Nowadays, there are countless handsome men and women in the entertainment industry, they may have countless fans by virtue of their appearance, and they have won fame and support for themselves, but it does not mean that all movie stars and singers in the entertainment industry must have a "good skin bag".
If people will naturally favor a certain "handsome and beautiful woman" because of aesthetic awareness, then some ugly stars in the entertainment industry really have real talent and practical learning.
In the 1980s and 1990s, there was also a clown star who burned all over the country with his own strength, and the role he portrayed went deep into the hearts of the people, and even surpassed the "popularity king" Chen Peisi of the same era when he was popular, but his ending was lamentable, after suffering from cancer, he died at the age of 56 or even had no money to bury, or his friends raised money to personally send him off, this person is Chen Yude.
Unlike other generations of stars in the show business circle who have inherited the family's "rice bowl" for generations, Chen Yude is only from the grassroots, not only has no prominent background, but also the economic level of the family can even be described as poor and poor. In 1942, Chen Yude's hometown of Henan caught up with a severe famine that had not occurred in several years, and in order to survive, Chen Yude's parents took him all the way from Henan to Xi'an.
Because they moved to a house near the Xi'an Theater at that time, Chen Yude also formed an indissoluble relationship with his acting career. When he was young, Chen Yude often ran to the Xi'an Repertory Theatre to watch performances, perhaps influenced by the environment, and Chen Yude's love for drama, which has been influenced by art for many years, has been thickening day by day.
At that time, in school, Chen Yude always participated in various performances, and in 1958, he was successfully admitted to the acting department of the Shanghai Theater Academy, and since then he has opened up the second half of his life, which is inseparable from performance.
Although there was no such adjective as "appearance association" at that time, everyone also knew that people who looked exquisite and beautiful in any era were always particularly popular and loved. For Chen Yude, his ordinary and even slightly ugly appearance is not a "performing arts material" that everyone is optimistic about, not to mention that he has not received systematic acting teaching before this, so he does not have an advantage among many students.
But even so, Chen Yude's own love of acting can hide these flaws, and after going to college, he studied acting more diligently. After graduating from the sample, he went to his hometown Henan Provincial Repertory Theatre as an actor. Because in many film and television dramas, people who play positive roles must look "decent", such as Chen Yude's appearance conditions are limited, and it is also decided that he can only play supporting roles or villains.
It was not until he was 24 years old that he really starred in the drama "Ryoma Spirit" and became a hit with it, and all of a sudden many directors have found this actor with real talent and practical learning. Later, he also accepted the invitation of director Shi Yifu and participated in the film of the same name, which helped him to rise to a higher level of fame.
Later, due to the domestic situation, the domestic film and television industry was desolate for a long time, and Chen Yude's career also changed from the beginning to tepid. Despite this, he did not give up the pursuit of his heart, in this way, Chen Yude has experienced 10 years of acting skills behind the scenes, and when the situation recovers, he returns to the stage, after which Chen Yude starred in a number of classic movies, although compared to other movie stars, his appearance is not "handsome" at all, but he is quite recognizable, which is a very important feature for actors.
In particular, the lazy man role he once played in the movie "Our Cow Hundred Years Old" made the name Chen Yude deeply rooted in the minds of the people, and he also won the Best Supporting Actor Award of the Hundred Flowers Award for this drama. Later, Chen Yude also took advantage of the prosperity of his career to appear on the Spring Festival Gala stage in 1987 to star in the sketch "Loving Couple", which also made him more popular than Chen Peisi in the same period.
However, although the career has reached its peak, but fate has sent him a bad news at this time, by chance, during a filming process, Chen Yude felt unwell, and after finishing his work, he went to the hospital to check and was told that he had been diagnosed with "nasopharyngeal cancer". Although Chen Yude has been actively cooperating with doctors after learning of his illness, he is still difficult to defeat the devil and regrets his death at the age of 56.
Although Chen Yude basically dedicated all his energy and enthusiasm to the acting career he pursued all his life and took root in the show business for decades, it is surprising that after his death, everyone found that Chen Yude had almost no savings in his life, and even the money for burial after his death could not be made up. But how can everyone bear to watch such a respected acting veteran pass away hastily, or other friends in the circle jointly raised money to hold a beautiful and decent funeral for him.
Real artists may not have a handsome appearance, but they must have noble artistic virtues and clear artistic hearts, and Chen Yude used his professional experience to present the audience with the height of cultivation and professionalism of a performance artist.