Brigitte Lin
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
108
Gender
Female
Birthday
1954-11-03 (71 years old)
Place of Birth
Taipei, Taiwan
Brigitte Lin
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.
Known For
Golden Horse Awards
Police Story
Midi Première
Chungking Express
Zu: Warriors from the Magic Mountain
Fire Dragon
Ashes of Time
Royal Tramp 1
Celebrity Talk Show
Fantasy Mission Force
The Eagle Shooting Heroes
Dragon Inn
The Maidens of Heavenly Mountains
The Bride with White Hair
Swordsman III: The East Is Red
Web of Deception
Peony Pavilion
Handsome Siblings
Deadful Melody
The Black Panther Warriors
The Thirty Million Dollar Rush
Dream Lovers
The Bride with White Hair 2
Love Massacre
Red Dust
Fire Dragon
Flag of Honor
The Other Side of Gentleman
True Love
The Three Swordsmen
Lady in Black
Ghost of the Mirror
True Colours
Orchid in the Rain
The Dream of the Red Chamber
Boys Are Easy
The Women Soldiers
Eight Hundred Heroes
Outside the Window
By Love Obsessed
Lily Under the Gun
All the Wrong Spies
Night Orchid
The Legend of the Swordsman
Royal Tramp 2
Seven Black Heroines
The Unforgettable Character
My Funny Intern
Burn Phoenix Burn
Cloud of Romance
Forever My Love
Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow
Starry Is the Night
Love's Many Faces
The Autumn Love Song
Misty Drizzle
Bishonen
Run Lover Run
Girl Friend
Love By Post
Phoenix the Raider
Secret Love in Peach Blossom Land
The Beauty with Two Faces
An Unforgettable Day
Seven Foxes
The House for Love
Be Careful Sweetheart
Poor Chasers
There's No Place like Home
Hot Wave
The Misty Moon
Love of the White Snake
Green Green Meadow
Pink Force Commando
The Love Affair of Rainbow
He Loved Once Too Many
Off to Success
明天20岁
Long Way from Home
Gone with the Cloud
Love Under a Rosy Sky
The Story of Green House
The Four Sheepish Dummies
Love, Love, Love
Return of Monsoon
Different Love
Little Sister-in-law
Peking Opera Blues
The Great Surprise
Come Fly with Me
The Chasing Game
Black and White
Birds Are Singing Everywhere
The Wild Goose on the Wing
The Marigolds
News Hen
A Love Seed
Moon River
The Switch
无情荒地有情天
The Life God
Magnificent 72
Love in My Heart
The Star
海誓山盟
Morning Fog
焦情莣地有情天
The Forest of Forever
