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Brigitte Lin Ching-Hsia
Born · November 3, 1954 (70 years old)
Known For: Acting
Place of Birth: Taipei, Taiwan
Bio
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.
One-Tenth of a Millimeter Apart
Self (archive footage)
7.1
2021
Peony Pavilion
Narrator
6.7
2001
Jackie Chan: My Stunts
(archival footage) (uncredited)
7.2
1999
Bishonen
Narrator
6.4
1998
Ashes of Time
Murong Yang / Murong Yin
7.1
1994
Fire Dragon
Ha / Fire Dragon
6.4
1994
The Three Swordsmen
5.6
1994
Chungking Express
Woman in Blonde Wig
8.0
1994
The Maidens of Heavenly Mountains
Li Chou-Shui / Li Chong-Hoi
5.2
1994
Deadful Melody
Snow
5.8
1994
The Bride with White Hair 2
Lien Ni Chang
5.8
1993
The Black Panther Warriors
Chin Chin
5.9
1993
The Bride with White Hair
Lien Ni Chang
6.5
1993
Boys Are Easy
Ching Siu Tung
6.8
1993
Swordsman III: The East Is Red
Dung Fong Bat Bai
6.0
1993
The Eagle Shooting Heroes
Third Princess
7.0
1993
Handsome Siblings
More
6.3
1992
Royal Tramp 2
Divine Lady of Dragon Sect
7.1
1992
Dragon Inn
Yau Mo Yan
7.2
1992
Royal Tramp
Divine Lady of Dragon Sect
7.1
1992
The Legend of the Swordsman
Dung Fong Bat Bai
6.5
1992
Secret Love in Peach Blossom Land
Yun Zhifan
7.8
1992
Red Dust
Shen Shao-Hua
6.8
1990
Web of Deception
Jane Lin
6.2
1989
Celebrity Talk Show
林青霞 · (2 episodes)
9.0
1989
Starry Is the Night
To Caimei
6.0
1988
Flag of Honor
0.0
1987
The Thirty Million Dollar Rush
Sister Maria
6.9
1987
Lady in Black
May
8.0
1987
True Colours
May
7.1
1986
Peking Opera Blues
Tsao Wan
7.0
1986
Dream Lovers
Cheung Yuet-Heung
6.3
1986
Police Story
Salina Fong
7.5
1985
Seven Foxes
0.0
1985
The Other Side of Gentleman
Jo Jo
5.0
1984
Be Careful Sweetheart
6.5
1984
The Great Surprise
Robber Robin
0.0
1983
Fire Dragon
Lily (archive footage)
5.6
1983
Seven Black Heroines
Black Fox
5.7
1983
The Four Sheepish Dummies
0.0
1983
All the Wrong Spies
Bridget
6.9
1983
Fantasy Mission Force
Lily
4.9
1983
Zu: Warriors from the Magic Mountain
Ice Queen
6.7
1983
Black and White
0.0
1983
Night Orchid
Su-su
0.0
1983
The Switch
Shen Yin-Pai
5.5
1982
Burn Phoenix Burn
Wei Yen-jan
0.0
1982
Pink Force Commando
Jackal
4.0
1982
Phoenix the Raider
3.0
1982
Lily Under the Gun
Lily
0.0
1982
The Women Soldiers
0.0
1981
Love Massacre
Ivy
6.1
1981
Magnificent 72
0.0
1980
The Marigolds
0.0
1980
Poor Chasers
Shen Jung
0.0
1980
Love Under a Rosy Sky
Tsai Chin
0.0
1979
An Unforgettable Day
Tien Yu-Chiu
0.0
1979
By Love Obsessed
0.0
1979
Return of Monsoon
Wen Jiayi
0.0
1979
The Wild Goose on the Wing
Tao Tan-feng
0.0
1979
A Love Seed
5.0
1979
Off to Success
0.0
1979
Love of the White Snake
White Snake
8.0
1978
Love's Many Faces
0.0
1978
Morning Fog
0.0
1978
Birds Are Singing Everywhere
0.0
1978
The Story of Green House
0.0
1978
The Misty Moon
0.0
1978
The Dream of the Red Chamber
Jia Baoyu
6.3
1977
Orchid in the Rain
Chiu Meng
0.0
1977
Love in My Heart
0.0
1977
There's No Place like Home
0.0
1977
Cloud of Romance
Tuan Wanlu
5.0
1977
The Love Affair of Rainbow
Xiao Hong
0.0
1977
The Beauty with Two Faces
0.0
1976
Love By Post
0.0
1976
The Chasing Game
0.0
1976
My Funny Intern
0.0
1976
Different Love
Sung Hsiao Yu
0.0
1976
Forever My Love
0.0
1976
The Autumn Love Song
Zhi Jun
0.0
1976
Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow
0.0
1976
Come Fly with Me
Liu Yen-mei
0.0
1976
Run Lover Run
Hsu Li Ping
0.0
1975
The Forest of Forever
Luo Ya-nan
0.0
1975
He Loved Once Too Many
0.0
1975
Eight Hundred Heroes
Yang Hui Min
6.6
1975
True Love
0.0
1975
Hot Wave
Hsiao Shao-Yu
0.0
1975
The Unforgettable Character
Tu Hsiao-Shuang
5.0
1975
The Life God
0.0
1975
Misty Drizzle
0.0
1975
Midi Première
Self · (1 episode)
10.0
1975
Little Sister-in-law
0.0
1975
Green Green Meadow
0.0
1974
Girl Friend
Hsia Hsiao-tsan
0.0
1974
News Hen
0.0
1974
The House for Love
Xiao Yu
0.0
1974
Ghost of the Mirror
Su-Su / Yau Ying
7.0
1974
Love, Love, Love
Lin Chunchun
0.0
1974
Long Way from Home
0.0
1974
Gone with the Cloud
0.0
1974
Moon River
5.0
1974
Outside the Window
Chiang Yen Yung
6.0
1973
The Star
The Star
0.0
Golden Horse Awards
Self · (1 episode)
0.0
1962