[1] Her recent work is television series Mother (2011).
[2] Song was born into a working-class family in Ji County (now Jizhou District of Hengshui), Hebei, on 17 February 1951.
[3] In 1964, at age 13, Song was selected by the teachers of the Song and Dance Troupe of the Guangzhou Military Region and went south to Guangzhou, where she became a student.
[3] In 1985, she enrolled at Beijing Film Academy, where she majored in acting.
[3] Song was married to Sun Weixi (孙维熙), who was a professor at the Central Conservatory of Music.