Personal Info
Thu An
Acting
Biography
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).
Filmography
Movies
The Beautiful Country
as Old Woman
Song of the Stork
as May’s mother
The Guava House
as Seller of paper offerings
Tears in the New Era
as The neighbour
My Sweetheart Is Getting Married
as Bà nội Tuấn
A Visitor from the Countryside
as Bà Tạo
I Have Only You
as Vãi Lộc
The Pot From A Past Life
Ephemeral Fate
as Bà lão nông dân
Tempestuous Fate
as U già
