Linda Lin Dai

Born: 1934-12-26

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).


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Beyond the Great Wall

as Concubine Wang Chao Chun
Released: 1964-11-21

Beyond the Great Wall is a true story based on how Wang Chao-chun sacrificed her love and life...

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The Kingdom and the Beauty

as Li Feng
Released: 1959-06-29

This is a musical about a young emperor who is lured via stories told to a place called...

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The Last Woman of Shang

as Su Da Ji
Released: 1964-09-12

Admist a rebellion during the Shang Dynasty in ancient China, a nurse flees the palace with a...

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Lady in Distress

as Jin Lan
Released: 1957-03-28

A Shaw Brothers production.

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Les Belles

as Lan Lan
Released: 1961-02-25

Linda Lin Dai and Fanny Fan join the dancing troupe of Kao Pao-shu. Linda and Kao's son Peter...

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Love Without End

as Li Qingqing
Released: 1961-10-12

Li Qingqing, an orphan, just arrives in Hong Kong and becomes a singer who sacrifices everything...

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Madam White Snake

as Pai Su Chen (White Snake)
Released: 1962-10-02

This Classic Seductive tale of two snakes who assume human forms will send chills of pleasure...

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The Lotus Lamp

as Lady San/Liu Chen-Hsiung
Released: 1965-07-07

The Goddess of Hua Mountain is imprisoned for falling in love with a mortal, meanwhile her son...

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Diau Charn

as 貂蝉
Released: 1958-05-28

Based on Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Diau Charn is a sublime retelling of a familiar tale...

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Desire

as Guang Mei Hsi
Released: 1959-12-22

A Shaw Brothers drama starring Linda Lin Dai and Peter Chen Ho.

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Love Parade

as Dr Ye De Mei
Released: 1963-01-21

The winning couple of Linda Lin Dai and Peter Chen Hu light up the screen in the delightful Shaw...

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The Blue and the Black 2

as Tang Qi
Released: 1966-07-20

Part two of the wartime love story

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The Swallow

as Yin Niu (The Swallow)
Released: 1961-04-25

The hunt for The Swallow Thief.

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The Fair Sex

as [Cameo]
Released: 1961-07-21

A Shaw Brothers comedy starring Peter Chen Ho, Pat Ting Hung, Ding Ling, Fanny Fan Lai and...

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Cinema Hong Kong: The Beauties of the Shaw Studio

as (footage)
Released: 2003-01-03

Hong Kong cinemas had a wide range of glamorous female stars during the golden age of the 60's...

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The Orphan Girl

as Mei Jie
Released: 1956-06-13

Loosely based on Charlotte Bronte's novel Jane Eyre.

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The Blue and the Black

as Tang Qi
Released: 1966-06-29

It's a powerful melodrama about a thwarted romance in 1930s Tientsin, China, during the Japanese...

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The Chase

as Zhang Xiu Juan
Released: 1956-12-19

Private Investigator, Wu Feng, is tasked in tracking down his wife, Zhang Xiu Juan, and...

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A Mellow Spring

as Zi Qin
Released: 1957-08-15

A Shaw Brothers production

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Bachelors Beware

as uncredited
Released: 1960-02-02

A woman tries to win a man by scaring off his other girlfriends.

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Golden Lotus

as Jin Lian; Shen Shu Wen
Released: 1957-02-14

A Hong Kong historical drama

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Laughter and Tears

as Tao Gui Ru
Released: 1958-01-23

Tao Zutai, a bank employee, has five children. Tao's wife is addicted to gambling and spends too...

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The Battle of Love

as Yeh Wei-fang
Released: 1957-05-29

Yeh Wei-fang, a rich young lady, flirts with her suitors and hopes it would make Shi Rongsheng,...

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Beauty in the Maelstrom

as Shi Li Fang
Released: 1956-10-10

A Shaw and Sons production about a couple who loves each other but end up marrying different...

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The Mirror

as Sun Yu-Hsia
Released: 1967-08-11

Property company chairman Hu Zian was attracted to his secretary Sun Yuxia's beauty and...

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A Mating Story

as Zhu Yu Zhen/Zhang Ma
Released: 1957-01-30

A Shaw and Sons production.

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三星伴月

as 胡意美
Released: 1937-01-01

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