Brigitte Lin
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 Lin at the 2008 Dubai International Film Festival | |||||||||
| Chinese name | 林青霞 (traditional) | ||||||||
| Chinese name | 林青霞 (simplified) | ||||||||
| Pinyin | Lín Qīngxiá (Mandarin) | ||||||||
| Jyutping | lam4 cing1 haa4 (Cantonese) | ||||||||
| Pe̍h-ōe-jī | Lîm Chheng-hâ (Hokkien) | ||||||||
| Ancestry | Yantai, Shandong | ||||||||
| Origin | Republic of China (Taiwan) | ||||||||
| Born |
3 November 1954 Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China | ||||||||
| Occupation | Actress | ||||||||
| Years active | 1973 - 1994 | ||||||||
| Spouse(s) |
Michael Ying (29 June 1994 - present) | ||||||||
| Children | 2 | ||||||||
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Brigitte Lin (Chinese: 林青霞; pinyin: Lín Qīngxiá) or Brigitte Lin Ching-hsia (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.
Biography
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 cross-gender 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.
Partial filmography
External links
- Brigitte Lin's microblog at Weibo.com (Sina.com) (Chinese)
- Brigitte Lin at the Internet Movie Database
- Brigitte Lin at Hong Kong Movies Database
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