Brigitte Lin
Date of birth: 1954-11-03
Place of birth: Taipei, Taiwan
Known for: Acting
Also known as: Venus Lin, Lam Ching-Ha, Lin Ching-Ha, Lin Ching-Tsia, Lam Cheng-Ha, Lin Chin-Hsia, 林青霞, Lin Ching Hsia, 임청하, หลินชิงเสีย, Lâm Thanh Hà, Brigitte Lin Ching-hsia, Brigette Lin, Ling Ching-Tsia, Lin Ching-shya, Lin Cheng-hsia, ブリジット・リン, Lín Qīngxiá, بریژیت لین چینگ-شیا
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.
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Chungking Express
1994-07-14
Two melancholic Hong Kong policemen fall in love: one with a mysterious underworld figure, the other
The Bride with White Hair 2
1993-12-22
For ten years, Cho has been in the snow of Mount Shin Fung waiting for a rare flower to blossom that
Police Story
1985-12-14
Officer Chan Ka Kui manages to put a major Hong Kong drug dealer behind the bars practically alone,
New Dragon Gate Inn
1992-08-22
During the Ming Dynasty, power-crazed eunuch Tso Siu Yan rules his desert region of China as if he w
Ashes of Time
1994-09-17
Ouyang Feng is a heartbroken and cynical man who spends his days in the desert, connecting expert sw
Zu: Warriors from the Magic Mountain
1983-02-05
5th century western China: As constant civil wars scars the nation, to evade death, Ti, a young scou
Fantasy Mission Force
1983-02-13
A force of loners and fighters is put together to try and rescue the generals and save the war effor
The Maidens of Heavenly Mountains
1994-03-05
Legend has it that in a faraway place beyond the edge of the earth, there exists a broken-hearted ma
The Dream of the Red Chamber
1977-10-26
Pao-yu is in love with his cousin, Lin Tai-yu, but his family has other marital plans for him that w
Peking Opera Blues
1986-09-06
In 1913 Beijing, three fierce women—disguised rebel Tsao Wan, jewel-seeking Sheung Hung, and opera h
Swordsman III: The East Is Red
1993-08-04
A royal official accompanies a Portuguese warship to the Black Cliffs to see the site of the defeat
The Legend of the Swordsman
1992-06-26
Ling Wu Chung decides to hide from the chaotic world. Before leaving, he visits his friends, a tribe
Deadful Melody
1994-01-08
A young security man must prove himself worthy by defending the one object wanted by all the masters
The Bride with White Hair
1993-08-26
The sensitive swordsman Cho Yi-Hang is tired of his life. He is the unwilling successor to the Wu-Ta
Peony Pavilion
2001-12-07
In 1930s Suzhou, the fifth wife of an opium-addicted aristocrat, her husband's female cousin, and a
The Beauty with Two Faces
1976-10-22
All the Wrong Spies
1983-03-31
In Hong Kong, Circa 1940s, World War II, private detective Yoyo and friend Inspector Teddy Robin joi
Seven Black Heroines
1983-05-19
A group of women with various criminal skills are thrown into prison during World War 2. They escape
Pink Force Commando
1982-01-01
In a world where cowboys coexist with Chinese thugs, Arab swordsmen, Nazi troops, Klansmen and spand
The Three Swordsmen
1994-07-15
Samurai and Smiling Sam are two famous martial arts masters in Central China. On the night before th
The Other Side of Gentleman
1984-06-28
As part of a sociology experiment, Brigitte Lin tries to get lower-class playboy Alan Tam to fall in
Fire Dragon
1994-08-13
Rebel fighter Yuen Ming (Max Mok) must protect an important letter with content that can expose the
Love Massacre
1981-03-26
Set in San Francisco, Love Massacre follows college student Ivy as she tries to help her friend Joy
Secret Love in Peach Blossom Land
1992-02-14
Two drama companies happened to share one auditorium for rehearsal. Friction was inevitable. One of
Web of Deception
1989-10-05
Jane is unknowingly being blackmailed by her co-worker May. When May's roommate Queenie needs a larg
Dream Lovers
1986-04-25
Musician Song Yu and jewellery designer Yuet-heung, who barely know each other, meet in their dreams
Starry Is the Night
1988-10-13
As Cai Mei, a single 40 year old woman and a social worker starts a relationship with a teen-ager Ti
The Black Panther Warriors
1993-11-18
A group of specialists are recruited to steal from a police station.
Red Dust
1990-11-23
Stretching across the canvas of the Sino-Japanese War of the 30s, the subsequent Japanese surrender
Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow
1976-01-01
Taiwanese movie
Lady in Black
1987-01-11
Kin Seng (Leung Ka Fai) falls into big debts in the gambling house. He persuades his loving wife, Ma
Boys Are Easy
1993-08-12
A man wants to see his three daughters get married.
True Colours
1986-12-18
Lung and Wong are buddies in their ferocious youth. Lung fled from his motherland to escape a death
The Eagle Shooting Heroes
1993-02-05
A power struggle between the Queen's treasonous lover and a princess occurs amid musical numbers, sl
Handsome Siblings
1992-12-11
One hundred seventy years ago, a wise monk made a section of land known as the Villians Valley, a sa
Fire Dragon
1983-09-02
A Team of Prisoners, famous thieves and great fighters are assembled by a shadowy government agency
The Forest of Forever
1975-09-01
Among lofty mountains and valley, a family’s business successor, Luo Ya-nan, meets an engineer, Lu C
Black and White
1983-01-01
Taiwanese war film.
Different Love
1976-04-17
Brigitte Lin is Sung Hsiao Yu, a young girl in love with Wen Hsing Yu (Charlie Chin), a botanist who
Ghost of the Mirror
1974-10-04
Adapted from a Tang Dynasty fantasy tale, Sung Chuen-sau used the story of a scholar meeting a femal
Moon River
1974-01-01
Romantic film starring Brigitte Lin.
My Funny Intern
1976-08-04
Alan Tang plays a famous soccer coach who comes down with the flu. He goes to a clinic for help and
Outside the Window
1973-08-24
Brigitte Lin's debut film. A young girl gets romantically involved with a teacher twice her age.
Forever My Love
1976-03-27
Alan Tang plays an engineering student in Taipei, Taiwan who meets and falls in love with another co
Gone with the Cloud
1974-02-06
After the death of her parents, a young woman (Tang Bao Yun) is forced to work as a barmaid to suppo
The Women Soldiers
1981-08-27
Four girls graduate from high school with the hope of joining the army, even though that may clash w
The Thirty Million Dollar Rush
1987-07-02
Treasury employee Fatty (Eric Tsang) discovered that bags of used 30 million in Hong Kong Dollars ha
Misty Drizzle
1975-03-28
A divorced entrepreneur (Yueh Yang) and his handsome partner (Charlie Chin) both fall for the beauti
Little Sister-in-law
1975-01-01
Mr. and Mrs. Ho are longing for a grandson. Their son, Ho Chieh and daughter-in-law, Wan Ping, come
Love of the White Snake
1978-09-15
This early Brigitte Lin film is based on the same Chinese folk tale that Tsui Hark later used as his
Come Fly with Me
1976-01-01
Charlie Chin is Cheng Chieh, an engineer obsessed with flying. Brigitte Lin is Liu Yen-mei, a rich
Phoenix the Raider
1982-01-01
A story of two friends on the opposite side of the law.
There's No Place like Home
1977-02-20
Taiwanese romance film released to commemorate the 9th anniversary of First Films' founding.
The Autumn Love Song
1976-01-31
When a rich guy met a poor gal and fell in love, his authoritative father disapproved of their relat
The House for Love
1974-11-08
Lo Wen (Chin Han) is enamored of his college sweetheart Xiao Yu (Brigitte Lin), and the two wish to
The Switch
1982-02-07
Taiwanese crime drama.
Run Lover Run
1975-10-24
Brigitte Lin stars as a young girl on the cusp of becoming a woman...a problem for her mother, who t
Love's Many Faces
1978-08-12
An unusual tale about the love between a female cat-burglar and a university student.
The Marigolds
1980-03-29
Be Careful Sweetheart
1984-01-25
Taiwanese martial arts drama starring Brigitte Lin.
Return of Monsoon
1979-07-04
Chia Yi is already engaged but she still feels lonely deep in her heart. She has a tough decision to
Flag of Honor
1987-10-07
Hong Kong romance set in wartime
Orchid in the Rain
1977-10-06
Love story about a man who falls for a cabaret hostess.
By Love Obsessed
1979-10-25
While taking pictures in a remote forest, a young photographer encounters a beautiful, mysterious gi
Bishonen
1998-08-14
A hustler and a model policeman who is uneasy with his own secret homosexuality begin a secret relat
Seven Foxes
1985-10-03
Billionaire Suen falls seriously ill, he hopes to find his only son who has been missing for twenty
The Four Sheepish Dummies
1983-04-02
Taiwanese comedy.
Poor Chasers
1980-02-16
Pairs of best college friends, Shen Jung (Brigitte Lin) and Li Lun-mei (Chelsia Chan); Chen Cheng-hs
Love in My Heart
1977-06-21
Taiwanese romance film.
Morning Fog
1978-07-30
In "Morning Fog", Brigitte Lin plays Tu Hsiao Meng, a spirited young woman who's had an unenviable l
Lily Under the Gun
1982-01-01
In a valiant attempt to rescue her younger brother, a young woman goes head to head with a group of
Burn Phoenix Burn
1982-01-25
A young lady sacrificed her first love when she discovered her boyfriend had a crush on her younger
Eight Hundred Heroes
1975-07-10
As battle rages in Shanghai, a single battalion of soldiers led by Xie Jinyuan is ordered to hold ba
The Unforgettable Character
1975-06-05
The Unforgettable Character is a 1975 Taiwanese romantic drama film directed by Chang Mei-chun and w
Hot Wave
1975-06-06
A taiwanese romance set during the summer starring Brigitte Lin.
Green Green Meadow
1974-12-20
An early Brigitte Lin Romance.
The Chasing Game
1976-08-25
Mandarin movie about the romance of an undergraduate with the prettiest girl on campus.
Girl Friend
1974-12-12
An early Brigitte Lin Romance.
The Wild Goose on the Wing
1979-03-24
After studying drama in the UK, Tan-feng returns to Taiwan to investigate her sister's death. She su
The Misty Moon
1978-02-07
Brigitte Lin and Charlie Chin star in this Taiwanese drama about a kindergarten teacher who falls in
An Unforgettable Day
1979-11-29
Taiwanese romantic drama set in a mining town starring Brigitte Lin.
Night Orchid
1983-01-01
A secret society is out to ruin a nobleman’s reputation and destroy those closest to him while a swo
Cloud of Romance
1977-02-20
TUAN Wan-lu is a naïve and carefree young woman raised in the family of a professor and doted on by
Birds Are Singing Everywhere
1978-07-08
Taiwanese romance film.
Love, Love, Love
1974-06-28
Love, Love, Love is a Taiwanese film, released in 1974 by Central Motion Pictures Corporation and sp
News Hen
1974-12-05
An early romantic comedy starring Brigitte Lin.
Long Way from Home
1974-02-20
A romantic melodrama starring Brigitte Lin.
The Life God
1975-04-26
Tells the story of "Bao sheng da di"--A marvelous man who wanted to become a doctor so that he could
He Loved Once Too Many
1975-08-30
An early drama starring Brigitte Lin.
True Love
1975-07-05
A romance.
The Love Affair of Rainbow
1977-01-01
The son of a wealthy man married a peasant’s daughter against his family’s objection . When he becam
Love Under a Rosy Sky
1979-12-13
The Story of Green House
1978-06-14
A Love Seed
1979-01-23
Magnificent 72
1980-06-11
Love By Post
1976-09-25
The Great Surprise
1983-09-25
Taiwanese comedy. A large diamond named "The Light of Shanghai" is given as a gift to the boss of S
The Star
Off to Success
1979-01-01
A group of youths undergo the hardships of military training.
Tomorrow I'm 20
1976-01-01
A 19-year-old girl hasn't met the right person yet. Those who admire her aren't her type, and the pe
无情荒地有情天
1981-01-01
taiwan films
A Journey of Love
1979-01-01
After graduating from university Yin Meizhen decided to pursue further studies in the United states
Love Forever
1976-01-01
The story of a complicated love triangle.
Royal Tramp
1992-07-30
The story of Wai Siu Bo, a pimp who after saving Chan Kan Nam, the leader of the Heaven and Earth so
Royal Tramp 2
1992-09-24
After discovering that the Empress is actually Lung Erh, a member of the St Dragon Sect, and that sh
Ashes of Time Redux
2008-05-18
Ouyang Feng is a heartbroken and cynical man who spends his days in the desert, connecting expert sw