Tsai Chin
Acting • Born 1936-11-30
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Tsai Chin, also known by her Chinese name Zhou Caiqin, is an actress, director, teacher and author, best known in America for her role as Auntie Lindo in the film The Joy Luck Club. The third daughter of the legendary Peking opera actor and singer Zhou Xinfang, Tsai Chin was the first Chinese student trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London, and later earned a Masters Degree at Tufts University in Boston, Massachusetts. Her career spans more than five decades and three continents. She starred onstage in London's West End in The World of Susie Wong, and on Broadway in Golden Child. Chin appeared in two James Bond films: as a Bond girl in You Only Live Twice; and Casino Royale. Her single, "The Ding Dong Song," recorded for Decca, hit the top of the music charts in Asia. She was the first acting instructor to be invited to teach acting in China after the Cultural Revolution, when China's universities re-opened. In China she is best known for her portrayal of Grandmother Jia in the 2010 TV drama series The Dream of Red Mansions.
Filmography
57 credits
You Only Live Twice
Movie • 1967
Ling
Memoirs of a Geisha
Movie • 2005
Auntie
The Face of Fu Manchu
Movie • 1965
Lin Tang
The Blood of Fu Manchu
Movie • 1968
Lin Tang
The Castle of Fu Manchu
Movie • 1969
Lin Tang
The Brides of Fu Manchu
Movie • 1966
Lin Tang
Red Corner
Movie • 1997
Chairman Xu
Crowfoot
Movie • 1995
Det. Lisa Ishima
The Diary of Ellen Rimbauer
Movie • 2003
Madame Lu
The Vengeance of Fu Manchu
Movie • 1967
Lin Tang
The Joy Luck Club
Movie • 1993
Lindo Jong
Hollywood Chinese
Movie • 2007
Self
Long Life, Happiness and Prosperity
Movie • 2002
Hun Ping Wong
Year of the Fish
Movie • 2007
Mrs. Su
Rentadick
Movie • 1972
Madam Greenfly
Casino Royale
Movie • 2006
Madame Wu
Nani
Movie • 2012
Isabel
The Inn of the Sixth Happiness
Movie • 1958
Sui-Lan
She Lights Up Well
Movie • 2014
Grandma
Invasion
Movie • 1965
Nurse Lim
Now You See Me 2
Movie • 2016
Bu Bu
The Cool Mikado
Movie • 1963
The West Side Waltz
Movie • 1995
Tenant
The Virgin Soldiers
Movie • 1969
Juicy Lucy
Yangtse Incident: The Story of H.M.S. Amethyst
Movie • 1957
Sampan Woman
The Jade Pendant
Movie • 2017
Madame Pong
She's Got a Plan
Movie • 2016
Mrs. Roberts
Abominable
Movie • 2019
Nai Nai (voice)
Lucky Grandma
Movie • 2020
Grandma
Titan A.E.
Movie • 2000
Old Woman (voice)
Inside 'You Only Live Twice'
Movie • 2000
Self
Daughter of Shanghai
Movie • 2019
Self
Blow-Up
Movie • 1966
Thomas's Receptionist (uncredited)
The Interpreter
Movie • 2005
Luan
My American Vacation
Movie • 1999
Grandma Lee
Violent Playground
Movie • 1958
Primrose
The Magic Pearl
Movie • 1997
Additional Voices (voice)
Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings
Movie • 2021
Waipo
Wendy Wu: Homecoming Warrior
Movie • 2006
Grandma
The Bridge on the River Kwai
Movie • 1957
Tokyo Rose (voice) (uncredited)
A Leading Man
Movie • 2014
Grandma Lu Mei-An
James Bond: The First 21 Years
Movie • 1983
Ling (archive footage)
The Treasure of San Teresa
Movie • 1959
1st Girl in Fight
Grey's Anatomy
TV • 2005
Helen Rubenstein
We Bare Bears
TV • 2015
Linda (voice)
Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
TV • 2013
May's Mother
The Defenders
TV • 1961
Parma Gideon
The Dream of Red Mansions
TV • 2010
贾母
Due South
TV • 1994
Mrs. Lee
Fantasy Island
TV • 1998
Rita
Strong Medicine
TV • 2000
Jin Jae
The Troubleshooters
TV • 1965
Esther Ho
All-American Girl
TV • 1994
Auntie June
Getting On
TV • 2013
Ruth Lee
Avatar: The Last Airbender
TV • 2005
Aunt Wu (voice)
Man of the World
TV • 1962
Souen
Chicago Hope
TV • 1994
Board Member