Artist Le Tham's real name is Nguyen Thi Tham, born in 1937 in Bac Lieu. Having a talent for the stage, she sang in several cai luong troupes from a young age. At the age of 17, she was the main actress in major troupes and took the stage name Le Tham.
Artist Le Tham when he was young.
With a beautiful figure and sweet voice, Le Tham played the main role in many plays such as the Queen in Phù Tang Warrior , the mute mother in Trai tim tham lang , Thuy in Khuc hat nguoi tri am , Tam in Tam Cam , Dao Tien in Dao Tien nui Cat , Kieu Nguyet Nga in Chuyen nang Kieu , Mong Cam in Chuyen tinh nguoi thi ban nguyet ...
In addition, Le Tham also participated in a number of roles in TV series such as Buffalo Wool Season, Love Slope, Love Vortex, Royal Candles...
Due to difficult family circumstances, when the Ho Chi Minh City Artists Retirement Center was established in 1997, Le Tham was one of the first artists to come and live at the Retirement Center and she has lived here for decades, witnessing many changes here as well as the lives of many fellow artists in their final years.
Le Tham at the Artist Retirement Center.
In early 2023, due to the deterioration of the Artists' Nursing Home, the Ho Chi Minh City Theater Association coordinated with a number of departments and agencies to propose moving the artists to a new residence at the Thi Nghe Nursing Home (Ho Chi Minh City) to conveniently care for elderly artists.
As planned, the artists at the Nursing Home were to move to their new homes before the Lunar New Year of Giap Thin. However, because the artists wanted to welcome spring in their old home once again (where they had been attached for many years), the plan to move was postponed until after Tet.
However, artist Le Tham, one of the artists in the old house, was no longer allowed to go to the new house. On January 15, while walking in the Nursing Home, artist Le Tham fainted. After being taken to the emergency room at Hospital 115, Le Tham regained consciousness but was in poor health. Knowing her health condition, she asked to be taken to her relatives' house in Long An because that was the only place where she could have someone to take care of her.
According to relatives, at 9:15 a.m. on January 17, artist Le Tham passed away at the age of 87.
The family held a funeral for her in Long An. The cremation ceremony for artist Le Tham was held at Da Phuoc Cemetery (Binh Chanh, Ho Chi Minh City).
(Source: Tien Phong)
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