The elegant beauty of People's Artist Lan Hương in her youth.
People's Artist Lan Hương - the most mischievous mother-in-law on Vietnamese television - was a beautiful young woman with a high nose and expressive eyes.
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In her youth, People's Artist Lan Hương had a lovely, chubby face. She came to the arts by chance. A friend invited her to audition for the Vietnam National Drama Theatre; unexpectedly, her friend failed, but she passed. The theatre became her home for many years. Her name is associated with plays such as: The June Farewell, The Stone Man Out of Formation, In the Name of Justice, The Song of Life, Tran Thu Do, On the Blue Sky, The Night of Darkness… |
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Looking at this picture of a gentle, innocent young woman, it's hard to imagine the terrible mother-in-law from the TV series "Living with Mother-in-Law" or "Love the Sunny Days" decades later. |
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People's Artist Lan Hương's expressive eyes have greatly helped her in embodying her roles, conveying the emotions and psychology of her characters very well. |
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Like many other stage actors, People's Artist Lan Hương also participated in the seventh art. She acted in many films such as: Lăng Ferry, Kình Village Wind, Last Rays of Sunlight, Provincial Party Secretary, Family Traditions, Collective Citizens, Continuing the Love Song, Late Autumn Milk Flower, Becoming a Tycoon's Husband... With her role as teacher Thủy in the film The Guava Season, she won the Best Actress award at the film festival held in Singapore in 2001. |
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This is a portrayal of People's Artist Lan Hương in a play from the early 1990s. Not only does she have a beautiful face, but she also possesses a captivating figure. Her voluminous hair has become her trademark and a distinctive feature of her beauty. |
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People's Artist Lan Hương on a newspaper cover in the spring of 1987... |
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...and in a movie. |
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People's Artist Lan Hương and her husband, Meritorious Artist Đỗ Kỷ, have been together for over 40 years. They were both born in 1961 and attended Kim Liên High School (Hanoi), one grade apart, but never spoke. They recognized each other when they both passed the entrance exam for the drama class at the Vietnam National Drama Theatre, and their love story began there. |
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The dating days of the artist couple during the subsidy period. They still joke that back then, they were both "starving" because life was difficult and lacking. |
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The two artists, Lan Huong and Do Ky, at their simple wedding in 1987. |
