She likes singing and performing since she was a child. When she lived in Huaiyin with her mother and sister, she systematically studied singing and performance in the Beijing Opera class, which laid the foundation for the historical figures she later shaped on the stage.

1937 when War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression broke out, Zhu Lin, who was still in middle school, joined the Changhong Drama Club led by Huaiyin Underground Party and participated in the progressive anti-Japanese war drama activities. The following year, Zhu Lin went to Wuhan with her sister and was successfully admitted to the Chinese Painting Music Department of Wuhan Art College. Later, Zhu Lin participated in Wuchang Northeast Salvation Association and actively participated in the anti-Japanese national salvation propaganda activities.

1 August, 9381day, Zhu Lin, who was only 15 years old, participated in the Second Anti-Japanese Drama Troupe of Wuchang Tanhualin established under the leadership of Zhou Enlai, Guo Moruo, Yang Hansheng, Tian Han and Hong Shen. From then on, under the leadership of the Party, Zhu Lin began his acting career in the war-torn anti-Japanese battlefield.

1939 participated in the performance of the drama "The Family Destroyed", exposing the atrocities committed by the Japanese invaders against China. In the performance, Zhu Lin strengthened his determination to engage in anti-Japanese propaganda. In the second drama team, Zhu Lin plays the heroine Mulan in the drama Mulan Joins the Army. Luo, commander-in-chief of the Nineteenth Army stationed in Jiangxi, commented after watching the performance Mulan Joining the Army: "The performance is of high level and first-class."

194 1 In the spring of, Zhu Lin was invited to participate in the performances of Thunderstorm and Imperial Envoy by the New China Drama Club, playing Katerina and Anna, the wife of the mayor, respectively, which was well received. Later, he participated in the performance of Tian Han's Ode to Autumn Sound. Liao Hong, the heroine of the play, sang the theme song of the play "Song of Fallen Leaves". "Nervous, why fall on Feng Dan head? Like a wandering child, quietly follow the autumn wind. Why is there Lijiang River next to Xiangsi River? Two lines of clear tears flow to Xiangdong. " After she finished singing this song, it was widely circulated among young people in southwest China. Until Zhu Lin was in her 90s, she could still sing Song of Leaves in its entirety. Since then, she has participated in performances such as Peacock Gallbladder and Tian Han's new work Two for the Road. Introduced by the dramatist Hong Shen, he went to Shanghai Datong Film Company to shoot more than ten films adapted from Ou Yangyuqian's stage play, such as The Weak, You Call a Woman, Hot Blood and Dumb Wife.

During this period, she was full of enthusiasm, whether she participated in stage performances or filmed movies. In the anti-Japanese bonfire, he withstood the test and exercise of a difficult environment, matured in thought and acting, and became a real literary warrior.

1949, Zhu Lin danced yangko and sang "The Sky in the Liberated Area is Clear" to celebrate the liberation of Shanghai. The following year, Zhu Lin came to Beijing, entered China Youth Art Theatre as an actor, and participated in plays such as How Steel was Tempered and Imperial Commissioner.

1952 In September, Zhu Lin was transferred to Beijing People's Art Theatre and began her artistic life in Beijing.

1954 "Thunderstorm" was released, and there was a situation in the ticket office where the audience lined up with quilts to buy tickets late at night. Thunderstorm ran 70 times in a row.

Zhu Lin gained a firm foothold in Beijing People's Arts with his skillful lines and exquisite and accurate stage performances. The drama Thunderstorm made Zhu Lin realize that he should try to play different roles and explore his own career. Subsequently, Zhu Lin appeared in famous Chinese and foreign dramas such as The Man with the Gun and The Tiger Symbol, which formed a very elegant performance style, so he was called the "First Tsing Yi" of Beijing people's art.

1959, four historical plays "Cai Wenji" were staged in Beijing People's Art Theatre, in which Zhu Lin, then 36, played Cai Wenji. In this play, Zhu Lin played and sang the song "Eighteen Beats of Hu Jia" in the play, and combined with the recitation of a large section of China's classical poems in the play, the articulation was clear, the rhyme was mellow, * * * sounded comfortable, and the voice was distant, creating a noble, elegant and passionate image of Cai Wenji. Zhu Lin was once known as the "line expert" of Beijing People's Arts.

The drama has toured more than 300 times in China, becoming a classic repertoire of the nationalization of Beijing people's art drama and a masterpiece of Zhu Lin's stage performance.

196 1 year joined the China * * * production party, and was infinitely loyal to the party and its drama career. He used to be the chairman of actors' division of labor and a study counselor.

The drama "Cai Wenji" established Zhu Lin's position as the "Queen of China Drama".

In 1950s, the director of Beijing People's Art put forward a bold idea of nationalization of drama, and began to try to learn from China's drama. At this time, Jiao Juyin, the director of Beijing People's Art, and Guo Moruo, the screenwriter, adapted the historical drama The Tiger Symbol. In this play, the director quoted the performance elements such as gongs and drums and sleeves in traditional drama. Zhu Lin plays the leading role of Lady Ruji in the play. Lady Ruji was the princess of Wang Wei during the Warring States Period, and Zhu Lin wanted to combine the traditional opera performances in China to create this role of being soft outside and rigid inside.

Zhu Lin's first play in human arts was Cao Yu's masterpiece Thunderstorm. Zhu Lin became a leading actor in Beijing after successfully portraying the role of Lu Shiping.

One night in May, capital theatre was very lively, and Peking People's Art was performing a reserved play "Cai Wenji". This sensational four-act historical drama still shines after years of dust.

Since 1982, Zhu Lin has successively created three images of foreign old women with different personalities in three world famous plays of different genres: The Return of the Lady, Mahjong and Death of a Salesman.

In 1980s, Beijing People's Art staged Death of a Salesman, and specially invited playwright arthur miller to come to Beijing as a guide. Zhu Lin plays Linda, the salesman's wife, a seemingly weak and resigned woman with a strong and optimistic heart. The critic playwright Miller praised Zhu Lin's performance.

1985, retired.

In April 2007, Zhu Lin was awarded the honorary title of "National Outstanding Dramatic Artist" together with "old partners" such as Yu Shizhi and Ouyang Shanzun.

In 20 10, the anniversary of Cao Yu's birth 100, Zhu Lin, 87, took to the stage again. Zhu Lin said that this may be her last performance, but when she stood on the stage, she felt extremely happy.

20 15 at 3: 20am on July 7th, Comrade Zhu Lin died in Beijing at the age of 92. According to the wishes of Comrade Zhu Lin himself and his family, no memorial service or farewell ceremony will be held.