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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
November 3, 1954
Place of Birth
Taipei, Taiwan
Also Known As
- Venus Lin
- Lam Ching-Ha
- Lin Ching-Ha
- Lin Ching-Tsia
- Lam Cheng-Ha
- Lin Chin-Hsia
- 林青霞
- Lin Ching Hsia
- 임청하
- หลินชิงเสีย
- Lâm Thanh Hà
- Brigitte Lin Ching-hsia
- Brigette Lin
- Ling Ching-Tsia
- Lin Ching-shya
- Lin Cheng-hsia
- ブリジット・リン
- Lín Qīngxiá
- بریژیت لین چینگ-شیا
Brigitte Lin
3.4 Popularity
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.
Known For
6.7
Narrator
Peony Pavilion
2001
6.1
Narrator
Bishonen
1998
7.1
Murong Yang / Murong Yin
Ashes of Time
1994
6.3
Ha / Fire Dragon
Fire Dragon
1994
5.5
Ming Kim
The Three Swordsmen
1994
8.0
Woman in Blonde Wig
Chungking Express
1994
5.2
Li Chou-Shui / Li Chong-Hoi
The Maidens of Heavenly Mountains
1994
5.9
Snow
Deadful Melody
1994
5.7
Lien Ni Chang
The Bride with White Hair 2
1993
5.9
Chin Chin
The Black Panther Warriors
1993
Credits
Peony Pavilion
as Narrator
2001
6.7
Bishonen
as Narrator
1998
6.1
Ashes of Time
as Murong Yang / Murong Yin
1994
7.1
Fire Dragon
as Ha / Fire Dragon
1994
6.3
The Three Swordsmen
as Ming Kim
1994
5.5
Chungking Express
as Woman in Blonde Wig
1994
8.0
The Maidens of Heavenly Mountains
as Li Chou-Shui / Li Chong-Hoi
1994
5.2
Deadful Melody
as Snow
1994
5.9
The Bride with White Hair 2
as Lien Ni Chang
1993
5.7
The Black Panther Warriors
as Chin Chin
1993
5.9
The Bride with White Hair
as Lien Ni Chang
1993
6.4
Boys Are Easy
as Ching Siu Tung
1993
6.8
Swordsman III: The East Is Red
as Dung Fong Bat Bai
1993
5.9
The Eagle Shooting Heroes
as Third Princess
1993
7.0
Handsome Siblings
as More
1992
6.2
Royal Tramp 2
as Divine Lady of Dragon Sect
1992
7.1
Dragon Inn
as Yau Mo Yan
1992
7.2
Royal Tramp
as Divine Lady of Dragon Sect
1992
7.1
The Legend of the Swordsman
as Dung Fong Bat Bai
1992
6.5
Secret Love in Peach Blossom Land
as Yun Zhifan
1992
7.6
Red Dust
as Shen Shao-Hua
1990
6.8
Web of Deception
as Jane Lin
1989
6.2
Celebrity Talk Show
as 林青霞
1989
9.0
Starry Is the Night
as To Caimei
1988
6.0
Flag of Honor
1987
0.0
The Thirty Million Dollar Rush
as Sister Maria
1987
6.9
Lady in Black
as May
1987
8.0
True Colours
as May
1986
7.1
Peking Opera Blues
as Tsao Wan
1986
7.0
Dream Lovers
as Cheung Yuet-Heung
1986
6.3
Police Story
as Salina Fong
1985
7.5
Seven Foxes
1985
0.0
The Other Side of Gentleman
as Jo Jo
1984
5.0
Be Careful Sweetheart
1984
6.5
The Great Surprise
as Robber Robin
1983
0.0
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as Lily (archive footage)
1983
5.2
Seven Black Heroines
as Black Fox
1983
5.7
The Four Sheepish Dummies
1983
0.0
All the Wrong Spies
as Bridget
1983
6.9
Fantasy Mission Force
as Lily
1983
4.7
Zu: Warriors from the Magic Mountain
as Ice Queen
1983
6.8
Night Orchid
as Su-su
1983
6.0
🎬
Black and White
1983
0.0
The Switch
as Shen Yin-Pai
1982
5.5
Burn Phoenix Burn
as Wei Yen-jan
1982
0.0
Lily Under the Gun
as Lily
1982
0.0
Phoenix the Raider
1982
3.0
Pink Force Commando
as Jackal
1982
4.0
The Women Soldiers
1981
0.0
Love Massacre
as Ivy
1981
5.8
🎬
无情荒地有情天
1981
0.0
Magnificent 72
1980
0.0
The Marigolds
1980
0.0
Poor Chasers
as Shen Jung
1980
0.0
Love Under a Rosy Sky
as Tsai Chin
1979
0.0
An Unforgettable Day
as Tien Yu-Chiu
1979
0.0
By Love Obsessed
1979
0.0
Return of Monsoon
as Wen Jiayi
1979
0.0
The Wild Goose on the Wing
as Tao Tan-feng
1979
0.0
A Love Seed
1979
5.0
Off to Success
1979
0.0
🎬
焦情莣地有情天
1979
0.0
Love of the White Snake
as White Snake
1978
8.0
Love's Many Faces
1978
0.0
Morning Fog
1978
0.0
Birds Are Singing Everywhere
1978
0.0
The Story of Green House
1978
0.0
The Misty Moon
1978
0.0
The Dream of the Red Chamber
as Jia Baoyu
1977
6.4
🎬
Orchid in the Rain
as Chiu Meng
1977
0.0
Love in My Heart
1977
0.0
There's No Place like Home
1977
0.0
Cloud of Romance
as Tuan Wanlu
1977
5.0
The Love Affair of Rainbow
as Xiao Hong
1977
0.0
The Beauty with Two Faces
1976
0.0
Love By Post
1976
0.0
The Chasing Game
1976
0.0
My Funny Intern
1976
0.0
Different Love
as Sung Hsiao Yu
1976
0.0
Forever My Love
1976
0.0
The Autumn Love Song
as Zhi Jun
1976
0.0
🎬
明天20岁
1976
0.0
Come Fly with Me
as Liu Yen-mei
1976
0.0
Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow
1976
0.0
🎬
海誓山盟
1976
0.0
Run Lover Run
as Hsu Li Ping
1975
0.0
The Forest of Forever
as Luo Ya-nan
1975
0.0
He Loved Once Too Many
1975
0.0
Eight Hundred Heroes
as Yang Hui Min
1975
6.6
True Love
1975
0.0
Hot Wave
as Hsiao Shao-Yu
1975
0.0
The Unforgettable Character
as Tu Hsiao-Shuang
1975
5.0
The Life God
1975
0.0
Misty Drizzle
1975
0.0
Midi Première
as Self
1975
10.0
Little Sister-in-law
1975
0.0
Green Green Meadow
1974
0.0
Girl Friend
as Hsia Hsiao-tsan
1974
0.0
🎬
News Hen
1974
0.0
The House for Love
as Xiao Yu
1974
0.0
Ghost of the Mirror
as Su-Su / Yau Ying
1974
7.0
Love, Love, Love
as Lin Chunchun
1974
0.0
Long Way from Home
1974
0.0
Gone with the Cloud
1974
0.0
Moon River
1974
5.0
Outside the Window
as Chiang Yen Yung
1973
6.0
Golden Horse Awards
as Self
1962
9.0
🎬
The Star
as The Star
N/A
0.0