Thu An

Thu An

Birth : 1922-05-01, Hanoi, Vietnam

Death : 2011-10-03

History

Distinguished Artist Thu An (full name Nguyễn Thị Thu An, 1 May 1922 - 3 October 2011) was a Vietnamese actress, one of the veterans of Vietnamese cinema. She was best remembered for her roles as peasant women in "The August Star" (Sao tháng tám, d. Trần Đắc, 1976); the series "My Mother-in-law" (Mẹ chồng tôi, d. Khải Hưng, 1994); "The Retired General" (Tướng về hưu, d. Nguyễn Khắc Lợi, 1988). Thu An also had a part in the first feature film of Vietnamese revolutionary cinema, "On the Same River" (Chung một dòng sông, d. Nguyễn Hồng Nghi & Phạm Kỳ Nam, 1954).

Profile

Thu An

Movies

The Guava House
Seller of paper offerings
A mentally challenged man spends his days working as an artist's model and visiting the now-occupied house of his childhood, where his beloved guava tree sits.
Nesting Season in Hanoi
Mrs. Trọng
Hanoi of 1978, milkwood pine flowers in autumn, and the anxiety of idealistic youths navigating postwar life. A young couple struggle to be together as individual happiness gets in the way.