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Profile of Brigitte Lin
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Brigitte Lin |
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3rd November 1954 |
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Taipei, Taiwan |
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Actress |
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From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia
Brigitte Lin (Chinese: æž—é’霞; pinyin: LÃn QÄ«ngxiá) or Brigitte Lin Ching Hsia (born November 3, 1954) is a Taiwanese actress.
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 Qiong Yao. She later switched over to more mainstream movies in Hong Kong, at the height of her popularity she was arguably one of the most sought after actress in the Chinese film industry. She starred in more than 100 movies, including Zu: The Warriors from the Magic Mountain, Police Story, Peking Opera Blues, Dragon Inn, The Bride with White Hair, Chungking Express and Ashes of Time.
She married businessman Michael Zing in 1994 and left the film industry, and now lives in San Francisco. She has a daughter born in 1997.
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