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Linda Lin Dai

Linda Lin Dai

Birthday: 1934-12-26 | Place of Birth: Nanning, Guangxi, China

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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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

1966
The Blue and the Black

as    Tang Qi

1966
The Blue and the Black 2

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
Les Belles

as    Lan Lan

1961
Love Without End

as    Li Qingqing

1961
The Swallow

as    Yin Niu (The Swallow)

1961
The Fair Sex

as    [Cameo]

1959
Desire

as    Guang Mei Hsi

1959
The Kingdom and the Beauty

as    Li Feng

1959
樑上佳人

as    趙文瑛

1958
Laughter and Tears

as    Tao Gui Ru

1958
Diau Charn

as    貂蝉

1957
Lady in Distress

as    Jin Lan

1957
The Battle of Love

as    Yeh Wei-fang

1956
The Fisherman's Daughter

as    Aying