People's Artist Tu Long was born close to the stage.
People's Artist Tu Long - Deputy Director of the Army Cheo Theater - possesses stage charm and a deep, emotional Cheo voice.
He was born and raised in a family with an artistic tradition, both parents are artists. People's Artist Tu Long once shared that he was born close to the stage, his childhood was poor in material things but rich in spirit.
People's Artist Tu Long with his parents and brother. Photo: Gia Linh.
People's Artist Tu Long's father is artist Vu Tu Lam, stage name Hai Lam. He is a famous quan ho singer of Kinh Bac region, at the same time as famous artists such as Le Ngai, Minh Phuc (Tu Long's mother), Thuy Cai, Xuan Mui, Hai Trang...
Meritorious Artist Vu Tu Lam was the leader of the Bac Ninh Quan Ho Folk Song Troupe in its early days. He participated in the film industry and became famous for his role as Chi in the film Den Hen Lai Len (1974) directed by Tran Vu. He received the title of Meritorious Artist in 2016, the same day his son received the title of People's Artist.
People's Artist Tu Long's mother, artist Minh Phuc (Nguyen Thi Phuc), just received the title of Meritorious Artist on March 6, in the 10th awarding ceremony. She was born into a family with many generations of artists. Meritorious Artist Minh Phuc's father is a great drummer of the Vietnam Cheo Theater, and all of his siblings studied at the University of Theater and Cinema.
People's Artist Tu Long's parents live in Bac Ninh.
People's Artist Tu Long's father and mother were both actors of the first generation of Bac Ninh Quan Ho Folk Song Troupe. However, after getting married, his mother spent most of her time taking care of the family.
At the 10th People's Artist and Meritorious Artist award ceremony recently held in Hanoi, Meritorious Artist Minh Phuc shared that she was proud that her son had grown up, was mature, was filial to his parents, and loved his wife and children. People's Artist Tu Long took care of both his physical and mental health, helping his mother overcome her serious illness.
Rare family of many People's Artists and Meritorious Artists
The family of Meritorious Artist Le Mai and the late People's Artist Tran Tien is a large family of artists with many rare titles in Vietnam. Artist Le Mai was born in 1938 in Hai Phong. She comes from a family where both her father and mother worked in the field of performing arts.
Her father is poet and playwright Le Dai Thanh. Her mother is actress Dinh Thi Ngoc Anh - the first person to play the heroine Vo Thi Sau on the Hai Phong stage. Artist Le Mai was just awarded the title of Meritorious Artist on March 6, the same day her younger brother, the "legendary voice" Le Chuc, was awarded the title of People's Artist.
Meritorious Artist Le Mai's family on the happy day of receiving the title.
Artist Le Mai married People's Artist Tran Tien - a veteran name in the Vietnamese drama industry - but soon separated in 1970. They had three daughters who all became famous in the arts: People's Artist Le Khanh, Meritorious Artist Le Van and artist Le Vi.
People's Artist Le Khanh has had the most brilliant career and continues to work in the arts in her later years. She has acted in movies, participated in television series and trained young actors.
The most famous family in the dance village
The family of People's Artist Dang Hung and People's Artist Vuong Linh is famous in the Vietnamese dance industry. The two artists met in 1972, when they first entered the Vietnam Dance School. In 1980, they were both sent to Russia for training and got married in 1983.
In 1987, when their daughter was only 1 year old, artists Dang Hung and Vuong Linh decided to move to Ho Chi Minh City to live and work to have more opportunities to perform. During this time, they were associated with the Lotus Theater. In 1995, the famous pair of dancers founded the Little Stars Dance Troupe, which has so far trained nearly 1,000 actors.
People's Artist Dang Hung, Vuong Linh and daughter Linh Nga.
In 2016, Dang Hung - Vuong Linh were awarded the title of People's Artist. Inheriting the artistic genes from her parents, the daughter of People's Artist Dang Hung, Vuong Linh, Linh Nga, became a mainstay member of the Little Stars dance group at the age of 10.
At the age of 12, Linh Nga went to China to study dance, then graduated from the Beijing Dance Academy, China. Linh Nga was awarded the title of Meritorious Artist at the age of 30, she was nicknamed "the peacock of the dance village".
The family of artists Tan Minh and Thu Huyen also just received good news when both husband and wife were awarded the title of People's Artist. Artist Le Duc Trung just received the title of People's Artist, on the same day his son Le Tuan Anh was awarded the title of Meritorious Artist.
Also on this occasion, famous cai luong artist Thanh Dien was awarded the title of People's Artist, and his wife, the late artist Thanh Kim Hue, was also posthumously awarded the title of People's Artist.
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