Brigitte Lin
Age: N/A | From: Taipei, Taiwan
Person Details
Birthday:
Aliases: 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 , Bridget Lin , Ling Ching-Tsia , Lin Ching-shya , Lin Cheng-hsia , ブリジット・リン , Lín Qīngxiá
Gender: Female
Place of birth: Taipei, Taiwan
Homepage:
Movie Involvements: 51
TV Involvements: 2
Most Famous Work
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.
Most Famous Work
Midi Première
(1975) Self
Golden Horse Awards
(1962) Self
Police Story
(1985) Selina Fong
Ashes of Time
(1994) Murong Yang / Murong Yin
Dragon Inn
(1992) Yau Mo-yan
The Legend of the Swordsman
(1992) Dung Fong Bat Bai
Swordsman III: The East Is Red
(1993) Dung Fong Bat Bai
The Bride with White Hair
(1993) Lien Ni ChangActing
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Self (archive footage) | |
| 2001 | Narrator | |
| 1998 | Narrator | |
| 1994 | Murong Yang / Murong Yin | |
| Ha / Fire Dragon | ||
| Ming Jian / Sword | ||
| Woman in Blonde Wig | ||
| Li Chou-Shui / Li Chong-Hoi | ||
| Snow | ||
| 1993 | Lien Ni Chang | |
| Chin Chin | ||
| Lien Ni Chang | ||
| Ching Siu Tung | ||
| Dung Fong Bat Bai | ||
| Third Princess | ||
| 1992 | More | |
| Divine Lady of Dragon Sect | ||
| Yau Mo-yan | ||
| Divine Lady of Dragon Sect | ||
| Dung Fong Bat Bai | ||
| Yun Zhifan | ||
| 1990 | Shen Shao-Hua | |
| 1989 | Jane Lin | |
| 1988 | To Caimei | |
| 1987 | N/A | |
| Sister Maria | ||
| May | ||
| 1986 | May | |
| Tsao Wan | ||
| Cheung Yuet-Heung | ||
| 1985 | Selina Fong | |
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| 1984 | Jo Jo | |
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| 1983 | Robber Robin | |
| Lily | ||
| Black Fox | ||
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| Bridget | ||
| Lily | ||
| Ice Queen | ||
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| Su-su | ||
| 1982 | Shen Yin-Pai | |
| Wei Yen-jan | ||
| Lily | ||
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| Jackal | ||
| 1981 | N/A | |
| Ivy | ||
| 1980 | N/A | |
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| Shen Jung | ||
| 1979 | Tsai Chin | |
| Tien Yu-Chiu | ||
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| Wen Jiayi | ||
| Tao Tan-feng | ||
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| 1978 | White Snake | |
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| 1977 | Jia Baoyu | |
| Chiu Meng | ||
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| Tuan Wanlu | ||
| Xiao Hong | ||
| 1976 | N/A | |
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| Sung Hsiao Yu | ||
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| Zhi Jun | ||
| Liu Yen-mei | ||
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| 1975 | Hsu Li Ping | |
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| Yang Hui Min | ||
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| Hsiao Shao-Yu | ||
| Tu Hsiao-Shuang | ||
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| Self | ||
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| 1974 | N/A | |
| Hsia Hsiao-tsan | ||
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| Xiao Yu | ||
| Su-Su / Yau Ying | ||
| Lin Chunchun | ||
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| 1973 | Chiang Yen Yung | |
| 1962 | Self | |
| The Star | ||
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
