As a well-known performing artist in the mainland, Yu Lan, who has been in the art for decades, has participated in many classic works.
From "Soldiers in White" to "Cuigang Red Flag", to "Revolutionary Family", "Eternal Life in the Fire", "Scout", "Those Women", "Everything Like You" and so on, this one work after another can be called classics and is deeply loved by the audience.
With these excellent film and television works, Yu Lan has won many film and television awards, including the Lifetime Achievement Award of the 10th Golden Phoenix Award, the Outstanding Contribution Award of the 10th China International Children's Film Festival, etc., and was also selected as one of the "22 Top Movie Stars of New China"!
However, compared with the smooth acting career, Yu Lan has experienced many ups and downs and setbacks in life.
She lost her mother at the age of 8 and her husband at the age of 53, and in her later years, she not only suffered from cancer, but also struggled with the disease for 41 years, and also experienced the pain of "broken fingers"!
However, despite the ups and downs in life, Yu Lan has always faced life with an optimistic attitude, and what makes her most proud and proud is that she has cultivated her son into a famous director on a par with Zhang Yimou, Feng Xiaogang, Chen Kaige and others......
One
Yu Lan, formerly known as Yu Peiwen, was born in an ordinary family in Xiuyan Manchu Autonomous County, Anshan City, Liaoning Province in 1921, her father was a local judge, and her mother was a housewife.
In the second year of his birth, due to his father's job transfer, Yu Lan's family moved to Harbin, Heilongjiang to live.
When she was a child, Yu Lan's life was very happy, her parents loved her and spoiled her like a treasure, she lived carefree like a little princess, but unfortunately the good times did not last long.
In 1929, when Yu Lan was 8 years old, her mother died of illness, and her father was busy with work, so he handed her over to her grandfather who lived in his hometown in Shenyang.
Not long after Yu Lan's mother died, his father gained a new love and found a stepmother for her, but fortunately, the stepmother had a good relationship with her.
In 1931, after the 918 Incident, Yu Lan left Shenyang with her stepmother and went to live in Zhangjiakou, Hebei, where she completed her primary school Xi.
In 1934, Yu Lan was admitted to the middle school of Hebei Women's Normal College, where she studied for 3 years until the fall of North China, and she had no choice but to drop out of school.
In 1938, Yu Lan, whose original name was Yu Peiwen, changed his name to Yu Lan at the suggestion of his friend's mother, meaning that he hoped to live under a cloudless blue sky in the future.
In the same year, under the recommendation of his classmates, Yu Lan joined the Pingxi Anti-Japanese Base and began to participate in the anti-Japanese work, during which he studied at Yan'an Anti-Japanese Military and Political University and Women's University.
In 1939, Yu Lan came into contact with acting during his Xi at the Anti-Japanese Military and Political University, and then often participated in amateur performances and was discovered to have a talent for acting.
In 1940, after completing his studies, Yu Lan was transferred to the Experimental Troupe of Yan'an Lu Xun Academy of Arts and Letters and became a professional actor.
In this way, Yu Lan, who originally lived in a family that had nothing to do with performing arts, embarked on the road of acting under the changes of the times and coincidence.
Two
During his work in the Experimental Troupe of Lu Xun Academy of Arts and Letters, Yu Lan successively participated in classic dramas such as "Marriage Proposal" and "Picking Flower Baskets", and these works have received good responses.
During this period, Yu Lan often followed the Lu Yi Working Group to the front line, going deep into Suide, Mizhi and other areas to perform for the soldiers on the front line.
Also in 1940, the year Yu Lan entered the experimental troupe of Lu Xun Academy of Arts and Letters, she and her husband Tian Fang entered the palace of marriage.
Tian Fang is 10 years older than her, is a native of Baoding, Hebei, he graduated from Beiping Furen University, after graduation, he was admitted to Shanghai Tianyi Film Company, and participated in "Little Girl", "Flying Flosh", "Guitar", "Spring Festival Song", "Top Gun" and other films, among which he created the role of "Wang Wenqing" Wang Political Commissar in "Heroes' Children", which is even more unforgettable!
Before meeting Yu Lan, Tian Fang had a marriage, his ex-wife's name was Gao Shuzhen, and Gao Shuzhen died of puerperal fever after marriage.
In 1940, Yu Lan, who was only 19 years old, and Tian Fang, who was 29 years old, registered their marriage in Yan'an and reaped her happiness.
After marriage, Yu Lan gave birth to two sons for Tian Fang, the eldest son is named Tian Xinxin, and the younger son is named Tian Zhuangzhuang.
Although she has a family, Yu Lan has not slowed down the pace of her career, but has been developing her acting career with all her heart.
After marriage, Yu Lan Anxin developed in the experimental troupe of Lu Xun Academy of Arts and Letters for several years, and due to her serious and hard work, she was later transferred to the Northeast Art Troupe and stood on a bigger stage.
Three
In the past few years of the development of the Northeast Art Troupe, Yu Lan has gone to Dalian, Lushun and other regions to promote and perform, and participated in drama works such as "Sunrise".
Because of her careful work and superb acting skills, she not only made a name for herself in the local area, but also was named a model worker of the art troupe in 1946.
In 1947, Yu Lan entered Changchun with the Northeast Art Troupe and became the instructor of the first training class of the Northeast Film Studio.
In 1949, Yu Lan participated in the film "Soldier in White" and officially began her film acting career.
In 1950, Yu Lan left the Northeast Film Studio and was transferred to Beijing and became a member of the Beijing Film Studio.
After entering Beijing, Yu Lan worked very hard to develop her acting career, and since 1951, she has successively participated in classic works such as "Cuigang Red Flag" and "Dragon Whisker Valley", and gradually has a certain fame.
In 1954, in order to improve his acting level, hone his acting skills, and go further on the road of acting, Yu Lan was admitted to the acting cadre training class of the Central Academy of Drama.
After entering the Chinese opera, Yu Lan followed Kulinev to learn Xi Stanislavsky's acting system, and after two years of hard work, her acting skills became more and more exquisite.
After graduating from Chinese opera, Yu Lan continued to devote himself to his career, and successively participated in classic dramas such as "The Storm", as well as classic films such as "Lin Family Shop" and "Revolutionary Family".
Among them, she played the role of "Zhou Lian" in "Revolutionary Family" starring Sun Daolin in 1961, and because of her vivid portrayal of the role, she also won the Best Actress at the 2nd Moscow International Film Festival!
In 1962, Yu Lan, who had developed his acting career vigorously, was selected by the Ministry of Culture as one of the "22 Top 22 Movie Stars of New China" by virtue of his super popularity.
At that time, she had a happy family, a fish in water in her career, and a full winner in life, but unfortunately with the arrival of the special period, everything changed.
Four
In 1966, a ten-year special period came, during which Yu Lan and her husband Tian Fang were treated unfairly, and the two were defeated together and became the "gangster" of Beijing Film Studio.
Yu Lan, whose acting career was forced to be interrupted, was sent to the "57 Cadre School" of Beijing Film Studio in the suburbs of Beijing to participate in labor and suffered a lot.
During the special period, many people in the entertainment industry were unwilling to be humiliated and did stupid things, but Yu Lan was extremely strong and bravely faced everything.
As the special period slowly came to an end, in the seventies of the last century, Yu Lan's life improved, and she and her husband returned to work in Beijing Film Studio.
In 1974, after nearly ten years, Yu Lan returned to the screen and collaborated with Wang Xingang, Jin Zhengyuan and other old drama bones in the work "Scout", but unfortunately the response was mediocre.
In this year, at the age of 53, she also experienced a heart-wrenching thing, her husband Tian Fang died of illness.
Tian Fang, who experienced unfair treatment during the special period, suffered from a lot of physical pain and cancer.
On August 27, 1974, Tian Fang, who had no success in fighting the disease, died of illness in Beijing at the age of 63.
From love at first sight to 34 years of enjoyment, Yu Lan and Tian Fang have experienced many ups and downs together, but unfortunately, this relationship and marriage have completely dissipated with Tian Fang's departure.
Because both of them had been treated unfairly and their careers were hindered before this, although Tian Fang had been famous for many years, when he died, he only left Yu Lan with 200 yuan, which is really embarrassing.
After her husband died, Yu Lan fell into a huge grief and couldn't extricate herself, but she didn't slump because of this, and for the sake of her children, she regained her strength.
Five
Before Yu Lan's husband died, Yu Lan wanted to continue to develop as an actor and be active in the public's sight, but with the departure of the other party, in order to take care of the children, she had to change her development mode and focus on the background.
In 1978, she and Li Weiyuan went to Xinjiang to co-direct the children's film "Sarimak".
In addition, Yu Lan also prepared to shoot the classic "Chen Yi Out of the Mountain" this year, but unfortunately before the work was finished, she was also riddled with illness.
During the filming of the film "Chen Yi Out of the Mountain", one day she suddenly felt a little pain in her left rib on the set, touched it and found a lump, and then went to the hospital for examination and found that she had cancer, which was breast cancer.
Since experiencing the death of her husband from cancer, Yu Lan has been very calm about everything, and when she learned that she had cancer, she did not panic too much, but actively accepted treatment, and her condition was slowly controlled.
In 1981, Yu Lan served as a member of the selection committee of the first Golden Rooster Awards, and in the same year, the Beijing Children's Film Studio was established, and she was arranged to serve as the first director and art director.
During her time working in a children's film studio, Yu Lan has always done her best to promote the children's film industry in the mainland.
Once, when she was thinking about a problem, she forgot the rebound of the door after opening the door, and when she opened the door, she didn't have time to withdraw her hand, and the rebound of the door was too strong, and the door suddenly broke one of her fingers, and she experienced the pain of breaking her fingers with ten fingers connected to her heart.
Six
Since the transformation to behind-the-scenes development, Yu Lan has been focusing on the behind-the-scenes development for the next few decades, shining for the domestic film industry.
Because of her outstanding contributions to the mainland film industry, she is not only recognized and loved by the public, but also has won the 10th Golden Phoenix Award Lifetime Achievement Award, the 27th Golden Rooster Award Lifetime Achievement Award and other awards.
Although after transforming into the background, Yu Lan rarely participates in movies again, when she does not completely fade out of the screen, when she encounters some suitable roles and scripts, she will still go to the drama for a while.
For example, after entering the new century, she was invited to participate in works such as "Looking for Chen Long", "Splendid Garden", "Those Women", "Everything Like You", although she played a supporting role, but also left a deep impression on the audience.
In addition to developing his own career very well, Yu Lan, who takes care of his family, has also cultivated his children very well.
First of all, Yu Lan's eldest son Tian Xinxin, Yu Lan originally wanted to train him to be a photographer and contribute to the film industry, but Tian Xinxin liked recording work.
With Tian Xinxin's continuous efforts, he has become an excellent recording engineer, successively recording for singers and singers such as Li Guyi, Mao Amin, Liu Huan, etc., and also participated in the recording of films such as "Fence Woman and Dog".
followed by her youngest son Tian Zhuangzhuang, influenced by Yu Lan, Tian Zhuangzhuang liked movies since he was a child, after graduating from middle school, he served as a soldier for 7 years, and later was admitted to Beijing Film Academy, and Chen Kaige, Li Shaohong, Zhang Yimou, Gu Changwei and others became classmates.
Over the years, Tian Zhuangzhuang has directed works such as "Wu Qingyuan", "Wolf Disaster", "The Woman of the Dynasty: Yang Guifei", "Blind Date and Love", "Spring in a Small Town" and other works, and has become a representative of the fifth generation of directors on a par with Chen Kaige, Zhang Yimou and others!
On June 27, 2020, Yu Lan, a famous performing artist who has been fighting cancer silently for 41 years and has lived for nearly a century, passed away in Beijing due to illness at the age of 99.
After learning the news of Yu Lan's death, many people were very reluctant, and many artists in the circle, audiences and fans who like her have posted and expressed their remembrance of her in various ways.
In 2024, 4 years have passed since Yu Lan's death, and whenever this old artist with both virtue and art is mentioned, whether it is a peer in the circle or an audience, she still has great respect for her.
Looking back on her life, despite the ups and downs and setbacks she has experienced, I have to say that her life is bright and wonderful.
And after she left, her son Tian Zhuangzhuang is following in her footsteps back then, bringing good works to the audience with her heart, from this point of view, it can be regarded as passing on the torch.
As the saying goes, the people who have died are like Si.
hopes that Yu Lan's family can live a good life now, and her son Tian Zhuangzhuang can bring more masterpieces to the audience.
Finally, may Heaven be free from sickness.
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