1959, Shaw Company, a famous Hong Kong film and television company, released a news about recruiting child stars. On the day of recruitment, the examination room of the company was crowded with people. Then, unlike the previous actor recruitment, this time there are 100 chubby people waiting inside.
A Mrs. Shen looked worried, because other parents wanted their children to succeed and brought them to the interview, while Mrs. Shen's youngest daughter, Mao Mao, clamored for it herself.
Mao Mao is not outstanding and has been spoiled by the whole family since he was a child. She is round and fat. Mrs. Shen is really not sure whether she can be selected. If it fails, will the daughter's young heart be cast a shadow from now on? Mrs. Shen is worried.
But what she didn't expect was that Mao Mao, who was in the examination room at this time, was as cool as a cucumber, as if this stage was the amusement park where she usually played, and she had an extraordinary time.
A week later, people from Shaw Company knocked on the door of Shenyang's house. The name of Mao Mao they were looking for was Shen Dianxia.
In that interview, Shen Dianxia beat 100 of the fat people who applied for the job with her agile and glib Shen Dianxia, and became the supporting actress of Shaw Company's film "A Peach Blossom Blossoms a Thousand Flowers".
Then, just as she was excitedly preparing for the performance, her father's reaction surprised her. Dad loved her very much since childhood and never wanted to talk to her loudly, but when he learned that she was going to be in a movie, he threw her schoolbag away and said, "Well, you don't think you should go to school, you should be your actor."
In the days when stars were actors, my father thought it was a very humble profession.
Dad's objection made Shen Dianxia very sad. He said to his father, "If you let me have a try, I will study hard."
Her father, who loves her daughter deeply, agreed to let her try. This attempt directly started Shen Dianxia's acting career for nearly half a century.
Different from today's openness and aesthetics, it is difficult to find actresses in China, not to mention the mainland, and even in Hong Kong in the 1960s, but Shen Dianxia, who volunteered to be a comedian, was very special at that time.
Since then, Hong Kong movies have had new pistachios on the screen. She is sometimes naive, sometimes eccentric, sometimes fierce and sometimes gentle. Although she is mostly a supporting role, it is unexpected and understandable that her changeable personality and unchanging figure make Shen Dianxia become popular rapidly.
In Hong Kong in the 1970s, the economic downturn, panic and lack of self-confidence brought many problems to the society at that time. Shen Dianxia's performance made people shine.
In 1986, Shen Dianxia and her old partner Dong Piao played a middle-class couple. Qi Shu, the leading actor, is a TV anchor, seemingly glamorous, but in fact he is burdened with the living expenses of a large family, and the situation is frequent during the live broadcast, which adds hardship to Qi Shu.
Aunt Xu, played by, has a hot temper and is keen on lottery tickets. She is eager to get rich overnight and change the fate of poverty. As a result, she really won the lottery and the whole family got carried away.
In uncles and aunts, many people see their own shadows, happy themselves, sad themselves, dissatisfied themselves and easily satisfied themselves.
But life won't stop there. The huge bonus did not bring happiness to Uncle Qi's family, but became a disaster, and a series of misfortunes followed. After the disaster, the whole family realized that the so-called wealth is a thing outside the body, and harmony and beauty are the true meaning of life.
This film created a box office miracle at a low cost and became a milestone in the history of Hong Kong's New Year films.
Shen Dianxia's outstanding performance is indispensable. Forced Palace can be said to be a carefully polished work since her debut for more than 20 years. Her round figure, fluffy owl hairstyle and butterfly mirror also became the major entertainment programs at that time, with constant jokes.
But I'm afraid it was unexpected. Just as the film was getting a bumper harvest, Shen Dianxia suffered from severe depression. So that my hair fell out, and the classic owl's head exploded, and it was just a wig from then on.
And it all started with her special love.
1978 May 14, the 496th issue of Hong Kong's Ming Pao Weekly published an explosive cover. The photo was an intimate photo of Shen Dianxia and her lovestruck boyfriend, who was a handsome young man.
Who's Adam Cheng?
A handsome young man who was very popular in Hong Kong cinema was remembered by Hong Kong audiences for starring in Jin Yong's martial arts drama Book and Sword 1976. From then on, he became famous for playing the charming role of a hero in ancient costume. Countless people were fascinated by Adam Cheng's handsome and chic, and people nicknamed him "Qiu Guan".
At that time, Shen Dianxia and Adam Cheng became attached because of filming. They disdained each other at first, then became bosom friends and finally fell in love.
Adam Cheng and Shen Dianxia have established a love relationship, which is undoubtedly a blockbuster in the entertainment circle in Hong Kong, and Adam Cheng's teenage fans are crying. But in any case, Shen Dianxia, who is fat and plain, has proved one thing with facts, that is, the ugly duckling may not be a swan, but she can wait for her own Prince Charming.
This loving couple also became the symbol of female talent and male appearance in that era. However, this relationship has not received much blessing.
The appearance contrast between Shen Dianxia and Adam Cheng is too great. Although they were openly in love, they made no secret of their love.
However, Shen Dianxia's friends can't help worrying that although their age difference is not big, compared with Adam Cheng, who just became popular at that time, Shen Dianxia is already an "old man" in the entertainment circle, and has long been a well-deserved cross-border king of comedy in film and television, hosting and music.
At this time, Adam Cheng, who is still a young movie star, has a bright future, but there are also scandals. Just like the charming character in his play, in the words of Lin Yanni, a female writer in Hong Kong, Adam Cheng has been paying attention to women unconsciously.
Therefore, the gap between the external conditions and the status in the circle is too big. A group of friends in Shen Dianxia are noncommittal about this relationship.
The first person to remind Shen Dianxia was her sworn brother Xie Xian. He warned Shen Dianxia that love belongs to love, but we must find out each other's character.
Shen Dianxia's other eldest brother, Deng Guangrong, who was a famous Hong Kong movie star, even denounced Adam Cheng as a playboy with impure thoughts.
Although the friends around her are not optimistic about this relationship, Shen Dianxia trusts her intuition about Adam Cheng, and she falls in love with happiness.
This relationship, eleven years later, also plunged her into great grief.
1984 Shen Dianxia and Adam Cheng, in their sixth year of love, the contract between Adam Cheng and tvbi is about to expire, and they decided to develop in Taiwan Province Province. At this time, Shen Dianxia's career was in full swing, but she immediately suspended her work and accompanied Adam Cheng to Taiwan without hesitation.
At this time, the young couple, a happy appearance of singing with women, showed their love to a new height.
After that, Shen Dianxia gradually faded out of public view and began to act as Adam Cheng's agent, arranging his work schedule and various announcements.
Although he faded out of the stage he loved, for Shen Dianxia, everything with Adam Cheng was worthwhile.
Happy life, eleven years have passed in an instant, but it is not a happy ending.
During his stay in Taiwan, Adam Cheng took over The Legend of New Chu Liuxiang, which became an instant hit and attracted cheers from fans again.
In this play, Adam Cheng met Jinghua Guan, a Taiwan Province actress who just entered the film and television circle. Jinghua Guan, who is only 20 years old, has just graduated from a drama school and is in his prime. In the play, the first hero, Adam Cheng, is her long-admired idol.
In the days of filming together, the two fell in love soon. Shen Dianxia was like a bolt from the blue when he learned the news.
Adam Cheng's betrayal, a blow to Shen Dianxia, can be said to be devastating.
At this time, she found herself pregnant, and she flew to Canada to give birth alone, without Adam Cheng's company. She is 40 years old, a veritable older woman, and she gave birth to a child after a narrow escape.
This child is the only one left for her in this love.
It is better to take the initiative to let go than to force it. Shen Dianxia made a sober decision. The year after the divorce, Adam Cheng and Jinghua Guan got married.
Shen Dianxia fell into great sorrow, suffering from severe depression and diabetes. She faced all the difficulties alone and experienced countless nights. For the sake of her daughter, she finally got through it and returned to the stage.
Round figure, beautiful appearance, hearty laughter, unique explosive head and butterfly glasses, this is Shen Dianxia called Fat Sister.
In the entertainment circle with a cloud of beautiful women, she didn't have a beautiful figure and outstanding face, but in the end she became an evergreen tree in the entertainment circle in Hong Kong.
On February 19, 2008, Shen Dianxia left the world infected by her joy forever because of the ineffectiveness of the rescue for advanced liver cancer.
"Feifei is a' pistachio' in Hong Kong. Her laughter grew up with Hong Kong and brought us a lot of joy.
This is the audience's evaluation of her.
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