This is what Shang Guanyunzhu said in the movie "Long Live My Wife", and it is also a summary of her life.

"Shang Guanyunzhu" is a name that once shone in the film history of China. Many of her roles have become eternal classics engraved in the hearts of a generation of China people.

But who knows that behind these dazzling auras are endless bitterness and vicissitudes of the past?

My ancestral home is in Jiangyin, and I am related to Shang Guanyunzhu. My grandmother walked with her during the National Day.

When I was a child, I heard my elders talk about her. She has been fighting against fate all her life, from marriage to career. I would rather wither alone than be wronged for perfection, which is embarrassing.

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Shang Guanyunzhu, a native of Jiangyin, Jiangsu Province, was originally named Wei Junti, also known as Wei Yajun. /kloc-at the age of 0/7, she married fellow countryman Zhang Dayan and had a son. Zhang Taiyan dotes on her.

1937 After the outbreak of War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression, her hometown Jiangyin was bombed by the Japanese army, and she fled to Shanghai with her husband's family.

At that time, Shanghai was the center of Asian entertainment and oriental fashion.

In the second year, in order to make a living, I worked as a ticket inspector in Shanghai He Photo Studio on Joffrey Street.

The manager of the photo studio saw that she was very beautiful, so he bought fashionable clothes for her to put on and take pictures, and put them in the window as a signboard.

This move has also attracted the attention of many pedestrians, and the number of customers in the photo studio has increased significantly. During her two years working in the studio, she had frequent contact with the stars who came to take pictures and became interested in drama.

The boss, He, is a photographer of the Star Film Company. He has a close relationship with people in the Shanghai film industry, so he recommended Wei Yajun to Zhang Shankun, the boss of the star film company.

And decided that she would play the heroine in Wang Hu Laoguai. At this time, director Wancang Bu renamed her "Shang Guanyunzhu", hoping that she could shine like a pearl.

Zhang Shankun held a special press conference for this new film, announcing that he had discovered a "silver star"-Shang Guanyunzhu.

The appearance of Shang Guanyunzhu shocked the major media, who were surprised by Shangguan's beauty.

The next day, Shanghai entertainment newspapers praised her with words like "Shang Guanyunzhu, the new flower of the art garden" and "Shang Guanyunzhu, the United States", and another magazine described Shang Guanyunzhu's appearance with Tibetan poems:

Choose the fiber branches cherished by the world,

The official appearance is clear.

Clouds and clouds evoke powder and beauty,

Pearl throat is crisp and euphemistic.

Shang Guanyunzhu became famous overnight. However, this is a "game" made by the company boss.

It turned out that Zhang Shankun and his lover, also a smash hit actress Tong Yuejuan, had a conflict because of the compensation for the kidnapping case in Wang Hu. In order to "hang" Tong Yuejuan, Zhang Shankun specially found a newcomer, Shang Guanyunzhu, who has just stepped into the entertainment circle to compete with him.

But boss Zhang got back together with Tong Yuejuan immediately. Coupled with Shang Guanyunzhu's lack of performance experience, he was too nervous to make a sound or even tremble when he entered the show ...

Shang Guanyunzhu was soon replaced.

Subsequently, the newspaper made a 180 degree turn and published slanderous remarks such as "embroidered pillows and straw bags in Shang Guanyunzhu" and "superficial in Shang Guanyunzhu".

In the face of being teased, Shang Guanyunzhu, who was only 20 years old, didn't give in, but suddenly matured a lot. She is determined to make a fortune and make a splash in the film industry.

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When she didn't have a chance to act in a movie for the time being, she turned her energy to drama performance. She devoted herself to every performance and was meticulous.

Finally, Shang Guanyunzhu starred in the drama Thunderstorm at 194 1, which was a great success and became famous in one fell swoop. Her efforts on the stage of drama made her acting mature.

It's time for a movie actor. 1in the summer of 946, the film "Spring Dreams in Heaven" was being planned, but the second heroine had not been chosen yet. The leading actor recommended it to the director Tang, and she decided to play No.2 on the spot when she came to audition.

Shang Guanyunzhu and Blue Horse play a bad couple in A Dream in Heaven. She plays a coquettish, snobbish and vicious woman, and her eyes are full of drama. The film was released and caused a sensation. Shang Guanyunzhu became famous and popular in Shanghai.

Shang Guanyunzhu also appeared in Long Live My Wife and A River Flowing East. In "Flowers on the Spring River Go East", she vividly depicts a ruthless and arrogant lady.

From 1947 to May 1949, in just three years, Shang Guanyunzhu made nine films, including Road, Lamp, Crow and Sparrow, which accounted for nearly half of her life's film works. She became a famous movie star at home and abroad.

From an invoice clerk to a famous film actor, Shang Guanyunzhu's life has undergone a beautiful change.

Shang Guanyunzhu's success has not been understood by her husband, and there are more and more contradictions between them. Zhang Dayan has a traditional thinking, hoping that she will be a housewife, educate her husband and children, and stay away from the public eye.

Shang Guanyunzhu left the family that gave her happiness and love for her own ideal.

After leaving Zhang Dayi, she got to know Yao Ke, a disciple of Lu Xun, who was quite famous in Shanghai at that time. The two soon sparked a spark of love and gave birth to their daughter Yaoyao.

However, this relationship is still unhappy. Yao Ke comes from a famous family and enjoys a world-renowned reputation, while Shang Guanyunzhu has no background and is a typical "La Traviata". They have no real communication except performance.

Yao Ke fell in love with a rich girl, and her marriage ended in a hurry after only two years.

She has been in love many times in her life. Some people say that she succeeded by stepping on men's shoulders, which may be a way for women to survive in that era. However, who among those men does not covet her beauty?

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After the founding of New China, Shang Guanyunzhu remained active, striving to change from an "actor in old Shanghai" to a "literary and art worker in new China".

However, her appearance, acting style and temperament are not suitable for co-starring in Workers, Peasants and Soldiers.

When there was no play for the time being, Shang Guanyunzhu found another way. He often went to the grass-roots level to perform plays, and also participated in many fund-raising benefit performances and labor benefit performances in disaster areas until he fainted on the stage due to overwork and acute pneumonia.

1955, Shanghai Film Studio is ready to start shooting "South Island Storm". However, when filming is about to start, the candidate for the heroine head nurse Fu Ruohua has not yet been finalized. Director Bai Shen pushed his way through the crowd and decided to use Shang Guanyunzhu.

Sure enough, Shang Guanyunzhu lived up to expectations and changed the image of "social butterfly" and "rich woman" that seems to have been stereotyped on the screen. She has made a convincing interpretation of a heroine who has gone through hardships, and her superb acting skills have made those who have been discriminated against and prejudiced have to sit up and take notice.

Through hard work and struggle, her situation seems to have improved for a while, with some illusory fantasies.

From 65438 to 0962, Shang Guanyunzhu was awarded the honorary title of "Top 22 Movie Stars" in New China by the Ministry of Culture, and was received by Chairman Mao for six times.

Shang Guanyunzhu, like a spring breeze person, never thought that her life would go downhill.

From 65438 to 0965, she suffered from breast cancer, which later metastasized to her brain. Her brain function was impaired, so that she once lost her ability to read and write.

However, tenacious vitality made her slowly recover, but at this time, the world in front of her has undergone earth-shaking changes.

1966, Shang Guanyunzhu, which has suffered many disasters all its life, has come to the final test.

Stage sisters, which she participated in, was characterized as "a negative textbook to beautify the black line of literature and art in the 1930 s" and was strongly criticized; Being interviewed by * * * several times became one of her crimes during the Cultural Revolution.

At the trial meeting held in Shanghai Film Factory, Shang Guanyunzhu was repeatedly beaten by the rebels.

1968165438+1October 22nd, Shang Guanyunzhu was summoned by the rebels for the last time. The rebel asked her to write "confession materials" and hand them in the next day.

She clearly knows that there will be more humiliation and suffering to meet her tomorrow. A woman who got her life from the war and came out of cancer finally despaired and chose to jump off a building, ending her ups and downs.

1968165438+1in the early morning of October 23rd, Shang Guanyunzhu committed suicide by jumping off a building at the age of 48.

After the downfall of the Gang of Four, Shang Guanyunzhu was rehabilitated.

Her life, like a movie script, is full of joys and sorrows, love and hate.

The vivid artistic image she created is regrettable and unforgettable for a long time.