Actress Mai Chau from the movie 'Chi Dau' passed away
Journalist Vu Khanh Linh - granddaughter of Meritorious Artist Mai Chau said the actress passed away at 3:10 a.m. on May 24, 2025.
The funeral for Meritorious Artist Mai Chau will take place from 9:15 am to 10:30 am on May 26 at the funeral home of the Vietnam-Soviet Friendship Hospital, Hanoi. The memorial service will be held at 10:30 am on the same day, after which the artist will be cremated at Van Dien cemetery.
Meritorious Artist Mai Chau's real name is Mai Thi Chau. She was born on January 10, 1927 and passed away at 3:10 a.m. on May 24, 2025 due to old age and poor health.
Although she has not acted in films for many years, audiences still remember her through classic films of Vietnamese revolutionary cinema.
When the Vietnam Cinema School (now Hanoi University of Theatre and Cinema) opened the first actor training class, she and some colleagues participated in the audition and were selected as official actors of the Vietnam Feature Film Studio (now Vietnam Feature Film Studio) from 1959.
Actress Mai Chau has participated in the following films:Same river(1959 - the first work of Vietnamese revolutionary cinema),Construction site girl(1960),Ms. Tu Hau(1963),Take another step(1964),The fight continues(1966)...
August Star, Vu Dai Village in those days, Long Tri Festival Nightare also the films that marked her career as an actress. Her outstanding role was Nghi Que's wife - a scheming, cunning woman in the film.Sister Dau.
Meritorious Artist Mai Chau acted in films until she was over 80 years old, with her last film beingBi! Don't be afraid.directed by Phan Dang Di. She was awarded the title of Meritorious Artist in the early 1990s.
