Artist Mai Châu has passed away.

Journalist Quynh Huong, the artist's granddaughter, said that her grandmother passed away at the Vietnam-Soviet Friendship Hospital at approximately 3:10 AM this morning (May 24th). "In her final days, she lived happily and was free from illness. When she became too weak, the family took her to the hospital for better care, but birth, aging, sickness, and death are unavoidable laws of nature," said Quynh Huong.

Actress Mai Châu in the film "Chị Dậu".

She retired from acting nearly 20 years ago, spending time at home with her children and grandchildren. In real life, the artist used to own a chain of wedding dress shops called Mai Chau, which was famous in Hanoi from the 1990s.

During her lifetime, she had a happy marriage with Mr. Vu Ky Lan. They had two sons and two daughters, all of whom were successful.

Artist Mai Châu was born in 1927 in Vinh, Nghe An . At the age of 19, she married Mr. Ky Lan. During the August Revolution of 1945, she joined the Women's National Salvation Force and later the self-defense force of Vinh city. In December 1945, she and her husband followed the army south. After completing her mission, she remained in the South and participated in cultural and artistic activities within the Liberation Army Propaganda Unit. In 1947, she became an actress in the Tien Tuyen Theater Troupe.

At that time, the head of the performing arts troupe on the battlefield was the writer Nguyen Tuan. In 1956, she was officially accepted into the Vietnam Film Studio (later the Vietnam Feature Film Studio) and began working in the dubbing department with actors Trinh Thinh and Duc Hoan. Later, the whole group participated in the acting audition and were selected as official artists of the Film Studio.

She played approximately 30 roles, both major and minor, in feature films, with many works becoming classics in the history of the Vietnam Feature Film Studio. Her most notable role was the wife of Nghi Que – a cunning and manipulative woman in the film "Chi Dau". This role was so memorable that from then on, Mai Chau was continuously cast in villainous roles such as Pho Doan (in the film "Sao Thang Tam"), Ba Kien's wife (in the film "Lang Vu Dai Ngay Ay"), and the Empress Dowager (in the film "Dem Hoi Long Tri"). Later, the artist became familiar to audiences through her roles as grandmothers and mothers in films such as "Cua De Danh" and "Bi, Dung So".

According to VnExpress

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