From 1957 to 1964, Xiang Mei has played various roles in Red women soldiers, Jiangnan North, and Night Flight. In Red women soldiers, she plays the image of a Red Army soldier awakened by a child bride. Her portrayal of characters and the ups and downs of thoughts and feelings are accurate, and her performance is implicit and authentic. In the continuous artistic practice, natural performance has entered the stage of creating roles.
After the Cultural Revolution, Xiang Mei played a resourceful and brave underground worker in The Fire of the State Secrecy Bureau, and a double-faced female underground party in The Blue Archives, which created a vivid artistic image on the screen. In the 1980s, Xiang Mei dared to challenge all kinds of new images, and successively appeared as a female singer in Piano Boy, a martyr Zhang Zhixin in Flowers Not Tuned, and an intellectual in Price. And even played the triangle in the TV series Lilac Villa. In the 1990s, Xiang Mei participated in the filming of "The Moon Brought People Back" and other films, but put more energy into the screen. Xiang Mei's performance is simple and natural, with a wide range of performances and diverse types of characters. She participated in many films and achieved fruitful results.
1980 won the supporting actress award for the second Hundred Flowers Award Jr. excellent feature film "Gunshots of Secret Service", 1987 won the excellent film performance award of the first literary award held by Shanghai Federation of Literary and Art Circles and the performance award of China Film Performance Society (Golden Phoenix Award) to play the president's wife in "University in Exile". He used to be the head of Shanghai Film Actors Troupe. Director of China Film Association, Director of Shanghai Film Association and Executive Director of China Film Performance Society.
It's a strange experience for Mei to walk on the screen. At that time, Xiang Mei, who was in her teens, was reviewing her lessons in the house when suddenly a letter was stuffed through the door. This is an invitation letter from Shanghai Film Factory. I feel very strange about Mei: I have never sent a resume or anything like that to any film and television company. Why would anyone send me a letter? It turned out that Xiang Mei once went to Beijing to play with her family. After seeing Xiang Mei, a distant relative always thought that she should be engaged in literary and artistic work. Therefore, Xiang Mei was recommended to others. That time, it was the first performance to Mei.
Many years later, it was the movie "Gunshots of Agents" that made Xiang Mei active again. It's also a coincidence to be in this movie. At that time, Xiang Mei was over 40 years old. Changchun film studio has been looking for a candidate for this film. Once, a photographer from Chang Ying factory saw Xiang Mei in the audience of a Shanghai cinema, and thought that this role must belong to Xiang Mei. However, because Xiang Mei could not be greeted during the film screening, Xiang Mei disappeared from the audience after the film. So the photographer looked for Xiang Mei in the Shanghai Film Factory, turned around several times, and finally heard Xiang Mei's sister (working in Chang Ying factory) "Is it my sister Xiang Mei?" Finally found Xiang Mei.
Since the performance of this play, Xiang Mei, who has been silent for many years, has come back to life, and the play has been going on. The most amazing thing is the image of the underground party worker she created in the blue archives. In order to play this role well, Xiang Mei made great efforts in costume, makeup and props. There is a scene where she needs to wear cheongsam. The staff helped her choose a carved Red Velvet cheongsam, but she asked to wear a black velvet cheongsam. Finally, at her insistence, she appeared in a "Anna-style" black velvet cheongsam, gorgeous and beautiful. Her image is still regarded as a classic by the audience.
Although she has acted in many classic movies, Xiang Mei also has many regrets about her career as an actress. Because of her foreign image and immature skin, she failed to interpret the image of workers, peasants and soldiers in the era of film and television. Although he has acted in many films, he has never won any awards. However, Xiang Mei is still optimistic and plays the role of mother in some movies and TV programs.