But what people don't know is that Xiang Mei is not the only actress in their family, or even the only movie actress. Among the sisters in their family, there are always three actors, two of whom are movie stars. This has to start with her parents.
Mr. Wu Zhaofa, Xiang Mei's father, is a famous biologist in China. As early as 1929, he received his doctorate from the University of Wisconsin. He was 24 years old that year. Then, after he returned to China, he taught at Fu Jen Catholic University and Beijing Normal University successively, and was a respected biology professor. Professor Wu's wife, Huang Yuehua, was originally his student. After marriage, she studied knowledge with Professor Wu and gave birth to eight children, including seven daughters and seven flowers, namely, Yumei, Pingmei, Xiangmei, Yanmei, Jimei, Youmei and Sumei, and the only son was named Zongzheng.
You may feel strange when you see the name Wu Xiangmei, but it is actually Xiang Mei's original name. After she embarked on the road of film actress, her name was changed from Wu Xiangmei to Xiang Mei.
In p>1957, Xiang Mei, who was studying in Tianjin University, was accidentally taken a fancy to by director Xie Jin, and participated in the filming of Women's Basketball No.5. Since then, she has stepped onto the screen and gradually became popular. Xiang Mei can be an actress more because of her excellent appearance and outstanding temperament. According to Xie Jin, Xiang Mei was walking on campus at that time, and almost all the young men's eyes were uniformly focused on her, showing how attractive she was at that time.
After Xiang Mei played the role of Wang Aizhu in Women's Basketball Team No.5, she became a professional film actress in Shanghai Film Studio, and successively played roles in films such as Night on a Foggy Sea, Cuckoo Cried Again, Red women soldiers, etc., especially the character Honglian in Red women soldiers, which made her famous and became a well-known film actress at that time.
But in fact, it was in the 198s that Xiang Mei really became a big hit. When she was middle-aged, she became a very popular movie actress because she played the leading role in movies such as Gunfire from the Secret Service, Blue File and Qintong. In addition, her role as the Queen of Wuji in the 86th TV series The Journey to the West also left a very deep impression on everyone.
But among her sisters, Xiang Mei was not the first one to make a movie on the screen. As early as 1951, her elder sister Wu Yumei was admitted to the Film Bureau of the Ministry of Culture and founded the Institute of Performing Arts in Beijing. She became classmates with Zhao Lian and Xiaoshu He, and became the first generation of film actors trained by New China.
after graduating from the performing arts research institute, Wu Yumei was assigned to be an actress in Changying Factory, and soon took part in the filming of the comedy film "Unfinished Comedy", in which one of them played the roles of announcer and nurse. This film was co-starred by two comedy stars, Langen Han and Yin Xiucen, who were very popular in the film industry at that time, and besides these two stars, Wu Yumei was the actress with the most scenes.
Wu Yumei's performance in this film is very simple, but it can also be seen that it has been carefully designed and prepared. In particular, the use of gestures as an announcer is slightly deliberate. However, when playing a nurse, it is naturally vivid. Also because of this film, Wu Yumei became a well-known film actress. And in 1958, he participated in the filming of the film "A New Lesson".
However, Wu Yumei didn't stick to the road of being a movie actor like her sister Xiang Mei. Later, she turned to be a director, and the popular red skirt in the street and the wide way to go were all familiar films in the 198s.
In addition to Wu Yumei and Xiang Mei, one of the seven sisters of the Wu family also became an actress, that is, Wu Jimei, Xiang Mei's sister. She is the fifth of seven sisters. She has a great talent for dancing since she was a child. When she grew up, she naturally became a dancer and worked in the Central Song and Dance Troupe for 22 years. Later, he joined Dance magazine as an editor. She created the famous "positioning dance score" in the dance world.
So, what are the different life paths of Xiang Mei's other sisters and brothers?
Wu Pingmei, Xiang Mei's second sister, originally studied fine arts in university, and later became a teacher. Wu Yanmei, the fourth sister of Xiang Mei, died early at a very young age, which is embarrassing. Her sixth sister, Wu Youmei, later became a teacher. Wu Sumei, the seventh sister, later became a teacher. These sisters, three actors and three teachers of the Wu family are really rare.
Their only brother, Wu Zongzheng, married an overseas Chinese student in Indonesia as his wife after graduating from Beijing University of Technology. Later, they went to Hong Kong to develop together.
The eight sisters and brothers in this family have different life paths. Now, Xiang Mei, who everyone is most familiar with, is 81 years old. However, when I saw her not long ago, she was still dignified and elegant, and her style remained the same as before. Many friends even said that Xiang Mei is more beautiful today than when she was young. And her sisters and sisters are no longer young, and they all enjoy their family happiness.