At the age of eighteen she began appearing regularly on TV, and it was from her TV appearances that Yang Li-hwa discovered her.
加入電視歌仔戲團，從跑龍套幹起隨著年歲漸長，李如麟的戲愈演愈好，也成為春玉歌仔戲團的台柱小生。歌仔戲團居無定所，非常辛苦，許多和她一塊學戲的姐妹都紛紛改行，另謀出路，而她卻未曾有過這種念頭。