2020 Spring Festival movie is very special, people can only see the latest movie is "囧Mom", and not through the big screen but the Internet. "囧Mom" is a movie starring the elderly. Huang Meiying is now 70 years old this year. But in terms of her age, she is not the biggest actor in the film, but the old actor with white hair who plays Grandma Shen Teng is.
Many viewers may be familiar with her. She seems to have seen her in many film and television dramas, but she may not be able to name her. The old actor is called Chen Qi. She is 88 years old this year and worked at the Shanghai People's Art Theatre before she retired. She has played the image of an old Shanghai woman in many film and television dramas such as "Sixteen-year-old Flower Season", "Shanghai Family", " Mother-in-Law and Daughter-in-law ", "Half Life", " Aunt's Postmodern Life " , And mostly supporting roles, is an actor who is both familiar and unfamiliar to the audience, and is known as "the first old lady in Jiangnan".
starred in "Sixteen-year-old Flower Season" and "Shanghai Family" to let the national audience know
. For Shanghai audiences, since the liberation, they can see Chen Qi performing on the stage, including "Liu Hulan", "Withered Trees Every Spring", " In the Silent Place" etc. Most audiences across the country saw her through a more widespread film and television drama.
In 1989, Chen Qi starred in the TV series "Sixteen-year-old Flower Season", playing the role of Chen Feier's grandmother. With the popularity of TV dramas across the country, Chen Qi's Shanghai mother-in-law image has begun to be seen by more people. In the play, Mr. Tong, a good teacher of the classmates, is the actor Yang Kun, who later collaborated with Chen Qi in "Miss China in Foreign Trade: " and "Mother-in-Law and Daughter-in-Law".
In 1991, Chen Qi appeared in the TV series "Shanghai Family". This is a play that tells the story of ordinary people in Shanghai during the Republic of China. Chen Qi plays Granny Li in the play. Chen Qi was in her 60s at the time. In order to make Mrs. Li look older and more in line with her character positioning, she took off her dentures at all costs to interpret an old lady with a flat mouth. "A Family in Shanghai" made a national sensation when it was aired, and later became a classic of Shanghai-style TV series. More and more viewers also knew Chen Qi.
In 1994, Chen Qi appeared in the TV series "The Debt", which reflects the life of educated youth in Shanghai. This drama is also popular, and its ratings in Shanghai can rival the CCTV version of "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms" that was broadcast at the same time. played Chen Feier's Chi Huaqiong in "The Flower Season of Sixteen" and also played a role in the play. By the way, the actor Jin Xin plays a role in the play, and Jin Xin's lover is Huang Meiying, the starring actor of "囧Mom". Their love is praised in the industry.
In 1996, Chen Qi starred in the military-themed TV series "Red Cross Party", which is also one of Yan Bingyan's first appearances. By 1997, "Mother-in-Law and Daughter-in-Law", which was also popular and sparked extensive social discussion, appeared on the screen. Chen Qi still plays an old lady in the play and is also a supporting role. The broadcast of this drama also led to a large number of mother-in-law dramas to follow suit.
and Xu Zheng in "Spring Brilliant Pig Bajie"
The old lady Chen Qi starred in film and television series is not too many, and most of them are supporting roles, but many of the works have become hot spots, and so is the next "Spring Light Pig Bajie". It feels naive to watch this play now, but it has also achieved good results after it was broadcasted that year, especially this is still a romantic work of the starring Xu Zheng and Tao Hong, which is of great significance. Chen Qi plays the role of Zhu Jia's grandmother in the play, not many roles. Xu Zheng, who was only in his 20s, and Chen Qi’s grandmother got married.Warm cooperation in Mom.
Later, Chen Qi also starred in "Deep Love", "Snail House", "Before Dawn" and other dramas, she seems to be a sufficient label, as long as it is a Shanghai-style drama filming, the old lady will be brought to Shanghai The taste has increased a lot.
gracefully starred in Apple's ad
In addition to TV series, Chen Qi also starred in movies such as "Half Life" and "Aunt's Postmodern Life". Both of these works are in collaboration with director Xu Anhua.
Another thing worth mentioning is that in 2015, Apple launched an advertisement in China. It was about an old Shanghai lady who heard old record music on the iPad and remembered her youth, which was also played by Chen Qi. The music in the advertisement is very beautiful. It is Zhou Xuan’s "Eternal Smile", "The person in my heart has a smiling face. He used to give me spring in the late autumn..." This advertisement also has the participation of director Xu Anhua. .
20 years later, Chen Qi's grandmother and Xu Zheng are in the same frame as
and in 2020, in "囧Mom", Chen Qi plays the passenger's mother's mother, who is played by Shen Teng. Although there is only a short shot and no lines, the audience will inevitably feel emotional when seeing her and Xu Zheng, who have a kind face and white hair, are in the same frame nearly 20 years later.
Speaking of it, Mrs. Chen Qi and I also had a relationship, and it was pure chance.
In February 2016, I took my family to Shanghai for the New Year. Before going to think about film and television works with Shanghai elements, the first thing that comes to my mind is "Sixteen-year-old Flower Season". It is very coincidental that we were having dinner at a Shanghai-style restaurant one night, and we happened to see Teacher Chen Qi in the next seat. She is in a good state of mind. I walked over to say hello to her and mentioned "Sixteen-year-old Flower Season" and the Apple advertisement she starred in. The old lady smiled gracefully.
wish old drama Chen Qi's grandmother a healthy and long life.
