Linda Lin Dai
Age: N/A | From: Nanning, Guangxi, China
Person Details
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Aliases: Lin Dai , Lam Doi , 林黛 , Dai Lin , Lâm Đại
Gender: Female
Place of birth: Nanning, Guangxi, China
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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 Last Woman of Shang
(1964) Su Da Ji
Love Without End
(1961) Li Qingqing
The Kingdom and the Beauty
(1959) Li Feng
Diau Charn
(1958) 貂蝉
Madam White Snake
(1962) Pai Su Chen (White Snake)
The Lotus Lamp
(1965) Lady San/Liu Chen-Hsiung
Cinema Hong Kong: The Beauties of the Shaw Studio
(2003) (footage)
The Blue and the Black
(1966) Tang QiActing
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | (footage) | |
| 1967 | Sun Yu-Hsia | |
| 1966 | Tang Qi | |
| Tang Qi | ||
| 1965 | Lady San/Liu Chen-Hsiung | |
| 1964 | Concubine Wang Chao Chun | |
| Su Da Ji | ||
| 1963 | Dr Ye De Mei | |
| 1962 | Pai Su Chen (White Snake) | |
| 1961 | Li Qingqing | |
| Yin Niu (The Swallow) | ||
| Lan Lan | ||
| 1960 | N/A | |
| 1959 | Li Feng | |
| Wang Dan Ying | ||
| 1958 | 貂蝉 | |
| Tao Gui Ru | ||
| 1957 | Zi Qin | |
| Yeh Wei-fang | ||
| Jin Lan | ||
| Jin Lian; Shen Shu Wen | ||
| Zhu Yu Zhen/Zhang Ma | ||
| 1956 | Zhang Xiu Juan | |
| Shi Li Fang | ||
| Mei Jie | ||
| 1937 | 胡意美 | |
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
Costume & Make-Up
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 1963 | Costume Design | |
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |