Thanh Lan (born 1948) is an Vietnamese American popular songstress and actress.
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Born | Phạm Thái Thanh Lan (1948-03-01)March 1, 1948 Vinh, Nghệ An, Vietnam |
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Occupation | Songstress, actress, scenarist, producer, MC |
Years active | 1956 to present |
Spouse | 1 (divorced) |
Children | 1 daughter |
Awards | National Award of Literature and Arts (1970) |
Website | www |
Phạm Thái Thanh Lan was born on 1 March 1948 in (maybe) Vinh town, Nghệ An province of the State of Vietnam (now Vinh city, Nghệ An province, Vietnam). Her saint's name is Catherine, but known by her stage name Thanh Lan [note 1]. Follow the flashback from Thanh Lan's mother, she had been born prematurely in seventh month as her family had to flee from war.
Although both of Thanh Lan's parents were from Nghệ An (throat-clear voice's area) but she had lived in Northern community since her childhood, so she could only spoke the sound of Hanoi (nasal) and Saigon (tongue). Thereafter two sounds had much influenced her career.
When was a child, Phạm Thái Thanh Lan studied at Lycée Marie Curie. She started learning piano under Saint Paul school sisters's lead, then continued learning teachers as Trần Anh Đào (commposer Thẩm Oánh's wife) and musician Nghiêm Phú Phi. She joined Vietnamese Children band (ban Việt Nhi) to performed on the VTVN and Vũ-đức-Duy drama band (ban kịch Vũ Đức Duy) on THVN, thereafter Seagull band (ban Hải Âu) and finally Life Source band (ca đoàn Nguồn Sống). Thanh Lan had educated the French Literature Major of Saigon University of Literature. In addition, she also audited the classes as tranh, traditional and reformed music at National Academy of Music and Dramatic Arts.
Right from the first year of Saigon University of Literature, Thanh Lan became very well-known young vocalist in whole South Vietnam, even some Northern artists knew her. By Thanh Lan's memoir, she often signed her portrait photographs, then stamped and sent to her adorers.
In the early 1970s, Thanh Lan activated positively in the Young Music Festival as a free singer. She always performanced French high-fashioned songs anh sometimes English songs in Vietnamese version. At that time, French songs were only popular by municipal pupils so Thanh Lan often lively composed them to Vietnamese lyrics for more interested audiences.
In 1970, Thanh Lan roled a main character in coming-of-age movie Student's Singing (Tiếng hát học trò) by Alpha Films of her maternal uncle Thái Thúc Nha. So her nude scene marked noisily of Saigonese fame, even tabloids called her as the "sexy bomb" or the "princess of gifted arts".[1] However she won right away the Promising Actress from National Award of Literature and Arts. Thanh Lan had roled about 8 films, therein two telefilms which were aboriginal TV-series in Vietnam or total history of Vietnamese films. They also formed the pair of matching cards on South Vietnamese stage who was Nhật Trường and Thanh Lan.
About 1974, filmmaker Osada Norio flied to Saigon performed movie Number Ten Blues with some stars of Japan and Vietnam. Thanh Lan was suggested a main female character, because she had been well known in Tokyo since 1971 & 1973 Yamaha Music Festival. The film project had been complete in March 1975 while South Vietnamese situation was very bad. After April 30, Thanh Lan stucked in Saigon in the midst of panicking people.
Japanese filmmakers thought that Thanh Lan has missed or even died. While Number Ten Blues was not also released baucause the studio disbanded. However, the film title was converted into Goodbye Saigon to memorize a historical moment.
From the "campaign to proscribe corrupt cultural products"[note 2] under new regime, Thanh Lan was forbidden about 10 years for the effects of movie Student's Singing, some films about South Vietnamese soldiers and especially French & English songs. Her name was completely disappear in the sky of Vietnamese literature and arts during these hard times.
Into the Renovation cycle, Thanh Lan licensed filming and started performancing some songs which had been accepted by the offices of censorship. She returned as one of golden voices on HTV channel.
Thanh Lan only attended about 2 to 5 films, especially Cards on the Table (with Nguyễn Chánh Tín) and Behind a Fate (with Trần Quang), so both of them was extremely popular in whole Vietnam. Her character Thùy Dung of Cards on the Table who was admired by Northern young audiences.[1] However, Thanh Lan's principal job was a voiceover and vocalist. So during the 1980s, her Northern sound was very popular on Vietnamese televisions and movies, even she was attented by some Soviet filmmakers.
From 1991 to 1993, Thanh Lan focused on the development of her music, consists of singing and composing. She co-operated many studios for the recording, at the same time organized twice liveshow Thanh Lan's Singing (Tiếng hát Thanh Lan, 1991) and Thanh Lan's Music Night (Đêm nhạc Thanh Lan, 1992). In 1993, Thanh Lan came into United States to tour some states. Composer Trúc Hồ from Asia Entertainment suggested a contract, so she had decided settling in US ever since.
Thanh Lan had registed at the USCIS office as Catherine Pham (加大肋納•范). In the initial, Thanh Lan collaborated meistersinger Ngọc Lan and some amateur vocalists who could spoke French to performance French old and new songs. After the death of Ngọc Lan and especiall recession of pop française, Thanh Lan re-collaborated Trần Thiện Thanh in the songs of soldiers (dòng nhạc lính). So the overseas audiences got to watch again hero Nguyễn Văn Đương and his spouse Nguyễn Thị Lệ on Asia's stage.
Thanh Lan confessed to MC Jimmy Nhựt Hà from The Jimmy TV channel that she has started writing her memoir from 2003 while she has got free times.
Scene of the soldiers coming to combat about March 1975 what makes me always thrilled although I watched the movie oftentimes. They was real warriors and also really into the battle, but nowadays no ones can answer that how was their fates after the fall of our Southern
— said her
About 2012, Number Ten Blues old tape was found and restored by NHK's experts. After looking for more information from Vietnamese persons who lived in Japan, NHK sent staffs to California. They showed Thanh Lan the restored version's DVD and invited her to attend the 2013 Fukuoka International Film Festival. In this event, she received the Audience Award for Number Ten Blues or Goodbye Saigon.
During the COVID-19 pandemic, Thanh Lan could not fly to shows almost her times. However, Thanh Lan decided returning to Saigon for an attendance as the guest star in Happy Memories season 2 show of VTV3 channel.[2]
August 2022, songstress Thanh Lan published officially her first memoir The Storms of Life (Bão tố cuộc đời). Typescripts were primarily the English language, but author Thanh Lan had translated to Vietnamese by herself from 2018.
Songstress Thanh Lan had ever gotten a short marriage when she was 19 and given birth to a daughter. Her husband - Mr. Dũng - was a Hanoian man (at Long Biên district), so his family had settled in Dalat from the Operation Passage to Freedom. After the divorce, Thanh Lan and ex-husband considered each other as the best friends from then until present.
Her maternal uncle Thái Thúc Nha was a famous and top filmmaker in Asia during the 1960-70s. He was also a president of Vietnam Cinema Society (Tổng-trưởng Hiệp-hội Điện-ảnh Việtnam) who started up the Vietnam Film Day. So his son Thái Thúc Hoàng Điệp was a promising film-director who marked 1974 known movie Green Age about Vietnamese hippie's lifestyle.
Thanh Lan was judged as a multi-talented "babygirl" (by movie star Trần Quang) or so friendly so kindly "miss" (by journalist Lại Văn Sâm). She confessed that is easily resentful. Moreover, she has got an especially favourite to Vietnamese literature.
The first event involved the appearance of a well-known and popular Vietnamese singer, Thanh Lan. Thanh Lan had been a popular singer for many Vietnamese in the 1970s and up to the fall of Saigon in 1975. Unfortunately, she was unable to escape and remained in Vietnam after the war. In 1994, with the sponsorship of a Vietnamese...
— Hien Duc Do, The Vietnamese Americans 1999, page 113
NB | Song | With | Programm | Year |
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1 | Tình (Văn Phụng) | solo | Paris By Night 27 | 1994 |
2 | Yêu Thầm (Lam Phương) | Paris By Night 28 | ||
3 | Dấu Vết Tình Yêu (Ngô Thụy Miên) | Paris By Night 29 | ||
4 | T'aimer | Franck Olivier | ||
5 | LK Hai Sắc Hoa Ti-gôn | Thái Châu | Paris By Night 32 | 1995 |
6 | Con Quỳ Lạy Chúa Trên Trời (Phạm Duy, Nhất Tuấn) | solo | Paris By Night 34 | |
7 | Giàn thiên lý đã xa (LV: Phạm Duy) | Paris By Night 36 | 1996 | |
8 | LK Trả Lại Em Yêu, Kỷ Vật Cho Em (Phạm Duy) | Joseph Hiếu | Paris By Night 37 | |
9 | Ru Đêm (Thanh Lan) | solo | Paris By Night 40 | 1997 |
10 | Điệu Buồn Dang Dở (Hoàng Thi Thơ) | Paris By Night 41 | ||
11 | Chiếc Bóng Bên Đường (Phạm Duy) | Paris By Night 43 | 1998 | |
12 | LK Nhạc Pháp: Histoire D'un Amour, Et Pourtant, J'entends Siffler Le Train (500 Miles), Je Sais, Mal, Si L'amour Existe Encore, Main Dans La Main | Elvis Phương | Paris By Night 50 | 1999 |
NB | Song | With | Programm | Year |
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1 | Tình Trong Phút Giây (Ngọc Trọng) | solo | ASIA 4 | 1994 |
2 | Một Ngày Vui Mùa Đông (Lê Uyên Phương) | ASIA 6 | ||
3 | Huế Xưa (Anh Bằng) | ASIA 10 | 1995 | |
4 | Có Những Niềm Riêng (Lê Tín Hương) | ASIA 11 | 1996 | |
5 | LK Nhạc Pháp | Jo Marcel, Julie | ASIA 12 | |
6 | Chiều Winnipeg (Trần Chí Phúc) | solo | ASIA 14 | 1997 |
7 | Nếu Vắng Anh (Anh Bằng) | ASIA 15 | ||
8 | Đêm Khuya Trên Đường Canita (Trần Văn Trạch) | ASIA 18 | 1998 | |
9 | Thu Vàng (Cung Tiến) | ASIA 20 | ||
10 | Người Ở Lại Charlie (Trần Thiện Thanh) | Duy Quang | ASIA 21 | |
11 | Que Sera Sera | solo | ASIA 22 | |
12 | Ngày Xưa Hoàng Thị (Phạm Duy) | ASIA 23 | ||
13 | Bài Luân Vũ Mùa Mưa (LV:Trường Kỳ) | Elvis Phương | ASIA 26 | 1999 |
14 | Hoa Soan Bên Thềm Cũ (Tuấn Khanh) | solo | ASIA 27 | |
15 | Tưởng Như Còn Người Yêu (Phạm Duy) | ASIA 29 | 2000 | |
16 | Biệt Khúc Cho Tình Nhân (Trầm Tử Thiêng) | ASIA 30 | ||
17 | Hội Trùng Dương (Phạm Đình Chương) | Thanh Tuyền, Hoàng Oanh | ASIA 31 | |
18 | Nhân Chứng | solo | ASIA 32 | 2001 |
19 | Trầu Cau (Phan Huỳnh Điểu) | ASIA 33 | ||
20 | Hòn Vọng Phu (Lê Thương) | Hoàng Oanh, Duy Quang | ASIA 34 | |
21 | Vắng Bóng Người Yêu (LV: Phạm Duy) | solo | ASIA 35 | |
22 | Hai Hàng Cây So Đũa (Nguyên Huy, Trọng Minh) | ASIA 36 | 2002 | |
23 | LK Tình Yêu Và Tuổi Trẻ | Duy Quang | ASIA 37 | |
24 | Mẹ Việt Nam Ơi! Chúng Con Vẫn Còn Đây (Việt Dzũng, Nguyệt Ánh) | Lê Uyên | ASIA 38 | |
25 | Mưa Ngâu (Thanh Tùng) | Dạ Nhật Yến | ASIA 48 | 2005 |
26 | Anh Không Chết Đâu Anh (Trần Thiện Thanh) | solo | ASIA 50 | 2006 |
27 | LK Em Đi Rồi, Cho Em Quên Tuổi Ngọc (Lam Phương) | Diễm Liên | ASIA 51 | |
28 | LK Đêm Nguyện Cầu, Nó, Một Ông Già (Lê Minh Bằng) | Trung Chỉnh, Chế Linh | ASIA 52 | |
29 | LK Mộng Sầu, Hối Tiếc (Trầm Tử Thiêng) | Anh Khoa | ASIA 54 | 2007 |
30 | LK Tình Yêu Ôi Tình Yêu, Búp bê không tình yêu | Doanh Doanh | ASIA 55 | |
31 | LK Thôi, Ảo Ảnh (Y Vân) | Tuấn Vũ | ASIA 56 | |
32 | Người Chết Trở Về (Trần Thiện Thanh) | Nhật Trường | ASIA 58 | 2008 |
33 | LK Delilah, Je Sais, Mùa Tình Yêu, Một Thời Để Yêu | Paolo | ASIA 59 | |
34 | Khúc Hát Thanh Xuân (LV: Phạm Duy) | Ngọc Hạ | ASIA 60 | |
35 | Bà Mẹ Trị Thiên (Trần Thiện Thanh) | Vũ Khanh | ASIA 61 | 2009 |
36 | LK Trả Lại Em Yêu, Em Hiền Như Masour (Phạm Duy) | ASIA 65 | 2010 | |
37 | Kỷ Vật Cho Em (Phạm Duy) | ASIA 66 | ||
38 | Nụ Tầm Xuân (Phạm Duy) | ASIA 67 | ||
39 | Con Đường Tình Ta Đi (Phạm Duy) | ASIA 68 | 2011 | |
40 | LK Nhạc Pháp: Maman (LV: Thanh Lan), La Vie, C'est Une Histoire D'Amour (LV: Lê Hựu Hà), Elle (LV: Duy Quang) | Sỹ Đan, Vũ Tuấn Đức | ASIA 71 | 2012 |
41 | Lòng mẹ (Y Vân) | Lê Anh Quân | ASIA 72 | 2013 |
42 | LK Nghẹn Ngào (Lam Phương), Anh Biết Em Đi Chẳng Trở Về (Anh Bằng, Thái Can) | Anh Khoa | ASIA 77 | 2015 |
43 | Tuổi Biết Buồn (Phạm Duy, Ngọc Chánh) | solo | ASIA 78 | 2016 |
44 | Xóm Đêm (Phạm Đình Chương) | ASIA 82 | 2018 | |
45 | Giáng Sinh Phận Người (Lê Đức Long) | Loan Châu | ASIA Christmas Special 2020 | 2020 |
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