Choi Eun-hee
Born
November 20, 1926
Died
April 16, 2018 (91 years old)
Known For
Acting
Place of Birth
Gwangju, South Korea
Choi Eun-hee (November 20, 1926 – April 16, 2018) was a South Korean actress, who was one of the country's most popular stars of the 1960s and 1970s. In 1978, Choi and her then ex-husband, movie director Shin Sang-ok, were abducted to North Korea, where they were forced to make films until they sought asylum at the US Embassy in Vienna in 1986. They returned to South Korea in 1999 after spending a decade in the United States.
Known For
Cinema in the Land of Comrade Kim
Herself
2024
The Lovers and the Despot
Self - Actress / Various Roles
2016
Keeping the Vision Alive
Herself
2002
I'll Be Seeing Her
Herself
2002
Salt
mother
1985
Love, Love, My Love
Chunhyang's mother
1985
The Tale of Shim Cheong
Shim Cheong's mother
1985
Runaway
Song Ryul's wife
1984
Women of Yi-Dynasty
1969
Woman
1968
The Land of Korea
1968
The Homeless Wanderer
1968
Mountain
1967
The Phantom Queen
1967
Six Daughters
1967
The Monkey Goes West
1966
The Woman Coming in Fall
1965
The Girl Raised as a Future Daughter-in-law
Jum-soon
1965
The Story of Bae Local Offcial
1965
The Sino-Japanese War and Queen Min the Heroine
Queen Min
1965
Deaf Sam Yong
1964
When Night Falls at Myeongdong
1964
The Last Woman of Shang
1964
Red Scarf
Ji-seon
1964
Rice
1963
The Cloud Bridge of Gratitude
Ok-gyeong
1963
A Reluctant Prince
1963
Love Affair
1963
Heartlessness
1962
Bound by Chastity Rule
1962
Revenge
1962
The Story of Sim Cheong
1962
A Happy Day of Jinsa Maeng
Ipbun
1962
Tyrant Yeonsan
Queen Shin
1962
Prince Yeonsan
1961
Under the Sky in Seoul
Kim Hyeon-ok
1961
The Evergreen
Chae Yeong-shin
1961
Mother and a Guest
Mother
1961
Iljimae the Chivalrous Robber
Yeon-hwa
1961
Seong Chun-hyang
Seong Chun-hyang
1961
A Returned Man
Gyeong-hui
1960
Madam White Snake
Madam White Snake
1960
The Moral of Youth
1960
To the Last Day
Hye-kyung
1960
Romance Papa
Eum-jeon
1960
A Sad Pastorale
Han Do-sook
1960
A Sister's Garden
Jeong-hui
1959
Dongsimcho
Lee Sook-hee
1959
Chun Hui
Chun-hui
1959
It's Not Her Sin
Young-sook
1959
A Country Girl
Kim Ok-gyeong
1958
The Love Marriage
Suk-hee
1958
A College Woman's Confession
So-yeong
1958
The Flower in Hell
Sonia
1958
The Money
Ok-gyeong
1958
The Shadowless Pagoda
Guseulagi
1957
The Youth
Lee In-hwa
1955
Dream
Dal-lye
1955
A Hometown in Heart
Widow
1949
The Sun of Night
1948
A New Oath
1947