Speaking of the name Yang Hailian, it is estimated that many young audiences are not familiar with it.
But for fans born in the 50s and 60s, I think there will be a memory of the name.
In the 1970s and 1980s, as an actress at the North Film Studio, she was also active on the big screen and presented several characters with distinct personalities to the audience.
At that time, she and Zhang Jinling, Li Xiuming, Liu Xiaoqing, Zhang Liwei, etc., were all young actors trained by the North Film Studio, although the opportunities she got were not as good as the above-mentioned beauty stars, but she also won the affirmation and praise of the audience with her simple and unpretentious performance.
In 1956, Yang Hailian was born in Dalian, Liaoning Province, to a family of scholars.
She has loved to sing and dance since she was a child, and has a talent for acting, and wants to become a movie star like Wang Xingang, Yu Lan, Xie Fang and so on.
But in that era when everything was about family origin, it was quite difficult for her to realize this dream. Because her family has a relative overseas, she will be turned away every time she applies for a professional college.
For this, she was very depressed.
It was not until 1974 that her film dream came true.
That year, the North Film Studio planned to make the movie "Haixia", looking for suitable actresses across the country to play female militiamen in it. They found Wu Haiyan to play Dahaixia in Fujian, Cai Ming, Zhang Liwei and Hong Xuemin in Beijing to play Xiao Haixia, Caizhu and Yuxiu respectively, and li Xiaoli and Yang Hailian from the northeast to play supporting roles with heavier roles.
This year, Yang Hailian was 18 years old.
This is Yang Hailian's first time on the screen. Her performance in the film is not particularly outstanding, but it is also remarkable. The part with lines is also played by her with a relaxed degree, showing the plasticity of an actor.
In 1976, the North Film Studio recruited a group of young actors, Yang Hailian, Zhang Liwei, Cai Ming, Shen Guanchu, Huang Xiaolei, etc., were among the lucky ones. Subsequently, they were arranged to study in the Beijing Film Academy's workers, peasants, and soldiers, and after graduating in 1979, they became the backbone of the Actors Troupe of the North Film Studio.
During this period, Yang Hailian has performed well in many film and television dramas.
For example, she played Zhang Caiyun in "Cow Horn Stone", Da Feng in "Spring Morning in Southern Xinjiang", Xiaomei in "Willow Dark Flowers", and Xiang Qiu in "Melon Ripe". These roles are basically the image of a rural girl with wind and fire, and they are all vividly interpreted by her.
In my memory, Yang Hailian, as an actor, left the deepest impression on me in two roles, one is zhang lang who is vain and degenerate in "They Are in Love", and the other is the innocent and kind Cunni in "The Forgotten Corner of Love".
The two characters, identity, personality, outlook on life and values are not the same, one is very foreign, the other is dirty, but both are portrayed by Yang Hailian as flesh and blood.
Especially in "The Forgotten Corner of Love", Cun Ni, the beautiful and elegant appearance, the sincere and moving performance, all left unforgettable memories for the audience. Together with Shen Danping, Zhang Chao and other films, she became a high-profile movie star of that era.
After that, I obviously felt that Yang Hailian was consciously extending and broadening her own drama path, so we saw the role of Yi Xiang who was driven away by the vicious wizard in the mythological film "Peacock Princess", and saw her appearance as a woman dressed as a man in "The Grudge of Taiwan Island".
She put in a lot of effort for these roles, but her efforts did not gain more recognition.
I think that at this time, Yang Hailian must have doubted the profession of an actor she was engaged in, right?
Yes, as a film actor, Yang Hailian's appearance conditions are not particularly superior. Her image is not very gorgeous, so the opportunity to play a beautiful heroine is very rare.
And her temperament is not graceful and luxurious, which makes her can only be stereotyped as a "village girl professional household".
And without that actor, you are willing to be stereotyped. So, in the end, after starring in the movie "On the Elevator", she resolutely chose to stop the film. It was her hottest time, yet she seemed to have seen her end as an actress.
At that time, the door of the country had just opened, and many female celebrities chose to go abroad for further study or emigrate overseas.
First of all, Chen Chong, who had just won the title of queen of the third Hundred Flowers Awards, resolutely gave up many filming opportunities in China and went to California to study film production. Subsequently, the first Golden Rooster and Hundred Flowers Award double film queen had to advocate Yu, and also went to California to study film and television production.
Then Gong Xue, Chen Ye, Gaike, Zhang Weixin, Yin Xin, Wu Junmei, etc., went abroad.
Yang Hailian is also one of them. And it is one of the first female stars to go.
But are they doing well abroad?
Not necessarily.
For example, when Chen Chong first came to the United States, his life was not good. After the Hundred Flowers Awards came to the United States, they could only make a living by working in libraries and restaurants.
Most of them, in unfamiliar places of life, have tasted the white eyes and been left out in the cold. In the end, it is just Asian immigrants who cannot enter mainstream American society.
For example, Yang Hailian, that's it.
She went to the United States because she had distant relatives there.
But when she did get to Los Angeles, she found that the help that relatives could give was very limited. Everything is on your own, starting from scratch.
In China, Yang Hailian is also a movie star and is highly respected everywhere she goes. But when I arrived in the United States, no one knew her, and she didn't even know English at first, so even when looking for a job, she ran into walls everywhere. In desperation, she had to do some things that did not require speech, such as washing dishes and washing dishes, etc., often tired and busy for a day, and could only get a very small salary.
Later, she went to a language school to learn English, and the situation was slightly better. She began to work as a salesman, supermarket cashier, etc., earning better than before, but there were often times when she couldn't make ends meet.
On the hardest days, she even went to a rich family as a nanny.
At this time, no one will associate the woman who wears an apron to mop the floor with the female star who used to shine on the screen.
For this reason, Yang Hailian also wept sadly, but who in a foreign country would believe in tears? Helplessly, she had to wipe away her tears, grit her teeth, and go all the way.
People's adaptability is very strong.
Moreover, Yang Hailian is still a very strong person in his bones. She has designed a clear path for herself and allowed herself to improve a little bit every day. Soon, she learned the technology at computer school and then got a job at a computer company in Silicon Valley.
It was around 2000, when Liu Xiaoqing, who debuted at the same time as Yang Hailian, has become China's top star and billionaire sister, and Yang Hailian is just an ordinary white-collar worker in the United States.
In 2010, Yang Hailian returned to China to participate in an event and met a movie star of her own era. This actress, who has been developing in China, has not only always had drama, but also has a considerable salary. The most important thing is that this actress, everywhere she goes, is respected and warmly welcomed by the audience.
However, Yang Hailian, although she was also a popular film actor in the 80s, was long forgotten by the audience because she was too far away from the screen. She sat there, and no one recognized her, which made her feel very lost.
In the United States, Yang Hailian got married, had children, and lived a very ordinary life. But this kind of life is not very stable. Because the United States is a very racist country, social security is also very bad. This made her miss her days at home even more.
She thought that if she had been developing in China, maybe she could also become a top star, at least it was the existence of the old drama bones, right?
In fact, over the years, Yang Hailian has never given up her dream of being an actor, and she often dreams of returning to China to shoot even in her dreams. And whenever she wakes up from a dream and looks at everything in reality, she has a feeling of being lost.
Especially in recent years, watching China's rapid changes and has become a powerful country that has attracted the attention of the whole world, Yang Hailian regrets that she immigrated to the United States.
When it comes to life in the United States, she admits that it is not as good as she thinks. Especially after 2020, the United States will not be able to speak with China in many ways. At this time, she wanted to return to her motherland even more.
Now Yang Hailian is 65 years old and has retired at home. Looking at liu Xiaoqing, Pan Hong, Wang Fuli, and other contemporaries who are still insisting on filming, Yang Hailian is very impressed. She hopes that one day, like them, she can appear in the film and television dramas in her hometown and regain her dream of being an actor. And now she has experience and experience, so the role she plays will definitely have more depth and thickness. As viewers who love her, we are also looking forward to this day.
But I don't know if you remember this actress who became popular in the 80s film industry? Which role did you remember more about her? Everyone is welcome to interact with more fans through the message area. I am Yaqing and thank you again for your attention. We'll see you tomorrow at the same time.
Text/DJ Yaqing Editorial Department: Tong Yun
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