Brigitte Lin
Acting • Born 1954-11-03
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.
Filmography
109 credits
Chungking Express
Movie • 1994
Woman in Blonde Wig
The Bride with White Hair 2
Movie • 1993
Lien Ni Chang
Police Story
Movie • 1985
Salina Fong
New Dragon Gate Inn
Movie • 1992
Yau Mo Yan
Ashes of Time
Movie • 1994
Murong Yang / Murong Yin / Dugu Qiubai
Zu: Warriors from the Magic Mountain
Movie • 1983
Ice Queen
Fantasy Mission Force
Movie • 1983
Lily
The Maidens of Heavenly Mountains
Movie • 1994
Li Chou-Shui / Li Chong-Hoi
The Dream of the Red Chamber
Movie • 1977
Jia Baoyu
Peking Opera Blues
Movie • 1986
Tsao Wan
Swordsman III: The East Is Red
Movie • 1993
Dung Fong Bat Bai
The Legend of the Swordsman
Movie • 1992
Dung Fong Bat Bai
Deadful Melody
Movie • 1994
Snow
The Bride with White Hair
Movie • 1993
Lien Ni Chang
Peony Pavilion
Movie • 2001
Narrator
The Beauty with Two Faces
Movie • 1976
All the Wrong Spies
Movie • 1983
Bridget
Seven Black Heroines
Movie • 1983
黑狐方慧君 Black Fox
Pink Force Commando
Movie • 1982
Jackal
The Three Swordsmen
Movie • 1994
Ming Kim
The Other Side of Gentleman
Movie • 1984
Jo Jo
Fire Dragon
Movie • 1994
Ha / Fire Dragon
Love Massacre
Movie • 1981
Ivy
Secret Love in Peach Blossom Land
Movie • 1992
Yun Zhifan
Web of Deception
Movie • 1989
Jane Lin
Dream Lovers
Movie • 1986
Cheung Yuet-Heung
Starry Is the Night
Movie • 1988
To Caimei
The Black Panther Warriors
Movie • 1993
Chin Chin
Red Dust
Movie • 1990
Shen Shao-Hua
Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow
Movie • 1976
Lady in Black
Movie • 1987
May
Boys Are Easy
Movie • 1993
Ching Siu Tung
True Colours
Movie • 1986
May
The Eagle Shooting Heroes
Movie • 1993
Third Princess
Handsome Siblings
Movie • 1992
More
Fire Dragon
Movie • 1983
Lily (archive footage)
The Forest of Forever
Movie • 1975
Luo Ya-nan
Black and White
Movie • 1983
Different Love
Movie • 1976
Sung Hsiao Yu
Ghost of the Mirror
Movie • 1974
Su-Su / Yau Ying
Outside the Window
Movie • 1973
江雁容 Chiang Yen Yung
Gone with the Cloud
Movie • 1974
Moon River
Movie • 1974
梁新蘭 Liang Hsin Lan
Forever My Love
Movie • 1976
My Funny Intern
Movie • 1976
The Women Soldiers
Movie • 1981
The Thirty Million Dollar Rush
Movie • 1987
Sister Maria
Misty Drizzle
Movie • 1975
Little Sister-in-law
Movie • 1975
Love of the White Snake
Movie • 1978
White Snake
Come Fly with Me
Movie • 1976
Liu Yen-mei
Phoenix the Raider
Movie • 1982
There's No Place like Home
Movie • 1977
The Autumn Love Song
Movie • 1976
Zhi Jun
The House for Love
Movie • 1974
Xiao Yu
The Switch
Movie • 1982
Shen Yin-Pai
Run Lover Run
Movie • 1975
Hsu Li Ping
Love's Many Faces
Movie • 1978
The Marigolds
Movie • 1980
Be Careful Sweetheart
Movie • 1984
Return of Monsoon
Movie • 1979
Wen Jiayi
Flag of Honor
Movie • 1987
Orchid in the Rain
Movie • 1977
Chiu Meng
By Love Obsessed
Movie • 1979
Bishonen
Movie • 1998
Narrator
Seven Foxes
Movie • 1985
The Four Sheepish Dummies
Movie • 1983
Poor Chasers
Movie • 1980
Shen Jung
Morning Fog
Movie • 1978
Love in My Heart
Movie • 1977
Lily Under the Gun
Movie • 1982
Lily
Burn Phoenix Burn
Movie • 1982
Wei Yen-jan
Eight Hundred Heroes
Movie • 1975
Yang Hui Min
The Unforgettable Character
Movie • 1975
Tu Hsiao-Shuang
Hot Wave
Movie • 1975
Hsiao Shao-Yu
Girl Friend
Movie • 1974
Hsia Hsiao-tsan
Green Green Meadow
Movie • 1974
The Chasing Game
Movie • 1976
The Wild Goose on the Wing
Movie • 1979
Tao Tan-feng
The Misty Moon
Movie • 1978
An Unforgettable Day
Movie • 1979
Tien Yu-Chiu
Night Orchid
Movie • 1983
Su-su
Cloud of Romance
Movie • 1977
Tuan Wanlu
Birds Are Singing Everywhere
Movie • 1978
Love, Love, Love
Movie • 1974
Lin Chunchun
News Hen
Movie • 1974
Long Way from Home
Movie • 1974
The Life God
Movie • 1975
He Loved Once Too Many
Movie • 1975
True Love
Movie • 1975
The Love Affair of Rainbow
Movie • 1977
Xiao Hong
A Love Seed
Movie • 1979
Love Under a Rosy Sky
Movie • 1979
Tsai Chin
The Story of Green House
Movie • 1978
Magnificent 72
Movie • 1980
Love By Post
Movie • 1976
The Great Surprise
Movie • 1983
Robber Robin
The Star
Movie
The Star
Off to Success
Movie • 1979
Tomorrow I'm 20
Movie • 1976
无情荒地有情天
Movie • 1981
A Journey of Love
Movie • 1979
Love Forever
Movie • 1976
依莲 I Lien
Royal Tramp
Movie • 1992
Divine Lady of Dragon Sect
Royal Tramp 2
Movie • 1992
Divine Lady of Dragon Sect
Ashes of Time Redux
Movie • 2008
慕容嫣、慕容燕
Golden Horse Awards
TV • 1962
Self
Midi Première
TV • 1975
Self
Celebrity Talk Show
TV • 1989
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