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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
November 30, 1936
Place of Birth
Tianjin, China
Also Known As
- Tsai Chin Zhou
- 周采芹
- Zhōu Cǎiqín
- Chou Ts’ai-ch’in
- 저우차이친
- ツァイ・チン
- Zhou Caiqin
Tsai Chin
1.0 Popularity
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.
Known For
7.5
Waipo
Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings
2021
6.4
Grandma
Lucky Grandma
2020
7.5
Nai Nai (voice)
Abominable
2019
10.0
Self
Daughter of Shanghai
2019
6.0
Madame Pong
The Jade Pendant
2017
10.0
Mrs. Roberts
She's Got a Plan
2016
6.8
Bu Bu
Now You See Me 2
2016
7.7
Linda (voice)
We Bare Bears
2015
5.0
Grandma Lu Mei-An
A Leading Man
2014
🎬
6.0
Grandma
She Lights Up Well
2014
Credits
Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings
as Waipo
2021
7.5
Lucky Grandma
as Grandma
2020
6.4
Abominable
as Nai Nai (voice)
2019
7.5
Daughter of Shanghai
as Self
2019
10.0
The Jade Pendant
as Madame Pong
2017
6.0
She's Got a Plan
as Mrs. Roberts
2016
10.0
Now You See Me 2
as Bu Bu
2016
6.8
We Bare Bears
as Linda (voice)
2015
7.7
A Leading Man
as Grandma Lu Mei-An
2014
5.0
🎬
She Lights Up Well
as Grandma
2014
6.0
Getting On
as Ruth Lee
2013
6.3
Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
as May's Mother
2013
7.5
🎬
Nani
as Isabel
2012
6.0
The Dream of Red Mansions
as 贾母
2010
7.6
Year of the Fish
as Mrs. Su
2007
4.4
Hollywood Chinese
as Self
2007
0.0
Casino Royale
as Madame Wu
2006
7.6
Wendy Wu: Homecoming Warrior
as Grandma
2006
6.2
Memoirs of a Geisha
as Auntie
2005
7.6
The Interpreter
as Luan
2005
6.3
Grey's Anatomy
as Helen Rubenstein
2005
8.2
Avatar: The Last Airbender
as Aunt Wu (voice)
2005
8.8
The Diary of Ellen Rimbauer
as Madame Lu
2003
5.4
Long Life, Happiness and Prosperity
as Hun Ping Wong
2002
6.8
Inside 'You Only Live Twice'
as Self
2000
7.2
Strong Medicine
as Jin Jae
2000
7.3
Titan A.E.
as Old Woman (voice)
2000
6.6
My American Vacation
as Grandma Lee
1999
0.0
Fantasy Island
as Rita
1998
7.5
Red Corner
as Chairman Xu
1997
6.3
The Magic Pearl
as Additional Voices (voice)
1997
0.0
The West Side Waltz
as Tenant
1995
5.2
Crowfoot
as Det. Lisa Ishima
1995
0.0
Due South
as Mrs. Lee
1994
7.6
Chicago Hope
as Board Member
1994
7.2
All-American Girl
as Auntie June
1994
7.3
The Joy Luck Club
as Lindo Jong
1993
7.1
James Bond: The First 21 Years
as Ling (archive footage)
1983
5.0
Rentadick
as Madam Greenfly
1972
3.8
The Virgin Soldiers
as Juicy Lucy
1969
6.5
The Castle of Fu Manchu
as Lin Tang
1969
3.6
The Blood of Fu Manchu
as Lin Tang
1968
4.2
You Only Live Twice
as Ling
1967
6.6
The Vengeance of Fu Manchu
as Lin Tang
1967
6.2
Blow-Up
as Thomas's Receptionist (uncredited)
1966
7.3
The Brides of Fu Manchu
as Lin Tang
1966
5.7
Invasion
as Nurse Lim
1965
6.1
The Face of Fu Manchu
as Lin Tang
1965
6.1
The Troubleshooters
as Esther Ho
1965
5.0
The Cool Mikado
1963
0.0
Man of the World
as Souen
1962
7.0
The Defenders
as Parma Gideon
1961
5.9
The Treasure of San Teresa
as 1st Girl in Fight
1959
6.2
The Inn of the Sixth Happiness
as Sui-Lan
1958
6.7
Violent Playground
as Primrose
1958
7.0
The Bridge on the River Kwai
as Tokyo Rose (voice) (uncredited)
1957
7.8
Yangtse Incident: The Story of H.M.S. Amethyst
as Sampan Woman
1957
7.2