Because of her colorful images of elderly women, such as peasant women, mothers and maids, she became a well-known film photographer who played the image of elderly women in the film industry in the late 1930s. After the outbreak of War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression, she went to Chongqing with the Shanghai Shadow Play Troupe, and later joined the China Drama Club, mainly engaged in stage performances and also played the image of elderly women. At the same time, I participated in the shooting of films such as The Baptism of Fire, The Storm in Traffic, young chinese, etc. After the victory of the Anti-Japanese War, she returned to Shanghai and entered Kunlun Film Company. The experience she learned and accumulated on the stage was quickly integrated into the creation of screen performances. He made famous films such as Clouds and Moon, Distant Love, Crow and Sparrow. Among them, "A River Flows East" and "A Thousand Lights" are her representative works, which show her extraordinary artistic skill in depicting characters. She not only brought the role to life, but also performed it vividly, which was really beyond her control. After the founding of People's Republic of China (PRC), he played an important role in Wu Xunchuan, Song Jingshi and family issues. Starting from the new woman, she has played the images of middle-aged and old women of all classes and types in China society for decades, and is famous in the film industry for her good performance as an "old woman", and is known as the "first old woman" in China film industry.