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Brigitte Lin

Brigitte Lin

Actor · Born 1954-11-03 · Taipei, Taiwan

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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 …

Movies & TV Shows

  1. Chungking Express (1994) — Woman in Blonde Wig
  2. Police Story (1985) — Salina Fong
  3. Ashes of Time (1994) — Murong Yang / Murong Yin / Dugu Qiubai
  4. New Dragon Gate Inn (1992) — Yau Mo Yan
  5. Royal Tramp (1992) — Divine Lady of Dragon Sect
  6. The Legend of the Swordsman (1992) — Dung Fong Bat Bai
  7. The Eagle Shooting Heroes (1993) — Third Princess
  8. Royal Tramp 2 (1992) — Divine Lady of Dragon Sect
  9. The Bride with White Hair (1993) — Lien Ni Chang
  10. Zu: Warriors from the Magic Mountain (1983) — Ice Queen
  11. Peking Opera Blues (1986) — Tsao Wan
  12. Swordsman III: The East Is Red (1993) — Dung Fong Bat Bai
  13. Fantasy Mission Force (1983) — Lily
  14. The Bride with White Hair 2 (1993) — Lien Ni Chang
  15. Deadful Melody (1994) — Snow
  16. Red Dust (1990) — Shen Shao-Hua
  17. Bishonen (1998) — Narrator
  18. The Maidens of Heavenly Mountains (1994) — Li Chou-Shui / Li Chong-Hoi
  19. Secret Love in Peach Blossom Land (1992) — Yun Zhifan
  20. Handsome Siblings (1992) — More
  21. Love Massacre (1981) — Ivy
  22. The Three Swordsmen (1994) — Ming Kim
  23. Peony Pavilion (2001) — Narrator
  24. The Dream of the Red Chamber (1977) — Jia Baoyu
  25. The Black Panther Warriors (1993) — Chin Chin
  26. Eight Hundred Heroes (1975) — Yang Hui Min
  27. Seven Black Heroines (1983) — 黑狐方慧君 Black Fox
  28. All the Wrong Spies (1983) — Bridget
  29. Fire Dragon (1994) — Ha / Fire Dragon
  30. Boys Are Easy (1993) — Ching Siu Tung
  31. The Thirty Million Dollar Rush (1987) — Sister Maria
  32. Web of Deception (1989) — Jane Lin
  33. Dream Lovers (1986) — Cheung Yuet-Heung
  34. Fire Dragon (1983) — Lily (archive footage)
  35. True Colours (1986) — May
  36. Ashes of Time Redux (2008) — 慕容嫣、慕容燕
  37. Starry Is the Night (1988) — To Caimei
  38. Moon River (1974) — 梁新蘭 Liang Hsin Lan
  39. Pink Force Commando (1982) — Jackal
  40. Lady in Black (1987) — May