Known For
Acting
Born
Nov 03, 1954
Place of Birth
Taipei, Taiwan
Credits
110 titles
Brigitte 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.
Known For
Filmography
Ashes of Time Redux
慕容嫣、慕容燕
Peony Pavilion
Narrator
Bishonen
Narrator
Ashes of Time
Murong Yang / Murong Yin / Dugu Qiubai
Fire Dragon
Ha / Fire Dragon
The Three Swordsmen
Ming Kim
Chungking Express
Woman in Blonde Wig
The Maidens of Heavenly Mountains
Li Chou-Shui / Li Chong-Hoi
Deadful Melody
Snow
The Bride with White Hair 2
Lien Ni Chang
The Black Panther Warriors
Chin Chin
The Bride with White Hair
Lien Ni Chang
Boys Are Easy
Ching Siu Tung
Swordsman III: The East Is Red
Dung Fong Bat Bai
The Eagle Shooting Heroes
Third Princess
Handsome Siblings
More
Royal Tramp 2
Divine Lady of Dragon Sect
New Dragon Gate Inn
Yau Mo Yan
Royal Tramp
Divine Lady of Dragon Sect
The Legend of the Swordsman
Dung Fong Bat Bai
Secret Love in Peach Blossom Land
Yun Zhifan
A Portrait of Lin Ching Hsia
Self
Red Dust
Shen Shao-Hua
Web of Deception
Jane Lin
Celebrity Talk Show
林青霞
Starry Is the Night
To Caimei
Flag of Honor
The Thirty Million Dollar Rush
Sister Maria
Lady in Black
May
True Colours
May
Peking Opera Blues
Tsao Wan
Dream Lovers
Cheung Yuet-Heung
Police Story
Salina Fong
Seven Foxes
The Other Side of Gentleman
Jo Jo
Be Careful Sweetheart
The Great Surprise
Robber Robin
Fire Dragon
Lily (archive footage)
Seven Black Heroines
黑狐方慧君 Black Fox
The Four Sheepish Dummies
All the Wrong Spies
Bridget
Fantasy Mission Force
Lily
Zu: Warriors from the Magic Mountain
Ice Queen
Night Orchid
Su-su
Black and White
The Switch
Shen Yin-Pai
Burn Phoenix Burn
Wei Yen-jan
Pink Force Commando
Jackal
Lily Under the Gun
Lily
Phoenix the Raider