Brigitte Lin
Born November 03, 1954 (Age: 71)
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Taipei, Taiwan
Biography
Brigitte Lin Ching-Hsia (Chinese: 林青霞; pinyin: Lín Qīngxiá; born 3 November 1954) is a Taiwanese actress. She was a popular actress, regarded as an icon of Chinese cinema, who acted in both Taiwanese and Hong Kong films. She retired in 1994, although she had a minor role in the 1998 film Bishonen. She was born in Taipei, and was "discovered" in 1972 by a film producer, and first appeared in many Taiwanese romance films based on the novels of Chiung Yao. Her movie debut is in Chuangwai. She later switched over to making movies in Hong Kong. At the height of her popularity she was arguably one of the most sought-after actresses in the Chinese film industry. She starred in more than 100 movies. In Hong Kong movies, Lin made a career of playing transgender roles: in Peking Opera Blues she plays a tomboy who dresses in male Western clothes; in New Dragon Gate Inn she is a woman who dresses as a man, and in Swordsman II and III she plays a male character who castrates himself for power and so is now slowly turning into a woman. She had a good working relationship with Tsui Hark, acting in many of the films he directed (like Peking Opera Blues) and produced (Swordsman II). She married businessman Michael Ying in 1994 and left the film industry. She has two daughters, born in 1997 and 2001. She made her first public appearance since her marriage at a screening of Ashes of Time Redux at the 2008 New York Film Festival. Description above from the Wikipedia article Brigitte Lin, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Brigitte Lin Ching-Hsia (Chinese: 林青霞; pinyin: Lín Qīngxiá; born 3 November 1954) is a Taiwanese actress. She was a popular actress, regarded as an icon of Chinese cinema, who acted in both Taiwanese and Hong Kong films. She retired in 1994, although she had a minor role in the 1998 film Bishonen.
She was born in Taipei, and was "discovered" in 1972 by a film producer, and first appeared in many Taiwanese romance films based on the novels of Chiung Yao. Her movie debut is in Chuangwai. She later switched over to making movies in Hong Kong. At the height of her popularity she was arguably one of the most sought-after actresses in the Chinese film industry. She starred in more than 100 movies.
In Hong Kong movies, Lin made a career of playing transgender roles: in Peking Opera Blues she plays a tomboy who dresses in male Western clothes; in New Dragon Gate Inn she is a woman who dresses as a man, and in Swordsman II and III she plays a male character who castrates himself for power and so is now slowly turning into a woman. She had a good working relationship with Tsui Hark, acting in many of the films he directed (like Peking Opera Blues) and produced (Swordsman II).
She married businessman Michael Ying in 1994 and left the film industry. She has two daughters, born in 1997 and 2001. She made her first public appearance since her marriage at a screening of Ashes of Time Redux at the 2008 New York Film Festival.
Description above from the Wikipedia article Brigitte Lin, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Filmography
Ashes of Time Redux
2008
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as 慕容嫣、慕容燕
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Age: 53
Bishonen
1998
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as Narrator
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Age: 43
The Bride with White Hair 2
1993
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as Lien Ni Chang
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Age: 39
The Black Panther Warriors
1993
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as Chin Chin
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Age: 39
The Bride with White Hair
1993
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as Lien Ni Chang
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Age: 38
Boys Are Easy
1993
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as Ching Siu Tung
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Age: 38
Swordsman III: The East Is Red
1993
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as Dung Fong Bat Bai
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Age: 38
The Eagle Shooting Heroes
1993
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as Third Princess
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Age: 38
Handsome Siblings
1992
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as More
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Age: 38
Royal Tramp 2
1992
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as Divine Lady of Dragon Sect
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Age: 37
New Dragon Gate Inn
1992
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as Yau Mo Yan
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Age: 37
Royal Tramp
1992
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as Divine Lady of Dragon Sect
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Age: 37
The Legend of the Swordsman
1992
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as Dung Fong Bat Bai
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Age: 37
Secret Love in Peach Blossom Land
1992
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as Yun Zhifan
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Age: 37
Red Dust
1990
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as Shen Shao-Hua
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Age: 36
Web of Deception
1989
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as Jane Lin
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Age: 34
Starry Is the Night
1988
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as To Caimei
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Age: 33
Flag of Honor
1987
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as
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Age: 32
The Thirty Million Dollar Rush
1987
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as Sister Maria
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Age: 32
Lady in Black
1987
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as May
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Age: 32
Police Story
1985
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as Salina Fong
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Age: 31
Seven Foxes
1985
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as
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Age: 30
The Women Soldiers
1981
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as
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Age: 26
Love Massacre
1981
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as Ivy
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Age: 26
No Image
无情荒地有情天
1981
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as
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Age: 26
Magnificent 72
1980
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as
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Age: 25
The Marigolds
1980
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as
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Age: 25
Poor Chasers
1980
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as Shen Jung
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Age: 25
A Journey of Love
1979
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as
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Age: 24
Love of the White Snake
1978
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as White Snake
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Age: 23
Love's Many Faces
1978
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as
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Age: 23
Morning Fog
1978
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as
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Age: 23
Birds Are Singing Everywhere
1978
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as
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Age: 23
The Story of Green House
1978
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as
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Age: 23
The Misty Moon
1978
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as
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Age: 23
Orchid in the Rain
1977
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as Chiu Meng
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Age: 22
Love in My Heart
1977
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as
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Age: 22
Cloud of Romance
1977
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as Tuan Wanlu
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Age: 22
The Love Affair of Rainbow
1977
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as Xiao Hong
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Age: 22
Love Forever
1976
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as 依莲 I Lien
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Age: 21
Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow
1976
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as
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Age: 21
Tomorrow I'm 20
1976
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as
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Age: 21
The Forest of Forever
1975
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as Luo Ya-nan
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Age: 20
Green Green Meadow
1974
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as
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Age: 20
Girl Friend
1974
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as Hsia Hsiao-tsan
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Age: 20
News Hen
1974
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as
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Age: 20
The House for Love
1974
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as Xiao Yu
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Age: 20
Ghost of the Mirror
1974
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as Su-Su / Yau Ying
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Age: 19
Love, Love, Love
1974
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as Lin Chunchun
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Age: 19
Long Way from Home
1974
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as
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Age: 19
Gone with the Cloud
1974
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as
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Age: 19
Moon River
1974
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as 梁新蘭 Liang Hsin Lan
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Age: 19
Outside the Window
1973
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as 江雁容 Chiang Yen Yung
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Age: 18