When Zhang Meijuan was a child, her family was very poor, and her parents tried their best to make a living. When she was 9 years old, Wu, a civilized opera artist of "Laughter Club" who lived opposite her home, saw the little girl was cute, so she was taken as a disciple and took her to Shanghai to learn to sing "civilized opera", which was the predecessor of burlesque, a bit like a drama performed in dialect. Zhang Meijuan is not interested in acting at all, and she knows nothing about it. She just thinks that since she has food and shelter, she should settle down and learn acting. In the old society, an apprentice had to "eat carrots for free" for three years, that is, before he really took power, he had to be the master's "maid", eat leftovers, do all kinds of chores, and even help the master empty the toilet ... Then he gradually got the chance to play a maid or something, but actually he just stood there without any performance. Since then, Zhang Meijuan has been secretly studying, thinking about what role he will play in the future, depending on how others play it. /kloc-When I was 0/5 years old, I became Hua Dan because I was beautiful, smart and studious. Because the owner's surname is Wu, she follows the surname Wu; Because everyone called her "Little Sister", her name became "Sister Wu"-Wu Meimei, and her original name happened to have a "Mei".

/kloc-at the age of 0/6, Wu Meimei became popular because he played two street performers with different backgrounds and personalities in In distress situation. From then on, in her artistic career of more than half a century, she witnessed and experienced the process from civilized drama to burlesque.

1942, Wu Meimei was 24 years old. She also played Luo Xiangqi and Mable in Xiaoxiao Troupe's Haitang, which was a test of acting skills. Later, she played the heroine Xiujuan in "Little Shandong to Shanghai" by Huating Troupe, and fell in love with Zhou Baichun. At that time, Zhou Baichun had just made his debut, and Wu Meimei, who had been on the stage for many years, had become famous, married and had children, and was naturally older than Zhou Baichun. So when Zhou Baichun and Wu Meimei play in love, they will blush and turn their faces away involuntarily, so Wu Meimei pulls her face over.

How many years later, when the two old people met, they were obsessed with the past decades ago. Wu Meimei said with a Shanghainese accent of Suzhou dialect, "As soon as I see Zhou Baichun, I will talk about love with him. And now our ears are not good, talking together is really like falling in love ... "People will laugh.

Yao, a famous comedian, is the son of a comedian. It has been nearly half a century since he cooperated with, and Yao himself has cooperated with. In retrospect, Yao also said that her greatest artistic achievement was "completely personalized performance". "When Huang rehearsed" Farewell to Yesterday with a Smile ",it was her father and starring, and she also participated in the starring role. Her role is completely based on characters, and this resolute path of character performance is rare among comedians. It is also the most worth learning for young actors. " Wu Meimei has been active in many fields such as stage, screen and broadcasting for many years, which is also inseparable from her solid stage skills.

195 1 year, Wu Meimei participated in the Artistic Style Comic Troupe, and played the leading role in nearly 20 large-scale burlesque dramas, such as Red Light Sedan, Married Couple, Woolen Woman, and Firework Woman Telling Yin. After 1958, she joined the Burt's Bee Comic Troupe and the Shanghai People's Art Theatre Comic Troupe successively until 1974 retired. During my work in the People's Art Theatre, I worked with the drama master Huang many times. Huang praised her performance: "Wu Meimei is a funny female genius who is complacent, comfortable and free to play on the stage."

Tong Shuangchun, a famous two-person comedian, knew Wu Meimei from 195 1 when he joined the Bee Comic Troupe, and had artistic cooperation. Later, they joined the Shanghai People's Art Troupe together. In Tong Shuangchun's eyes, Wu Meimei's greatest artistic achievement is that she can grasp the roles well, and each role will design many performances according to the different characteristics of the roles. Tong Shuangchun is still amazed at Wu Meimei's dialect skills. She can speak seven or eight dialects, such as Suzhou dialect, Subei dialect, Wuxi dialect, Shandong dialect and Shanghai dialect. And she speaks every dialect very well, and she is one of the few actresses in the funny world, which is very remarkable. Tong Shuangchun also recalled that Huang once directed a "Gentleman on the Beam" as an assistant director, which is also rare among comedians. "Wu Meimei is my favorite comedian."

Tong Shuangchun said that his last contact with Wu Meimei was 1997, when they were filming a TV series called BBK. Wu Meimei's performance still had a strong comedy effect. Recalling Wu Meimei in life, Tong Shuangchun said that she was a very enthusiastic person and supported the younger generation; My life is simple and unobtrusive. She usually loves to talk and talks a lot, but she never hurts people with her words. She is a very kind and experienced artist.

Wu Meimei's operas have a wide range of themes and exquisite performances, and have created various comic characters, which are performed by children, young women, middle-aged women and elderly women. At the age of 44, if it is normal for her to play the kind and simple wife of granddaddy Hua Zukang in Farewell to Yesterday, it is impossible for ordinary people to play the innocent and lively red scarf in Ada Ah Er and the 88-year-old Mrs. Tianguan in King Tiger. Her spoiled grandson Ahun (played by Yan Shunkai) in The New Biography of Ahun has reached the level of "Anai in Pudong" and left a deep impression on the audience.

The well-known work is undoubtedly the series "Funny" which began to be broadcast on Shanghai People's Broadcasting Station 1 197 KHz in the early 1980s. Her "Mother Wang" is a household name and is sincerely called a respected people's artist by the public. She portrayed an old woman in Jiangbei who had lived in Shanghai for many years as a living dragon, which became a classic in her later years. How many Shanghai cartoon fans are fascinated by the phrase "kitten, alas, dear"! They lamented that an "old clown" like Wu Meimei who came all the way from the Republic of China really had two brushes!

It is precisely because of her mature, outstanding and personalized performances on the stage that she won unanimous praise from her peers and audiences. After retirement, she took on many films and plays. In the mid-1990s, Wu Meimei also made guest appearances in TV series such as The New Seventy-two Tenants and karma. In the movie "A Soul's New Biography", A Soul plays the role of Anai and the old lady selling tea eggs in the stock market boom, which is impressive. In "Crazy Sharing", Wu Meimei, Pan Hong and others make a "seven turns and eight bends" in the Shikumen kitchen, urging a group of noisy people to "beggar their neighbors, unite and be friendly". Finally, for the sake of the two disappointing young people, I wanted to use the money saved by the old man to invest in stocks, so I was so angry that I stretched out two fingers and fainted backwards ... I felt that her performance was real and funny, which added a lot of color to the film. Later, Pan Hong won the Best Actress Award in the 14th Golden Rooster Award with Crazy Stock, and specially hosted a thank-you banquet and invited Wu Meimei. "Wang Xiaomao" Wang Rugang said that Wu Meimei was sitting with Cheng Shifa and Sun Daolin, and the old lady was beaming. A dialect slipped out: "Today, I lost my way and became an artist."

In 2007, he wrote an article for his "Mother Wang" in Xinmin Evening News, telling her achievements and interesting stories. That day, he made a special trip to Ganquan New Village to visit his 90-year-old "mother Wang". She held his hand and bit a "darling" and a "little hair", making out! Wang Rugang asked her how she was doing. She replied: "Don't worry about life, you can drink it every day." What is your wish? She said: "I don't want to be earth-shattering, I just want to go on stage and act."

Wu Meimei is very concerned about young actors. She said, "I've always wanted to go to a funny troupe to tell you old plays. People like us don't teach their own things, they will take them away later. "

In 2009, Wu Meimei was 92 years old, and her mind was still unclear. Wang Rugang went to see her again, but she did not know her. Wang Rugang said in Subei dialect of Wang Xiaomao: "Mom, I am Wang Xiaomao!" I saw her open her eyes at once, just like a reflex, and said, "Wang Xiaomao, are you there?" Wang Rugang thinks that she has been living in that hazy world, but as long as she talks with her in Wang Xiaomao's language, she will immediately enter the role.

But it is such a funny artist who is very excited about the topic of performance and can perform subconsciously, but has always only regarded acting as a means of survival. She didn't insist that her children inherit her career, but she said to the young comedian, "If you want to be famous, you must fight ..."

Wu Meimei's memorial service was held in Longhua Funeral Home at 3: 30pm on March 2nd, 20th/KLOC-0th/2nd, sponsored by Shanghai Comic Troupe.