Li Xiuming
Born in December 1954 in Dacheng County, Langfang City, Hebei Province, Li Xiuming has 6 brothers and sisters, and she is the fifth oldest. Li Xiuming liked to sing and dance since he was a child, and after graduating from junior high school in 1971, he was admitted to the tianjin People's Art Theater student class, along with Zhang Yuyu, who later made films such as "Wedding" and "Love and Heritage", and Chen Daoming, a famous actor who is still filming.
Group photo of the student class of Tianjin People's Art Theater
In 1973, Chen Qiang, an old artist of Beiying, went to Tianjin to select actors for the movie "Haixia", and the student class organized a special performance for this purpose. Li Xiuming, who was acting as a newspaper screen, attracted Chen Qiang's attention and invited her to the Beijing Film Studio.
In the North Film Studio, it was originally intended to let Li Xiuming play Yuxiu in "Haixia", but after the audition, because it was not suitable for the role, it was Hong Xuemin who finally played this role. In the North Film Guest House, he accidentally met the director of the Shanghai Film Studio, who was selecting actors for the remake of the movie "The Young Generation", and the director invited Li Xiuming to Shanghai to audition.
Li Xiuming in the movie "Spring Miao"
At that time, the Shanghai Film Studio had initially selected Gong Xue, who was in Guangxi, to play Lin Lan in "The Young Generation", but after repeated comparisons and discussions, it was finally selected for Li Xiuming to play this role. Zhang Ruifang, a famous actor, said: "Xiuming is a girl who walks on the street and no one else will look at her much, but she becomes very glorious on the screen." ”
Lee So-myung starred in the movie "The Young Generation"
"The Young Generation" was halfway filmed, due to script problems that needed to be stopped for revision, at this time Shangying was ready to put the drama "Chunmiao" rehearsed in the factory on the screen, in which Cao Lei played Tian Chunmiao, who was played by Lin Lan in the 1965 version of "The Young Generation".
Lee So-ming starred in the movie "Spring Miao"
"Chunmiao" director Xie Jin saw a simple and tenacious temperament from Li Xiuming, which was exactly what Tian Chunmiao needed for the character, so Xie Jin brought Li Xiuming into the "Chunmiao" crew. At that time, the crew already had more than a dozen candidates for Chunmiao.
One of the candidates, Lin Hong, was born in Shanghai to an intellectual family, and was the most optimistic because of her outstanding looks and temperament. However, after comparison, Xie Jin believes that Li Hong's intellectual temperament is too strong, and people are also slender, while Li Xiuming is more rugged and in line with the personality of the characters in the film, and finally Li Xiuming was selected to play Tian Chunmiao. Lin Hong married Yu Qiuyu in 1979, but the two divorced in 1992.
"Spring Seedlings" was basically filmed in early 1975, but it was used as a political tool by the "Gang of Four", and it was constantly revised from theme to content until it was completely different. After the fall of the Gang of Four, "Spring Miao" was characterized as a "conspiracy movie". But Li Xiuming's simple performance in the movie made the audience remember this newcomer in the film industry at once.
In 1975, Lee So-myung was selected by director Shui Hua to play the heroine Ah Bao in the film "Xisha Children" based on Haoran's novel of the same name, and she played Ah Bao from thirteen to thirty years old, and also played Ah Bao's mother, which was not easy for Li Xiuming, who was only 21 years old at the time.
Lee So-ming starred in the movie "Children of Xisha"
But just as the film was about to close, the Gang of Four collapsed and the film crew was informed that the film would have to be re-censored before it could continue shooting. But the novel was criticized, the film was stifled, and "Children of The Paracels" never regrouped. But Lee's potential in shaping his character has gradually been revealed.
In 1976, Li Xiuming was transferred to the Beijing Film Studio and became a professional film actor. In 1977, in the film "Big River Rushing", he played the female district chief Song Min. She overcomes the limitations of life experience and artistic experience, shows the characters' firm revolutionary beliefs and personal life aspirations, and does not give people a stylized and conceptual impression.
Li Xiuming starred in the movie "Big River Rushing"
In 1978, Li Xiuming played Feng Ni, a rural girl singing flower drum drama in the movie "Julan", and in order to create a role, she went to Fengyang County, Anhui Province to experience life. In 1979, he played Tang Zhaodi in the comedy film "Sweet Career" directed by Xie Tian.
Lee So-myung starred in the movie "Sweet Career"
In 1980, he played Yang Yuxiang in the film "Tonight's Starry Night", growing from a poor rural girl to a revolutionary fighter. Li Xiuming accurately expresses the nuanced inner activities through the complex eyes of the characters.
Lee So-ming starred in the movie "Tonight's Stars Shine"
In 1981, Li Xiuming played the fourth girl Xu Xiuyun in "Xu Mao and His Daughters" filmed by Beiying, a woman who was bullied and suffered from mental pain, but still full of hope for life and love. At first, Li Xiuming was worried about being similar to the previous role and was reluctant to accept the role. But she threw herself into the role and gradually understood Xu Xiuyun's complex psychology and personality.
Li Xiuming devoted herself to the character development, so that on the shooting location, the locals thought that she frowned all day and did not like to talk, too arrogant. In fact, she entered the world of characters in her life. There are very few lines in this character, and the complex inner feelings of the characters are reflected through eyes and actions. Li Xiuming reveals the complex inner world of the characters with a delicate and subtle, sincere and condensed performance.
Lee So-ming starred in the movie "Xu Mao and His Daughters"
At that time, North Film and Bayi Factory simultaneously filmed two "Xu Mao and His Daughters", and the two major film studios formed a luxurious lineup to compete secretly, and bayi Factory was played by Wang Fuli as Xu Xiuyun, and popular movie stars SiChengaova and Zhao Na joined. The North Film Studio even put the "Three Golden Flowers of the North Shadow" Li Xiuming, Zhang Jinling and Liu Xiaoqing in the factory, and this film was also the only film cooperated by these three A-list film stars at that time.
The two films of the same name were released almost at the same time, but the Version of the North Film Studio received more praise, and Li Xiuming won the Best Actress of the Second Golden Rooster Awards of Chinese Cinema and the Best Actress of the Fifth "Popular Film" Hundred Flowers Award for playing the fourth girl Xu Xiuyun, which won the unanimous recognition of experts and audiences. After winning the double film at the same time, Li Xiuming's acting career reached its peak.
Li Xiuming won the Golden Rooster and Hundred Flowers Double Award
Li Xiuming has successfully portrayed many rural women, many viewers think that she grew up in the countryside, and some people think that she is only good at playing this kind of "soil" role. In 1982, in the mythological film "Peacock Princess", he successfully portrayed the beautiful and touching, kind and lovely peacock princess Mu Mu Wanna.
Lee So-ming starred in the movie "Peacock Princess"
In 1983, Xie Jin's film "Qiu Jin" began filming, the original heroine was Gong Xue, Gong Xue practiced swordplay and calligraphy for 4 months, and made a lot of efforts, but Xie Jin felt that Gong Xue was "more than tender, chivalrous enough", replaced by Li Xiuming, who had just given birth to a child and had not yet recovered his figure, to play Qiu Jin.
Lee So-ming starred in the movie "Qiu Jin"
Li Xiuming carefully studied historical materials, learned horseback riding and swordplay, and worked hard to shape Qiu Jin's righteousness, but her temperament was too inconsistent with the "Jianhu Woman", and the performance traces in the film were serious, and it was considered that she was an unsuccessful role in her acting career.
In 1986, Li Xiuming played the roles of college student Lin Nan and prostitute Little White Shoes in the movie "The First Woman in the Mountain Forest". In the same year, she also starred in the movies "Your Smile" and "Little Bell Sequel", but these films were all well received.
In 1988, Li Xiuming played Jia Yuanchun in the series of movies "Dream of the Red Chamber", which although the investment far exceeded the TV series "Dream of the Red Chamber" of the same period, but its influence was far from the TV version. At this time, the film market has been in a downturn.
Li Xiuming played Jia Yuanchun in the movie "Dream of the Red Chamber"
At the end of the 1980s, Li Xiuming, who liked to sing, studied with the famous vocal educator Jin Tielin to learn singing, and in 1990, Li Xiuming released his own singing album and held a solo concert.
Lee So-myung concert invitation
Li Xiuming in life is very low-key, she once told reporters: "I am not willing to catch something, chase something, grab something, shock something." I don't want the audience to pay attention to me in life, and I am very satisfied to pay attention to my screen image. ”
Li Xiuming gradually withdrew from the show business circle, began to do business, and ran a factory to make a potato chip brand himself. The business grew larger and larger, and was acquired by PepsiCo in 2002.
Mr. Lee married a naval officer and had a daughter, but divorced a few years later. Her second husband, a businessman, worked together and had a pair of children who later settled in Canada.
Gong Xue was robbed of the role by Li Xiuming twice, and was questioned for his acting skills and finally won the Golden Rooster and Hundred Flowers Double Film