Brigitte Lin

Acting · 3.2 popularity

Age

Movies

107

Born: November 3, 1954
From: Taipei, Taiwan

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.

Works

107 films

Chungking Express

19948.0

Police Story

19857.6

Royal Tramp 2

19927.1

The Legend of the Swordsman

19926.6

Royal Tramp

19927.1

Ashes of Time

19947.1

New Dragon Gate Inn

19927.3

The Eagle Shooting Heroes

19937.1

Zu: Warriors from the Magic Mountain

19836.8

Peking Opera Blues

19867.1

Swordsman III: The East Is Red

19936.0

The Bride with White Hair

19936.5

Fantasy Mission Force

19834.8

Handsome Siblings

19926.4

True Love

1975

The Four Sheepish Dummies

1983

Hot Wave

1975

Red Dust

19907.0

Love, Love, Love

1974

Deadful Melody

19946.0

Peony Pavilion

20016.8

Different Love

19768.0

The Bride with White Hair 2

19935.8

The Black Panther Warriors

19936.3

The Maidens of Heavenly Mountains

19945.4

The Three Swordsmen

19945.9

Long Way from Home

1974

Lady in Black

19878.3

Fire Dragon

19835.2

Ashes of Time Redux

20088.0

Web of Deception

19896.4

Eight Hundred Heroes

19756.8

Moon River

19745.0

Boys Are Easy

19937.2

The Dream of the Red Chamber

19776.6

Starry Is the Night

19886.5

Bishonen

19986.6

The Thirty Million Dollar Rush

19877.2

Seven Black Heroines

19836.0

Outside the Window

19736.0

Fire Dragon

19946.7

Love in My Heart

1977

Morning Fog

1978

Love Massacre

19815.9

The Chasing Game

1976

Return of Monsoon

1979

Dream Lovers

19866.9

Pink Force Commando

19826.0

Birds Are Singing Everywhere

1978

Night Orchid

19836.5

The Other Side of Gentleman

19846.0

Come Fly with Me

1976

News Hen

1974

The Marigolds

1980

Ghost of the Mirror

19747.0

Tomorrow I'm 20

1976

Secret Love in Peach Blossom Land

19927.5

All the Wrong Spies

19837.0

A Love Seed

19795.0

Poor Chasers

19808.0

Black and White

1983

Seven Foxes

1985

Cloud of Romance

19775.0

The Love Affair of Rainbow

1977

He Loved Once Too Many

19758.0

The Women Soldiers

1981

Lily Under the Gun

198210.0

Flag of Honor

1987

Be Careful Sweetheart

19847.7

Forever My Love

1976

True Colours

19867.7

An Unforgettable Day

1979

The Autumn Love Song

1976

Love Forever

1976

Gone with the Cloud

1974

The House for Love

1974

There's No Place like Home

19778.0

Little Sister-in-law

1975

Magnificent 72

19807.0

Girl Friend

19748.0

The Unforgettable Character

19755.0

The Misty Moon

1978

Orchid in the Rain

19779.0

The Story of Green House

1978

Love's Many Faces

1978

Love of the White Snake

19789.0

Burn Phoenix Burn

1982

Green Green Meadow

1974

The Beauty with Two Faces

1976

无情荒地有情天

1981

Off to Success

19799.0

Love Under a Rosy Sky

1979

The Star

2026

Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow

1976

The Wild Goose on the Wing

19799.0

A Journey of Love

1979

Misty Drizzle

19757.0

Run Lover Run

197510.0

Phoenix the Raider

19826.0

Love By Post

1976

The Great Surprise

1983

My Funny Intern

1976

By Love Obsessed

19797.0

The Switch

19825.5

The Life God

1975

A Portrait of Lin Ching Hsia

1991

The Forest of Forever

1975