Person Details

Birthday: 1934-12-26 00:07:22

Death: 1964-07-17 00:07:22

Aliases: Lin Dai , 林黛 , Lam Doi

Gender: Female

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Movie Involvements: 23

TV Involvements: 0


Most Famous Work

Biography

Linda Lin Dai (Chinese: 林黛; 26 December 1934 – 17 July 1964), born Cheng Yueru (程月如), was a Chinese actress of Hong Kong films made in Mandarin during the 1950s–60s. She was a star actress of the Shaw Brothers Studio. She was the daughter of Cheng Siyuan (程思遠), the secretary of the KMT Chinese President Li Zongren, and Vice Chairman of the CPPCC. Lin Dai was awarded the Best Actress at the Asia Pacific Film Festival four times for her performances in films produced by Shaw Studio. While she attended short courses on drama and linguistics at Columbia University, New York in 1958, she met and fell in love with Long Shengxun, the son of Long Yun who was a former governor of China's Yunnan province. They married on 12 February 1961 in Hong Kong. She committed suicide at home in Hong Kong in July 1964, using an overdose of sleeping pills and inhalation of methane gas, due to family matters referred by the media as "trivial". Her death shocked the Chinese community. She left behind two unfinished films, The Lotus Lamp and Blue And Black (I and II).

Most Famous Work

The Kingdom and the Beauty
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6
The Blue and the Black
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6

The Blue and the Black

(1966) Tang Qi
Madam White Snake
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10

Madam White Snake

(1962) Pai Su Chen (White Snake)
The Last Woman of Shang
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7

The Last Woman of Shang

(1964) Su Da Ji
Love Without End
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7

Love Without End

(1961) Li Qingqing
Beyond the Great Wall
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4

Beyond the Great Wall

(1964) Concubine Wang Chao Chun
Golden Lotus
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0

Golden Lotus

(1957) Jin Lian; Shen Shu Wen
Diau Charn
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8

Diau Charn

(1958) Diao Chan

Acting

Costume & Make-Up

Year Role Movie/Tv
1963 Costume Design
Year Role Movie/Tv

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