Linda Lin Dai
Linda Lin Dai (Chinese: 林黛; 26 December 1934 – 17 July 1964), born Cheng Yueru (程月如), was a Chinese actress of Hong Kong films made in Mandarin during the 1950s–60s. She was a star actress of the Shaw Brothers Studio. She was the daughter of Cheng Siyuan (程思遠), the secretary of the KMT Chinese President Li Zongren, and Vice Chairman of the CPPCC. Lin Dai was awarded the Best Actress at the Asia Pacific Film Festival four times for her performances in films produced by Shaw Studio. While she attended short courses on drama and linguistics at Columbia University, New York in 1958, she met and fell in love with Long Shengxun, the son of Long Yun who was a former governor of China's Yunnan province. They married on 12 February 1961 in Hong Kong. She committed suicide at home in Hong Kong in July 1964, using an overdose of sleeping pills and inhalation of methane gas, due to family matters referred by the media as "trivial". Her death shocked the Chinese community. She left behind two unfinished films, The Lotus Lamp and Blue And Black (I and II).
The Last Woman of Shang
as Su Da JiAdmist a rebellion during the Shang Dynasty in ancient China, a nurse flees the palace with a...
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The Kingdom and the Beauty
as Li FengThis is a musical about a young emperor who is lured via stories told to a place called...
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The Fair Sex
as [Cameo]A Shaw Brothers comedy starring Peter Chen Ho, Pat Ting Hung, Ding Ling, Fanny Fan Lai and...
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The Lotus Lamp
as Lady San/Liu Chen-HsiungThe Goddess of Hua Mountain is imprisoned for falling in love with a mortal, meanwhile her son...
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Love Without End
as Li QingqingLi Qingqing, an orphan, just arrives in Hong Kong and becomes a singer who sacrifices everything...
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Les Belles
as Lan LanLinda Lin Dai and Fanny Fan join the dancing troupe of Kao Pao-shu. Linda and Kao's son Peter...
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Love Parade
as Dr Ye De MeiThe winning couple of Linda Lin Dai and Peter Chen Hu light up the screen in the delightful Shaw...
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The Mirror
as Sun Yu-HsiaProperty company chairman Hu Zian was attracted to his secretary Sun Yuxia's beauty and...
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The Blue and the Black 2
as Tang QiPart two of the wartime love story
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Madam White Snake
as Pai Su Chen (White Snake)This Classic Seductive tale of two snakes who assume human forms will send chills of pleasure...
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The Blue and the Black
as Tang QiIt's a powerful melodrama about a thwarted romance in 1930s Tientsin, China, during the Japanese...
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Laughter and Tears
as Tao Gui RuTao Zutai, a bank employee, has five children. Tao's wife is addicted to gambling and spends too...
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Beauty in the Maelstrom
as Shi Li FangA Shaw and Sons production about a couple who loves each other but end up marrying different...
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Desire
as Guang Mei HsiA Shaw Brothers drama starring Linda Lin Dai and Peter Chen Ho.
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Diau Charn
as 貂蝉Based on Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Diau Charn is a sublime retelling of a familiar tale...
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The Swallow
as Yin Niu (The Swallow)The hunt for The Swallow Thief.
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Cinema Hong Kong: The Beauties of the Shaw Studio
as (footage)Hong Kong cinemas had a wide range of glamorous female stars during the golden age of the 60's...
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Beyond the Great Wall
as Concubine Wang Chao ChunBeyond the Great Wall is a true story based on how Wang Chao-chun sacrificed her love and life...
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The Orphan Girl
as Mei JieLoosely based on Charlotte Bronte's novel Jane Eyre.
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The Battle of Love
as Yeh Wei-fangYeh Wei-fang, a rich young lady, flirts with her suitors and hopes it would make Shi Rongsheng,...
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The Chase
as Zhang Xiu JuanPrivate Investigator, Wu Feng, is tasked in tracking down his wife, Zhang Xiu Juan, and...
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Bachelors Beware
as uncreditedA woman tries to win a man by scaring off his other girlfriends.
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