The recent epidemic in Shanghai has touched the hearts of hundreds of millions of people, all parties are actively assisting, the people of Shanghai are united in their will, many ordinary people have given up rest, acting as volunteers, sending warmth to those in need. In this team, we see a familiar shadow, that is, Chen Hongmei, a famous actor in the Shanghai Film Actors Troupe. She has been a community volunteer since March 6, saying, "I'm an actress and I'm a little candle." I can use my faint light to influence a group of people, a group of people to illuminate more people." Chen Hongmei knows the influence of a public figure on society, and she hopes to use her actions to drive more people into the volunteer team, so that the city of Shanghai will be more warm, the neighborhood relationship will be more harmonious, and she believes that the dawn is at hand.
Chen Hongmei is 65 years old this year, the knee soft tissue has been injured because of filming, can not stand for a long time, but in the front line of the community anti-epidemic, she ran up and down, happy to do it, completely forgot her injury. She was always so cheerful and optimistic, just like her image on the screen, or the amiable and respectable sunshine sister.
The first time I learned her name was in the 2nd issue of Popular Cinema in 1981, which featured the film "Love, What's Your Last Name?" The group photo of the three actresses, the three actresses smiled like flowers, youth was invincible, Chen Hongmei showed a mouth of white and neat teeth, and the name "Chen Hongmei" was used on the table of contents at that time.
This group photo does not appear in the film, and it is specially taken for publicity. In this film that explores what is true love, Chen Hongmei does not play much, and it is the least of the three actresses in the picture, but there is a beautiful name: Wanru, who also has a beautiful heart, her boyfriend died in the self-defense counterattack against Vietnam, and she regards her boyfriend's mother as her mother, like a family. It is from this film that we often see her from the screen and begin to get acquainted with her day by day.
Chen Hongmei in her teenage years, this number of exclusive photos
In 1975, in order to enrich the strength of the actors, the Film Studio decided to recruit a group of young trainees in schools, factories, rural areas and troops, Chen Hongmei, who was in the second grade of high school, was already a tall girl, and usually liked to recite, and the shang film actors Wang Danfeng and Zhu Manfang, who came to select the students, quietly met and entered the actor troupe training class, which was one of the only 6 girls in the class.
Group photo of Chen Hongmei with the students in the training class (1982)
This group of students is a successor with high hopes, by well-known artists to teach them, in the training class, Chen Hongmei is particularly hard, she cherishes the rare opportunity, does not dare to fall, listen carefully, ponder with heart, after two years of study, Chen Hongmei officially became an actor in the film studio, soon began to take over the play, the first is "Desert Camel Bell", although the location is not satisfied, but the young people are high morale, joy is always more than sorrow.
Chen Hongmei performed drama stills in the actors troupe training class
Chen Hongmei often plays a supporting role on the screen, and there are not many scenes, but in the limited space, she also strives to dig into the inner world of the characters, and through the sound and smile, the small roles also present distinct characteristics. She can especially bear hardships in filming, as long as the role needs, will not go to school, with the increase of filming, she feels more and more of her own inadequacy, so she takes the initiative to learn from life, learn from the people, and constantly improve herself from practice, she never picks roles, especially good at that kind of light comedy theme of film and television dramas, she portrays urban and rural young women to leave a deep impression on the audience.
In the movie "Flying Son-in-Law", she played a rural girl Gu Xiaolan who pursued science and had an opinion, this role has a lot of farm work to show, such as planting seedlings, cutting wheat, feeding chickens, etc., Chen Hongmei's action is sharp, there are plates and eyes, a look is very life-like, the character's intelligence and ability are instantly displayed; in addition to production, she is also a girl who loves beauty, there is a scene in the film where she wears a white dress with a floral bottom, and her companions ride to see the movie paragraph, and the vitality of youth flutters with the wind. When she leaned on the bamboo stem, Tingting Yuli was so simple and generous, without the feeling of the current female star scratching her head.
There are many shots of Xiaolan smiling in the film, a pair of shallow dimples that ripple at the corners of the mouth, full of youthful vitality, sweet and simple, simply a girl in the sun, making people like a spring breeze, like ice and snow melting, like a piece of sugar in tea, making people sweet to the heart.
In the film "Female College Dormitory" depicting the campus life of college students in the early 80s, Chen Hongmei played Song Ge, the secretary of the league branch in the class, although Song Ge had a general family background, but from an excellent academic background, and was a student cadre, it was inevitable that there was a sense of superiority, and he liked to guess others with a narrow psychology, not a particularly pleasing role.
However, Song Ge's collective sense of honor is strong, enthusiastic and capable, just reported to the girls' dormitory, he took the initiative to engage in hygiene, like a big sister, concerned about the lives of the roommates. Because of the family of many brothers and sisters, she is also particularly able to bear hardships, work particularly powerful, the role does not speak much, the inner emotions are very complicated, the actor's acting skills are very demanding, Chen Hongmei accurately grasped the character characteristics of the character when shaping this character, making the character real and credible, many college students after watching the film, said "This is like our regiment branch secretary."
In the film crew, Chen Hongmei is like a big sister, compared to those who have just come to the screen, she has a certain experience in performance, after each scene, she communicates with the "girls", learn from each other, who is sick, she sends medicine to the dormitory, who is in trouble, she takes the initiative to talk with it... , get along like sisters, at that time people's material is not rich, but the hearts between people are very close, it is an era of art supremacy, everyone is together, thinking about how to make the play well. After many years, Chen Hongmei still remembers the creative environment of that year.
In the short story film "The Man Who Sows Happiness", Chen Hongmei plays a girl who loves vanity, Lin Li, this role has a youthful and beautiful appearance, people are also smart and flexible, if you follow the facial performance method, it will soon be annoying.
Chen Hongmei is how to deal with the role, when dating her boyfriend Hu Sen in the park, seeing her boyfriend coming, first of all, there is no lack of tenderness, handing her boyfriend a pear, showing that this is a warm and generous girl, and then, when asking her boyfriend for a day's income, she is happy and anxious, a picture of money fans, through eyes, smiles, words to show vividness; later she met a rich and handsome new boyfriend, in the face of this cynical brother's teasing, she pretended to be reserved, pretended to be decent, and people couldn't help but be funny. Chen Hongmei's performance is very lifelike.
Chen Hongmei enjoyed the reputation of "TV drama queen" in Shanghai Film Studio that year, and her filming of "Rose Xiangqi Case" and "One Thousand and One Votes" enjoyed a high reputation among the audience, when the Shanghai Branch of the China Television Artists Association was established, there were only 7 places in the Studio, and she was still young in seniority but she was unanimously nominated. This is not only due to her rich creative experience, but also shows that she has a good relationship, who doesn't like smiling girls?
Chen Hongmei and Liu Dong at Sanya Beach
Although she is not as popular as the actresses Zhang Yu, Gong Xue, and Chen Ye of the same period of the Film Studio, they are so well-known, and they have not won any awards, but she has been quietly cultivating in the film industry, and she is the only one who remains in the troupe among the female students in the training class of the actor troupe that year, and many of the sisters who debuted with her at the same time have gone abroad or changed careers, but she still sticks to this position, regardless of the size of the role, seriously acting, can not play Hua Dan, play Lao Dan, because of the love for this career, Chen Hongmei has worked in the Studio for more than forty years , dedicated the best years to one side of the screen.
In the various fraternities of the Shanghai Film Actors Troupe, we can often see Chen Hongmei, although she does not appear on the screen so much, but under the screen she is not idle at all, as a literary and artistic worker, she said that in life also to play the power of example, let her be particularly happy that many young people who have seen her film and television works have joined in because they have been moved.
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