classic villains, he has never been the protagonist, he has played a supporting role all his life, but he has a very high cultural accomplishment.
Sometimes even if he plays a flashing role in the film, he also gives each character a distinctive character, and there is absolutely no duplicate.
He is Shang Huaizong in "Shajiadian Grain Station", Liu Ermao in "Red Flag Spectrum", and Wang Debiao in "Scout". No matter how small the role he plays, he is extremely well prepared before acting, and he will carefully write a long character analysis and personality design for the characters he plays.
He will also show a completely different character style according to his own design, in the past negative characters are all face-painted performance procedures, the villain role played by him not only conforms to the overall style of the film, but also can well reflect the actor's own performance charm, so he can be called a rare performance artist.
It's a pity that his acting career was too short, in 1977, An Zhenjiang died of a heart attack at the age of 49 during the filming of movies in Huangshan with the crew. Some people say that in the past 70 years, he was the first person to play the role of a villain, and no one can surpass him at all.
In Ge Cunzhuang's acting career, he has played many villains such as Japanese officers, landlord bullies, and ruffians.
The screen images he created were vivid and three-dimensional, in which the fierce and brutal bullies, selfish and greedy landlords, etc., made the audience daunted to watch.
Judging from the role he plays, Ge Cunzhuang seems to be an actor who has never been young. In addition, he is also a versatile actor, not only acting but also acting in dramas, operas, Yangyang operas, etc. He can also play the huqin, violin and other instruments, and is a very well-rounded expert on stage.
In 1949, he was assigned to Dongying as a film actor, and later Dongying merged with the Beiying Actors' Troupe, and he entered the Beiying Actors' Troupe. Back then, as long as there was a movie that needed a negative role, the director of Beijing Film would think of him most of the time.
His acting skills are ever-changing, once in "The White-Haired Girl" directed by Chen Qiang, he played seven or eight roles alone, playing a Japanese for a while, a civilian for a while, and sometimes he only had a back or a side as an extra, and sometimes he couldn't even see where he was.
In the old movie "Little Soldier Zhang Ga", the Japanese military captain Kameda played by Ge Cunzhuang must have a certain impression in the minds of audiences who have watched this film. His acting skills in playing the villain role are really three-pointed, and this role scared many children to cry back then.
As he got older, Ge Cunzhuang has also changed in terms of playing characters, and in the later period of his acting career, he has more choices, and many positive characters he has played are also well received, among which Qi Baishi played by him is very classic. In 2007, at the 3rd Virtue and Art Shuangxin Award Ceremony, Ge Cunzhuang won the Lifetime Achievement Award for Art.
In March 2016, Ge Cunzhuang died of a sudden cerebral infarction at the age of 87. His sudden death made many viewers who liked him express regret. His modest behavior not only deeply influenced his son Ge You, but also influenced many younger generations of actors.
Have you found that Zhang Lianwen is particularly in line with the aesthetic standards of that era? He has a square face, sharp eyes, and exudes a strong labor atmosphere. However, before becoming a film actor, he was a little-known drama actor.
Zhang Lianwen began to study drama performance at the age of 15 and has been on the drama stage for many years. When Changying Studio restarted the filming of the film "Sunny Day", the original actor Pang Xueqin was not very suitable for the role of a young farmer, and the crew selected many male actors in major studios to audition, which was not ideal.
A staff member recommended Zhang Lianwen to the crew, at that time he was still an actor in the Shanxi Yuci County Art Troupe, and once played Xiao Changchun in the drama "Sunny Day", the image and temperament are very consistent with the role, and Zhang Lianwen is still from Changchun, the director accepted the suggestion and sent a telegram to Zhang Lianwen.
When director Lin Nong saw Zhang Lianwen himself, he was immediately touched by his lofty and heroic appearance, and Zhang Lianwen still has a natural and simple laborer atmosphere, which is very consistent with the actor he is looking for, so the crew immediately decided that Zhang Lianwen would play the male protagonist Xiao Changchun.
Because he once played the actor Jiao Kun in the movie "Boiling Mountains", he played the role of oil worker Zhou Tingbin in the industrial movie "Entrepreneurship", and he previously played the leader of the cooperative Xiao Changchun in the rural film "Sunny Day", he became a very favored screen student in the seventies with the image of workers, peasants and soldiers.
The films he has starred in are all classic, but Zhang Lianwen has never won a heavyweight award from beginning to end. In terms of appearance, he also has round acting skills, many people say that it is a pity that such a good actor was born at the wrong time, which is also a very regrettable thing for him.
"Wedding" is the last movie he starred in, and Liu Xiaoqing, who played with him in the film, has not yet become famous. After the 70s, the aura of his film protagonist gradually dimmed. In the 80s, he played the leading role Jiang Bo in the 1981 series "Eighteen Years in the Enemy Camp" directed by Wang Fulin.
is different from today's actors, most of the actors in Zhang Lianwen's era lived on salaries like ordinary people. In his later years, he had a bad life, but he fell ill during filming in the past, and sometimes he was tormented by illness. In 2014, he was in another car accident and was in a coma for more than a month before waking up.
The first thing he did when he woke up was to decide to leave the hospital, because considering that many medicines could not be reimbursed, and his pension was not enough to cover the out-of-pocket expenses, even the nanny hired by the family, and the expenses were also covered by his son. On January 4, 2019, Zhang Lianwen passed away at home due to illness at the age of 74.
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