Brigitte Lin
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| Brigitte Lin | ||||||||||
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| Chinese name | 林青霞 | |||||||||
| Chinese name | 林青霞 (Traditional) | |||||||||
| Chinese name | 林青霞 (Simplified) | |||||||||
| Pinyin | Lin2 Qing1 Xia2 (Mandarin) | |||||||||
| Ancestry | Shandong | |||||||||
| Origin | Republic of China (Taiwan) | |||||||||
| Born | 3 November 1954 Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China |
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| Occupation | Actress | |||||||||
| Years active | 1973 - present | |||||||||
| Spouse(s) | Michael Ying (June 29, 1994 - present) |
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| Children | Ying Oi Lam (b.January 2, 1996) Ying Yin Oi (b.June 10, 2001) |
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| Parents | Lin Wai Leung (1919-2006) Ma Nan Yin (1931-2002) |
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- This is a Chinese name; the family name is Lin.
Brigitte Lin (Chinese: 林青霞; pinyin: Lín Qīngxiá) or Brigitte Lin Ching Hsia (born 3 November 1954) is a Taiwanese actress. She retired in 1994, though had a minor role in the 1998 film Bishonen.
[edit] 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 Qiong Yao, also known as Chiung Yao. 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[citation needed].
In Taiwan movies, Lin was almost always cast as the female protagonist in the Qiong Yao based movies she appeared in. Her film roles were often that of the ideal girl next door who everyone liked and all men wanted to be with. Her characters often will find love and then - when about to get married - or having just married - tragedy will strike. Often the tragedy is either her fiance's or husband's mother disapproves of her, her fiance or husband contracts some serious disease, her fiance or husband falls from a high place at his construction site job and is left in a coma, or similar plotlines. Usually the tragedy is overcome by the end of the movie and things end on a happy note. But, sometimes, not.
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 castrated male fighter slowly turning into a woman.
She married businessman Michael Ying in 1994 and left the film industry, and now lives in Hong Kong[citation needed]. 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.
[edit] Partial filmography
| Year | Title | Awards |
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| 1980 | Magnificent 72 | Golden Horse Award Nomination: Best Actress |
| 1982 | Fantasy Mission Force | |
| 1983 | Zu Warriors from the Magic Mountain | Hong Kong Film Award Nomination: Best Actress |
| 1985 | Police Story | Hong Kong Film Award Nomination: Best Actress |
| 1986 | Peking Opera Blues | |
| 1990 | Red Dust | Golden Horse Award: Best Actress |
| 1991 | Swordsman II | Hong Kong Film Award Nomination: Best Actress |
| 1992 | New Dragon Gate Inn | |
| Handsome Siblings | Hong Kong Film Award Nomination: Best Actress |
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| Royal Tramp | ||
| Royal Tramp II | ||
| 1993 | Swordsman III | |
| Deadful Melody | ||
| The Bride with White Hair | ||
| The Eagle Shooting Heroes | ||
| 1994 | Ashes of Time | |
| Chungking Express | ||
| Fire Dragon | ||
| Semi-Gods and Semi-Devils | ||
| The Three Swordsmen | ||
| 1998 | Bishonen | |
| 2001 | Peony Pavilion |
