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).
Known For
Credits
- 2003 · Cinema Hong Kong: The Beauties of the Shaw Studio as (footage)
- 1967 · The Mirror as Sun Yu-Hsia
- 1966 · The Blue and the Black 2 as Tang Qi
- 1966 · The Blue and the Black as Tang Qi
- 1965 · The Lotus Lamp as Lady San/Liu Chen-Hsiung
- 1964 · Beyond the Great Wall as Concubine Wang Chao Chun
- 1964 · The Last Woman of Shang as Su Da Ji
- 1963 · Love Parade as Dr Ye De Mei
- 1962 · Madam White Snake as Pai Su Chen (White Snake)
- 1961 · Love Without End as Li Qingqing
- 1961 · The Fair Sex as [Cameo]
- 1961 · The Swallow as Yin Niu (The Swallow)
- 1961 · Les Belles as Lan Lan
- 1960 · Bachelors Beware as
- 1959 · Desire as Guang Mei Hsi
- 1959 · The Kingdom and the Beauty as Li Feng
- 1959 · Cinderella and her little Angels as Wang Dan Ying
- 1958 · Diau Charn as 貂蝉
- 1958 · Laughter and Tears as Tao Gui Ru
- 1957 · A Mellow Spring as Zi Qin
- 1957 · The Battle of Love as Yeh Wei-fang
- 1957 · Lady in Distress as Jin Lan
- 1957 · Golden Lotus as Jin Lian; Shen Shu Wen
- 1957 · A Mating Story as Zhu Yu Zhen/Zhang Ma
- 1956 · The Chase as Zhang Xiu Juan
- 1956 · Beauty in the Maelstrom as Shi Li Fang
- 1956 · The Orphan Girl as Mei Jie
- 1937 · 三星伴月 as 胡意美