Brigitte Lin

Brigitte Lin

  • Birthday: 1954-11-03
  • Place of birth: Taipei, Taiwan
  • Also know as: Venus Lin

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

Dragon Inn

1992

As Yau Mo-yan

The House for Love

1974

As Xiao Yu

The Maidens of Heavenly Mountains

1994

As Li Chou-Shui / Li Chong-Hoi

Peking Opera Blues

1986

As Tsao Wan

The Legend of the Swordsman

1992

As Dung Fong Bat Bai

Swordsman III: The East Is Red

1993

As Dung Fong Bat Bai

Deadful Melody

1994

As Snow

Seven Black Heroines

1983

As Black Fox

Lily Under the Gun

1982

As Lily

Fire Dragon

1994

As Ha / Fire Dragon

Love Massacre

1981

As Ivy

Starry Is the Night

1988

As To Caimei

Outside the Window

1973

As Chiang Yen Yung

Moon River

1974

As

Lady in Black

1987

As May

The Autumn Love Song

1976

As Zhi Jun

Return of Monsoon

1979

As Wen Jiayi

Ghost of the Mirror

1974

As Su-Su / Yau Ying

Love of the White Snake

1978

As White Snake

Boys Are Easy

1993

As Ching Siu Tung

Burn Phoenix Burn

1982

As Wei Yen-jan

Come Fly with Me

1976

As Liu Yen-mei

The Switch

1982

As Shen Yin-Pai

Red Dust

1990

As Shen Shao-Hua

Poor Chasers

1980

As Shen Jung

Morning Fog

1978

As

Web of Deception

1989

As Jane Lin

The Unforgettable Character

1975

As Tu Hsiao-Shuang

Hot Wave

1975

As Hsiao Shao-Yu

The Wild Goose on the Wing

1979

As Tao Tan-feng

An Unforgettable Day

1979

As Tien Yu-Chiu

Cloud of Romance

1977

As Tuan Wanlu

News Hen

1974

As

The Love Affair of Rainbow

1977

As Xiao Hong

A Love Seed

1979

As

Love By Post

1976

As

The Great Surprise

1983

As Robber Robin

The Star

0000

As The Star

一顆紅豆

1979

As

Chungking Express

1994

As Woman in Blonde Wig

The Bride with White Hair 2

1993

As Lien Ni Chang

Police Story

1985

As Selina Fong

The Bride with White Hair

1993

As Lien Ni Chang

Royal Tramp 2

1992

As Divine Lady of Dragon Sect

Handsome Siblings

1992

As More

The Three Swordsmen

1994

As Ming Jian / Sword

The Eagle Shooting Heroes

1993

As Third Princess

Different Love

1976

As Sung Hsiao Yu

Orchid in the Rain

1977

As Chiu Meng

Run Lover Run

1975

As Hsu Li Ping

Dream Lovers

1986

As Cheung Yuet-Heung

Night Orchid

1983

As Su-su

True Love

1975

As

Love Under a Rosy Sky

1979

As Tsai Chin

Ashes of Time

1994

As Murong Yang / Murong Yin

All the Wrong Spies

1983

As Bridget

The Black Panther Warriors

1993

As Chin Chin

True Colours

1986

As May

Eight Hundred Heroes

1975

As Yang Hui Min

The Life God

1975

As

Seven Foxes

1985

As

Peony Pavilion

2001

As Narrator

Pink Force Commando

1982

As Jackal

Girl Friend

1974

As Hsia Hsiao-tsan

Love, Love, Love

1974

As Lin Chunchun

Royal Tramp

1992

As Divine Lady of Dragon Sect

The Thirty Million Dollar Rush

1987

As Sister Maria

Fire Dragon

1983

As Lily

Bishonen

1998

As Narrator

One-Tenth of a Millimeter Apart

2021

As Self (archive footage)

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