Gu Yongfei, a film star in the 1980s, was born in Nantong, Jiangsu Province in 1946 and was admitted to the acting department of the Shanghai Theater Academy in 1962. A well-known movie star in the 1980s, Gu Yongfei hosted the 1986 Spring Festival Gala of CCTV. After 1986, he chose to settle in Australia.
Gu Yongfei was born in Xiangmendi, and his father, Gu Eryi, was the former vice chairman and secretary general of the Jiangsu Writers Association, and the editor-in-chief of Hundred Flowers magazine. Her mother was an announcer at Jiangsu Radio. Influenced by family education, Gu Yongfei loved singing and dancing since childhood, after graduating from junior high school, he was admitted to the drama class of Jiangsu Drama School, and in 1962, Gu Yongfei, who was only 16 years old, was admitted to the acting department of the Shanghai Theater Academy, and was the youngest student in the class. Gu Yongfei graduated in time for the Cultural Revolution, and under the influence of his father's status, Gu Yongfei was sent to a street factory as a worker, responsible for suppressing silicon wafers. Due to Gu Yongfei's low work efficiency and poor birth, she was often harassed and bullied by some people. Gu Yongfei, who was deeply desperate, fought to the death, once swallowed more than 300 sleeping pills to commit suicide, fortunately was found in time and sent to the hospital, and it took seven days and seven nights to survive. In 1974, Gu Yongfei was recruited as a drama actor by the Cultural and Labor Troupe of the Xinjiang Military Region. In 1977, he was invited by director Zhao Huanzhang to play a role in the feature film "Wind and Waves" and began his acting career from then on.
Throughout the eighties, is the golden age of Gu Yongfei's acting career, film and television works are released one after another, forming a trend of dominating the screen, in that era when television has just become popular, open the TV, the most seen is Gu Yongfei. In the 1980s, Gu Yongfei successively starred in or participated in more than a dozen films such as "May The People Be Long", "Thunderstorm", "Zhengrong Years", "After the Rain", "Backlight", "Clay Man Often Legend", "Harbor Is Not Calm", "Yingyan Peach And Plum" and so on.
In 1986, Gu Yongfei, together with Zhao Zhongxiang, Wang Gang, Jiang Kun, Fang Shu and others, hosted the CCTV Spring Festival Gala.
Gu Yongfei once had two marriages, but both ended up because she paid too much attention to her career and neglected the failure of the marriage. In 1986, Gu Yongfei's ex-husband died of illness, and Gu Yongfei chose to stay in the shadows for the sake of his daughter's future and went to Australia to seek development. In 1998, he was invited to guest star in the historical theme film "Jing Ke Thorn Qin Wang" directed by Chen Kaige, which was praised by overseas media as "China's most eye-catching supporting actress". Today, Gu Yongfei's daughter is a senior assistant to the president of Australia's fourth largest consortium. Gu Yongfei has settled in Australia and lives with her daughter.
Drama "Thunderstorm"
"Wind and Waves"
Movie "Thunderstorm"
"Jing Ke Thorn Qin King"