中英雙語話中國影視演藝圈 第19期:白楊

Bai Yang (1920~1997)

白楊（1920 ~ 1996)

Bai Yang was born Yang Chengfang in Beijing, original hometown was Xiangyin，Hunan.

白楊，原名楊成芳，湖南湘陰人，出生於北京。

In 1931, Bai Yang passed the examination and entered Lianhua Film Company. Her maiden work was a silent film Grief in which she acted as a servant girl. In 1936, she gained herself fame when she played the leading role in the film Crossroads in which Bai successfully performed in her portrayal of the young woman Yang Zhiying. During the war against Japanese, she took an active part in performing dramas in the mainland and was praised as “Four Great Dan” in drama with Zhang Ruifang, Shu Xiuwen and Qin Yi.

1931年，白楊考入聯華公司，其處女作是在無聲電影《故宮新怨》中扮演一個小丫頭。1936年，她主演她的第一部影片《十字街頭》，因在影片中成功塑 造青年女性楊藝瑛的形象而成名。抗戰期間，她在內地積極演出話劇，與張瑞芳、 舒繡文、秦怡被譽爲話劇“四大名旦”。

In 1938, she, together with other film workers, like Shen Xiling and Zhao Dan, etc. went to Chongqing and shot Children of China, Wings of China, Young China, etc. In 1947, Bai starred in very famous films like Eight Thousand Li of Cloud and Moon,Diary About Returning To The Native , Ideal Son-in-law and The Spring River Flows East. She reached the highest level of her performing skill in the two films, which were The Spring River Flows East and the 1957 film New Year's Sacrifice. In 1957 she was appraised to win the first place in “five most popular players of 1956”； the same year, she attended the tenth Karlovy Vary International Film Festival and New Year's Sacrifice won the "Special Prize of the Jury" and was nominated for Crystal Globe.

1938年，白楊與沈西苓、趙丹等電影工作 者，來到重慶拍攝了《中華兒女》、《長空萬里》、《青年中國》等影片。1947年，她主演了《八千里路雲和月》、《還鄉日記》、《乘龍快婿》和《一江春水向東流》等著名影片。《一江春水向東流》和1957年主演的《祝福》使其藝術成就達到了頂峯1957年，白楊被評爲“ 1956年最受歡迎的五名演員”中的第一名。同年，她參加了捷克第10屆卡羅維?發利國際電影節，《祝福》獲特別獎。

Bai Yang developed a graceful and natural, yet distinct style. She acted as over 20 film images and created over 50 characters on drama stage in her life and was chosen as one of the 22 Chinese film stars. In 1980s, she shaped the image Song Qingling in teleplay Love Poured upon the Earth. She was a prestigious and outstanding performing artist with great achievements in Chinese filmdom. In 1993, she got the Award for Special Honor of China Film Performing Art Society and in 1995's Centennial Commemoration of the Birth of Worid Film and 90 years of Chinese film, she was awarded the "Centennial Award"in Chinese film.

白楊的表演風格質樸、優美、自然，一生扮演過20多個銀幕形象，在話劇舞臺上塑造了50多個人物，六十年代被評選爲“中國電影22大明星”之一。八十年代，她還在電視劇《灑向人間都是愛》中塑造了宋慶齡的形象，是中國影壇上負有盛名、 卓有成就的表演藝術家。1993年，她獲中國電影表演藝術學會特別榮譽獎,1995 年獲得爲紀念世界電影誕生100週年和中國電影誕生90週年而特設的中國電影 “世紀獎”。