Tham Thuy Hang – The ups and downs of a beautiful woman

Shen Thuy Hang then (left) and now (right)
 
Before 1975, Tham Thuy Hang was a famous female “film star” as she was called at that time. Not only has she acted in many domestic films, but Thuy Hang has also participated in many films in Southeast Asia. Emerging from her role as Tam Nuong in the movie Binh Duong Beauty, Tham Thuy Hang always carries this nickname thanks to the public’s admiration. them and became a symbol of female beauty for a time in Saigon, especially the South in general.

Tham Thuy Hang not only acted in films but also acted in plays and was also quite good. famous on stage both before and after liberation. Although she is a beauty and a famous person for decades, Tham Thuy Hang has a completely private life in her twilight years. A lay nun who studies Zen and does charity has little contact with the outside world. The life of a “film star” and a “beautiful woman” with an illustrious artistic career ended with a cruel fate.

The golden age of Tham Thuy Hang

The girl was born in 1941 in Hai Phong with the simple name Nguyen Kim Phung – the name in the birth certificate of “Beauty of Binh Duong”. She and her family migrated to the South and lived in Long Xuyen city, An Giang province. When he was young, Kim Phung studied at Huynh Van Nhut primary school, Long Xuyen city. After finishing elementary school, Kim Phung went to Saigon to live with her sister who attended high school at Huynh Thi Nga Tan Dinh school. The year Kim Phung turned 16 years old and was in fourth grade (9th grade now), she was famous as a “new age” beauty among students.

That was also the year My Van film company – a famous large film company at that time – organized a contest to recruit movie actors. The girl, Kim Phung, who had just reached her full moon, sneaked away from her family and surpassed 2,000 other beautiful girls across the South to participate in the recruitment. With her heavenly beauty and natural ability, Kim Phung excellently won the first prize. The owners of My Van studio gave Kim Phung the stage name Tham Thuy Hang and sent Thuy Hang to Hong Kong to attend a short acting training class.

From here, she 16-year-old girl Kim Phung has a golden opportunity to enter the field of “7th art”. Just a short step, but this has made Kim Phung leap very far to the peak of glory.

With her first role as Tam Nuong in the movie Binh Duong Beauty – A black-and-white film by My Van studio directed by artist Nam Chau, released in 1958, Tham Thuy Hang emerged as a movie star and completely conquered the passionate admiration of the big screen audience. at that time. The name “Beauty of Binh Duong” followed Thuy Hang throughout her artistic journey in the 50s – 60s… until the day of liberation in 1975.

The salary can buy 1 kg of gold

After becoming a shining star in the film industry, Tham Thuy Hang was continuously invited by film studios at that time to play leading roles. She acted in many films (about 60 films) and became the number 1 female star with a salary of 1 million VND for a role (equivalent to 1 kg of 9999 gold at that time).

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In addition to Tam Nuong’s first role in the movie Binh Duong Beauty, another very beautiful role of Tham Thuy Hang once resonated, contributing to bringing her name up the ladder of fame. Chuc Nu in the movie Nguu Lang Chuc Nu, also directed by My Van film studio, was produced by People’s Artist Nam Chau. The audience cannot forget the beautiful and misty Chuc Nu flying back to heaven in her soulful singing as if it were coming from magical, magical clouds in the musical scene of Chuc Nu Returning to Heaven composed by Pham Duy.

Among the huge number of films starring Tham Thuy Hang, we can mention some famous films such as: Tra Hoa Nu Tam Cam The Legend of Betel and Areca Bach Vien – Ton Cat Half a soul in pain Mysterious eyes Unfinished thread of love O Oan Mr. Dia The shadow of you gone Feeling sad Waves of love 10 years of storms Please don’t leave me… Those films Tham Thuy Hang co-starred with “veteran” names in the village Cai Luong film and stage actors at that time such as: La Thoai Tan Kim Cuong Tran Quang Thanh Thuy Thanh Duoc Ut Bach Lan Tuy Hoa.

It can be said that Tham Thuy Hang’s most brilliant period was the period from 1965 to 1972, every film she starred in achieved very high revenue. In 1969, Tham Thuy Hang founded her own film studio under her own name, Tham Thuy Hang Film Studio (the predecessor of Vilifilms later).

Not only Collaborating to make films and filming abroad, wherever she goes to attend any film festival, Tham Thuy Hang is respected on par with famous foreign actors. This is a particularly rare case. In particular, these graces are due to her fame for her beauty and talent. At the same time, during those years, Tham Thuy Hang not only participated in socio-emotional films but also entered the field of comedy and horror films such as: An idiot with luck, Playing with death… In every field she was successful. .

At the peak of fame

Thanks to her talent and beauty, Tham Thuy Hang achieved the peak of fame when she continuously received high awards from Asian and international cinema: Twice won the Asian best actress award at the Taipei Film Festival Photo Asian queen at the Asian Film Festival held in Hong Kong and Taiwan in 1972 – 1974 Most adorable actress at the Mascova and Tasken Film Festival in the Soviet Union in 1982, surpassing beautiful actresses from Eastern Europe, Japan, China Country of Mongolia …

Successful and famous in the film industry Tham Thuy Hang is also famous and successful in the field of opera, Cai Luong, New Music. Tham Thuy Hang’s theater group was on par with famous theater groups at that time such as: Kim Cuong Mong Tuyen Dan Nam Tan Dan Nam Tuy Hoa – Tuy Phuong Duy Lan La Thoai Tan… and was ranked in the “top ten” of theater groups. famous and she is also ranked among the 12 brightest actors of Southern theater.

Tham Thuy Hang not only plays the role of Head of the Drama Department but also writes main role script. Some plays broadcast on the radio or on the small screen at that time with the participation of Tham Thuy Hang are remembered by the audience such as: Long River Dance in the Shadows Old Mother Porcelain Eyes Stream of Love Drifting…

Before 1975, Tham Thuy Hang often appeared on the “Great Music Festival” stage, but not in opera and opera, but in singing new music. Some songs performed by Tham Thuy Hang in this field that are relatively successful are Truc Phuong’s Two Night Trains and Thanh Binh’s Missed Love. In addition, the image of Tham Thuy Hang accompanied by Thanh Nga often appears on the covers of spring newspapers and calendars têt with the symbol of one person being the “Queen of Cinema” and the other being the “Queen of Cai Luong Theater”. Both represent female beauty that many people admire.

After liberation in 1975, while a number of artists fled abroad to settle, Tham Thuy Hang and her husband, Professor Dr. Nguyen Xuan Oanh, refused opportunities to leave and chose to stay in their hometown. Mr. Nguyen Xuan Oanh worked as Deputy Prime Minister and Governor of the Bank under the old regime and then as Acting Prime Minister for 2 years: 1964 – 1965. After 1975, there was a time when he worked as an economic advisor to General Secretary Nguyen Van Linh. and Prime Minister Vo Van Kiet.

Mr. Nguyen Xuan Oanh died on August 29, 2003 of heart disease at the age of 82. Everyone recognizes that Mr. Nguyen Xuan Oanh (20 years older than Tham Thuy Hang) greatly influenced the life and career of Tham Thuy Hang through two eventful periods of history. Therefore, talking about Tham Thuy Hang without mentioning Mr. Nguyen Xuan Oanh is a mistake.

A rose and

Mr. Nguyen Xuan Oanh was born in 1921 in Bac Giang and studied economics at Harvard University, a famous university in the United States and In the world. He graduated with a PhD in economics in 1954 and worked at the World Bank for a while before returning home to take on the role of Governor of the National Bank in 1963 (after Ngo Dinh Diem’s ​​coup).< /p>

There is an anecdote that the year Professor Dr. Nguyen Xuan Oanh returned home, as soon as he stepped down from Tan Son Nhat airport, there was a fence of Saigon beauties welcoming him and giving him flowers. It was the famous “Beauty of Binh Duong” who pinned a crimson rose on the lapel of Mr. Nguyen Xuan Oanh’s vest. Unexpectedly, this fateful rose created an opportunity for the two to meet an emerging politician and a lovely female star. What had to happen has happened. After that, they became husband and wife, overcoming all the rumors of public opinion for a while.

Tham Thuy Hang and her husband Professor Dr. Nguyen Xuan Oanh

The story goes that during the period Professor Dr. Nguyen Xuan Oanh participated in the main Under the old regime, during receptions for politicians and guests at home and abroad, many “ladies and gentlemen” wives of politicians, generals, and colonels expressed discomfort at having to be on equal footing with Tham Thuy Hang – the wife of the Deputy Prime Minister. Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Oanh, they believe that she is not worthy to sit at the same dinner table and walk on the same level as them because she belongs to a different class or, frankly, “the ward sings without a species”.

Perhaps realizing this and avoiding awkwardness for her husband, Tham Thuy Hang refused to participate in those political and class-dividing parties in the future.

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Beauty and talent

After April 30. In 1975, the decision of Mr. Nguyen Xuan Oanh and Tham Thuy Hang to stay and serve their homeland while they had many opportunities and influences to leave was a wise choice and certainly this decision was theirs. Mr. Nguyen Xuan Oanh. During the difficult period of the country after liberation, Mr. Nguyen Xuan Oanh and his wife participated in serving the revolution in two different positions.

Mr. Nguyen Xuan Oanh was elected Trusted in the role of economic advisor to General Secretary Nguyen Van Linh, Prime Minister Vo Van Kiet, he was also elected to the Vietnam Fatherland Front Committee, a representative of the National Assembly of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam. Artist Tham Thuy Hang continues to act in films and plays to participate in the field of arts and culture to serve the revolution. She was awarded the title of Meritorious Artist by the State.

Theatrical theater is also the field where artist Tham Thuy Hang shows off her talent and plays many roles. She appeared in a series of plays that brightened the name of Tham Thuy Hang and was awarded the title of Meritorious Artist by the State to recognize her contributions to the field of art in general after 1975 such as: For future love White myrtle flower earrings …

Surgery disaster

Since the role of Phon Y in the play Loi Vu on the stage of the Kim Cuong troupe, NSUT Artist Tham Thuy Hang officially retired from the stage and screen and other artistic activities to retire to a secluded life in the theater. Private house on Cach Mang Thang Tam street. Here, Mr. Nguyen Xuan Oanh and his wife retired away from officialdom, while Tham Thuy Hang wanted to hide from everyone the period of her fading beauty during the final stage of complications from silicon.

These last years for the “Queen of Beauty” were truly the ultimate suffering. She has undergone many large and small surgeries and uses regular Botox injections to cope with the ravages of chemicals in her body. But even though she tried her best with every method to prolong the time, the once gorgeous “Beauty of Binh Duong” had to accept the truth: all the beauty and splendor of the past had been eliminated from her face. deformed day by day.

The house on Cach Mang Thang Tam Street was also sold. Mr. Nguyen Xuan Oanh and Tham Thuy Hang, their husband and wife, bought another house in the Binh Quoi area. Binh Thanh district and retreated into seclusion in both the literal and figurative sense. He and Tham Thuy Hang have no contact with the outside world and live almost in the dark, practicing vegetarianism at home, listening to sutras and doing charity work.

Tham Thuy Hang and her two sons

It is said that after listening to a monk come to preach, Mr. Nguyen Xuan Oanh wore a golden Buddha statue around his neck. She realized impermanence and lived comfortably until she died of a heart attack in 2003. Since her husband’s death, Tham Thuy Hang has been even more lonely in a hidden room filled with darkness. She wore a brown robe and took the Buddhist name to hide her ugly deformed face to do charity work with the temple. That’s why no one knows that the once silver screen star’s face has deformed and is no longer as beautiful as before.

Perhaps she will live in peace with her legend and With the old aura, when he went out on the street, many admirers followed him behind to see his face and ask for his autograph. And “Beauty of Binh Duong” would still exist in everyone’s minds if Tham Thuy Hang did not appear at the funeral of People’s Artist Phung Ha and stay on duty all night next to the coffin of “Mother Bay” according to the teacher-student ritual. Although wearing a black mourning dress and hiding her face, the current portrait of “Beauty of Binh Duong” after silicone complications was revealed and several photos were later posted online.

Nothing lasts forever in this world, the most fleeting thing is beauty. But for someone so famous in the entertainment industry like Tham Thuy Hang, she is as stunningly beautiful as a beauty symbol that has become the standard for any woman and the public’s admiration for that beauty. cannot be destroyed for any reason. People understand that mentality and that is why they should completely share Tham Thuy Hang’s suffering in the present because there is nothing more sad than a living person who must always hide his face behind a layer of camouflage.

End-of-life tragedy

Husband and wife Tham Thuy Hang has 4 sons who are currently living abroad and are all successful. They are filial children who always visit their parents and protect their grandmother in her old age. But in life, no one enjoys complete luck and happiness, there are always risks and even tragedies. The same goes for Tham Thuy Hang if through the latest news happened to be true, it was a big shock for her in the last days of her life.

It is said that Tham Thuy Hang announced to several newspapers on the afternoon of July 8, 2011 that she had a daughter who was abandoned at the peak of her glory. . She named this baby girl Nguyen Thuy Thi Hang to mark that glorious period. And due to adverse circumstances, she was sent to a familiar family to raise her. After 1975, this family went to America and Tham Thuy Hang’s daughter also disappeared with her adoptive parents at that time.

After suffering and regretting Tormented Tham Thuy Hang has found clues about her lost daughter and hopes to reunite one day. But that girl, according to the image we have, is now a very beautiful mature girl who resembles Tham Thuy Hang like two drops of water. With soft and polite words, she denied this relationship on television screen. America recently through an interview.

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