
Mai Chau
Acting
Biography
Merited Artist Mai Châu (January 10, 1927 – May 24, 2025) was a Vietnamese actress. Best known for her portrayals of cold, sinister aristocrats and abusive landlords, she was among the first generation of professional actors at Vietnam Feature Film Studio, and also a prominent figure in 1960s-1970s Vietnamese war cinema.
Born: January 10, 1927
Place of Birth: Vinh, Nghe An , Vietnam
Known For

A Phu and His Wife
To pay off her family’s debts, Mị is forced to marry the son of her Hmong village’s ruthless patriarch. When the constant abuse and beatings become unbearable for the young girl, she plans to escape with a stranger held captive by her husband.

Mrs. Tư Hậu
Tư Hậu is a common woman from a fishing village whose husband has gone away to fight in the revolution. She takes care of her young daughter as well as her aging father-in-law. Soon, her peaceful village is attacked.

The Best Groom

Indochine
In colonial Vietnam, dashing French naval captain Jean-Baptiste, wealthy plantation owner Éliane Devries, and her adopted Vietnamese daughter Camillevare the three points of a cross-cultural romantic triangle. As the struggle against European imperialism sweeps Indochina, Jean-Baptiste and Camille have to choose sides and Éliane faces the emotionally difficult challenge of raising the child of her daughter and ex-lover.

The General Retires
A general who devoted his life to the communist cause, retires, only to find that his household is in disarray, his grown children money-grubbing, and Vietnamese society far from the rosy picture of equality he'd imagined he'd helped make it.

Missing Object
Thang is a Hanoi intellectual and graduates from university with high distinction causing his former teacher, Dao, to invite him to work in a mathematics institute of odd algorithms. He has problems because of his personality and refuses to give up his mathematical perspectives. He distinguishes himself as a person of integrity, which also causes problems for him.

Bi, Don't Be Afraid
In an old house in Hanoi, Bi, a 6-year-old child lives with his parents, his aunt and their cook. His favorite playgrounds are an ice factory and the wild grass along the river. After being absent for years, his grandfather, seriously ill, reappears and settles at their house. While Bi gets closer to his grandfather, his father tries to avoid any contact with his family. Every night, he gets drunk and goes and see his masseuse, for whom he feels a quiet strong desire. Bi's mother turns a blind eye on it. The aunt, still single, meets a 16-year-old young boy in the bus. Her attraction to him moves her deeply.

Coordinates of Death
The story of a group of Soviet sailors aboard the freighter Chelyabinsk who aid their Vietnamese comrades after their ship is sunk during the Vietnam War.

Remarriage
The story in the film is about the love between a man and a woman from the same village, Hoan and Can, who have two children together. But this love affair encountered many difficulties and pressure from family and social customs, forcing Can to leave his hometown and go to the mountains. As for Hoan, she was also prevented by her husband's family because they were afraid of having to redistribute their land. The film shows viewers the relationships and behaviors of Northern farmers in the context of the 1960s.

Who’s To Love, Who’s To Blame
Filmography
as The nanny
as Grandmother
as Bà mất tiền
as Shen
as Matchmaker
as The Governor's Wife
as The woman carrying a baby
as Mẹ Dung
as Mẹ Lăng
as Bá Kiến's third wife
as Mẹ Thảo
as Bà cô Chi
as Lady Nghị Quế
as Bà Yến
as Vợ chủ tịch xã
as Mrs. Tinh
as Mrs. Ngọc
as Lệ Mỹ
as Muoi Hoi's Wife
as Mau's Wife
as The servant