Wang Danfeng (August 23, 1924 – May 2, 2018), formerly known as Wang Yufeng, was born in Ningbo, Zhejiang, and was a Chinese film actress. In 1941, she entered the film world with the feature film "Meat"; In the same year, he starred in the musical drama film "New Fishing Light Song". In 1944, he starred in the feature film "Long Live the Teacher".
In 1946, he starred in the feature film "The Spark of the Nation" was released. In 1947, he starred in the love feature film "Grass by the Green River". In 1949, he filmed films such as "Yaochi Mandarin Duck" and "Splendid Paradise" in Hong Kong. In 1951, he starred in the costume film "Colorful Phoenix Double Flight". In 1956, he played MingFeng in the feature film "Home".
In 1957, he starred in the drama film "Nurse's Diary" and sang the interlude "Little Swallow". In 1962, he starred in the comedy film "The Barber" and was also selected as one of the "Twenty-two Movie Stars" in New China. In 1963, he starred in the costume romance film "Peach Blossom Fan". In 1978, he starred in the comedy film Sons, Grandchildren and Seeds.
In 1980, he faded out of the film world after filming the feature film "Jade Butterfly". In 1995, he won the Chinese Film Century Award. In 2013, he won the Lifetime Achievement Award of the 14th Golden Phoenix Awards of the China Academy of Film Performing Arts. In 2017, he won the Lifetime Achievement Award of the 20th Shanghai International Film Festival. In the early morning of May 2, 2018, Wang Danfeng died of illness in Shanghai at the age of 94.
Wang Danfeng was born in Shanghai on August 23, 1924 in Ningbo, Zhejiang Province, and his original name was Wang Yufeng. His father ran an inn. Because her parents loved to watch local dramas, they always took her with them every time they went to the theater or theater. Over time, her heart sowed the seeds of advocating art.
In 1941, under the leadership of neighbor Shu Lijuan, the director Zhu Shilin saw her potential, and after obtaining the consent of her parents, signed a 3-year filming contract with her and renamed her "Wang Danfeng", taking the meaning of "Danfeng Chaoyang". Her first film was Meat (aka Spirit and Flesh), in which she played the male protagonist's cousin.
Soon after, she starred in the feature film "New Fisherman's Song", playing a poor and kind fisherman girl who was exploited and bullied. In 1946, she starred in the drama film "The Spark of the Nation", in which she changed the past weak and unfortunate women and beautiful big ladies, playing the patriotic progressive female teacher Liang Yuezhen.
In 1944, Wang Danfeng starred in the drama film "Long Live the Teacher" directed by Sang Arc, in which she played Li Ying, a female teacher who insisted on establishing a civilian school through various difficulties. In the same year, he played Xue Baochao, one of the Twelve Nobles of Jinling, in the costume romance film "Dream of the Red Chamber" starring Zhou Xuan and Yuan Meiyun.
In 1947, he co-starred with Yan Jun in the love story film "Qingqing RiverSide Grass" produced by the "China Electricity" Second Factory, playing lanjing, a young girl who experienced life and death with her lover due to war, and was forced to fall into the dust of life. In 1949, he accepted the invitation of the Great Wall Film Production Company to go to Hong Kong to develop, and starred in zhu Yingtai, who was dedicated to love, in the costume romance film "Yaochi Mandarin Duck" adapted from the folk tale of "Liang Zhu Hua Butterfly".
In the same year, he co-starred with Hu Di in the costume drama film "Splendid Paradise" adapted from the Peking Opera "Suolin Capsule", in which he played the poor girl Zhao Shouzhen. During this period, she also participated in a charity performance for the bereaved family of director Fang Peilin, playing "Little Things" in the drama "Sunrise", which was her first time on the stage of drama.
In 1951, datong film company filmed a costume legendary feature film "Cai Feng Double Fly", in which she played the heroine, playing the naturally beautiful and ill-fated girl Jin Xiaofeng. In December 1952, she became an actress at the Shanghai Film Studio. In 1955, in Zhao Dan's stage play "Thunderstorm" rehearsed using the Stanley system, he played the innocent and lively, fantasy and young master eloping with the young master's maid Si Feng.
In 1956, the Shanghai Film Studio brought "Home", one of Ba Jin's "Riptide Trilogy", to the screen, in which she played the role of a simple and weak on the outside but a strong and indomitable lady on the inside. In 1957, she starred in the feature film "Nurse's Diary", in which she portrayed Jian Suhua, the first generation of female nurses in New China who was not afraid of hardship and positivity, and sang the film's interlude "Little Swallow".
In the same year, he starred in the drama film "Sea Soul", which depicted the story of the Kuomintang seamen's uprising, once again creating a fierce female image similar to "Ming Feng", playing the only female role in the film - Taiwanese bar waitress Wen Mengyuan. In 1958, she played the rural girl Zhou Gengxiang in the "artistic documentary" "You Chase Me" written by Huang Zongying, which was her first time playing a rural woman.
In 1959, the 10th anniversary of the National Day "gift film" "Spring Full of People" that praised the spirit of medical workers to save lives and help the injured was released, in which she played the protagonist Ding Dagang's fiancée and bus conductor Zhu Xiuyun. In 1960, he participated in the film "Merry Characters Look at the Present Dynasty" that reflected the realistic theme, playing the protagonist Gao Hailin's lover Song Fenglan.
In 1962, she starred in the film "The Female Barber" directed by Ding Ran, which was her first comedy film, and in order to play the enthusiastic barber Hua Jiafang, she specially visited the barber Liu Ruiqing as a teacher. In the same year, the Ministry of Culture selected 22 "new Chinese actors" (commonly known as the "twenty-two movie stars" of New China) who were loved by the audience, and Wang Danfeng was listed among them.
In 1963, he co-starred with Feng Zhe in the costume romance film "Peach Blossom Fan" produced by Xi'an Film Studio, playing Li Xiangjun, a famous prostitute in Qinhuai who was full of patriotic spirit. In 1978, he returned to the film world by participating in the movie "The Man Who Lost His Memory". Subsequently, he starred in the comedy film "Sons, Grandchildren and Seeds" that promoted the "family planning" policy, and played Zhang Xiuying, a former labor expert who could not participate in the "four modernization construction" due to excessive childbearing.
In 1980, he co-starred with Xiang Kun in the love story film "Jade Butterfly" filmed by Eying Studio, playing the role of Jundai Takeuchi, a Japanese scholar who fell in love with Chinese students, from the age of 20 to the age of 60. After filming the film, she decided to take a break. In August 1995, he won the "Special Honor Award" of the Fifth China Film Performing Arts Society Award, and in December, he won the "Chinese Film Star" Film Performing Arts Achievement Award. In 1996, he won the "Century Award" for Chinese films jointly sponsored by the Film Bureau of Radio, Film and Television and the China Filmmakers Association.
In 2005, he became one of the 50 "Outstanding Film Artists" commended by the State Administration of Radio, Film and Television to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the birth of Chinese cinema, and in the same year, he was awarded the title of "100 Outstanding Actors in 100 Years" by the China Film Performance Society. In 2013, he won the Lifetime Achievement Award of the 14th Golden Phoenix Awards of the Chinese Academy of Film Performing Arts. In 2017, he won the Lifetime Achievement Award of the 20th Shanghai International Film Festival.
Wang Danfeng was born bright and foreign, and is a model of standard beauty. Her beauty is unquestionable. If Chinese cinema is a legend, then she is a legend within a legend. She is very low-key and humble, and does not argue or love to be in the limelight. For the sake of the role, she is particularly able to endure hardships. Her whole life has been beautiful, both outwardly and on the inside.
Her works, artworks, and personalities are admirable. She has been photographing many classic works from film for forty years; Great devotion and reverence for art; His character is also praised, gentle and dignified, and there is no dispute with the world. Wang Danfeng was good at tragedy from the beginning of the film, and after entering New China, he played his comedic talent. Comedy will affect the beauty of actresses to some extent, but Wang Danfeng still retains the image of beauty in exaggerated comedy performances, unifying funny and solemn in harmony.
In the movie "Peach Blossom Fan", wang Danfeng showed rich and profound emotions, and the treatment of the soothing passages also concealed the emotional agitation of the protagonist. Her beauty is difficult to summarize in short words, not gorgeous and unrestrained, nor high and cold, but kind and lovely.