Tsai Chin
Born November 30, 1936 (Age: 89)
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Tianjin, China
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Tsai Chin, also known by her Chinese name Zhou Caiqin, is an actress, director, teacher and author, best known in America for her role as Auntie Lindo in the film The Joy Luck Club. The third daughter of the legendary Peking opera actor and singer Zhou Xinfang, Tsai Chin was the first Chinese student trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London, and later earned a Masters Degree at Tufts University in Boston, Massachusetts. Her career spans more than five decades and three continents. She starred onstage in London's West End in The World of Susie Wong, and on Broadway in Golden Child. Chin appeared in two James Bond films: as a Bond girl in You Only Live Twice; and Casino Royale. Her single, "The Ding Dong Song," recorded for Decca, hit the top of the music charts in Asia. She was the first acting instructor to be invited to teach acting in China after the Cultural Revolution, when China's universities re-opened. In China she is best known for her portrayal of Grandmother Jia in the 2010 TV drama series The Dream of Red Mansions.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
Tsai Chin, also known by her Chinese name Zhou Caiqin, is an actress, director, teacher and author, best known in America for her role as Auntie Lindo in the film The Joy Luck Club. The third daughter of the legendary Peking opera actor and singer Zhou Xinfang, Tsai Chin was the first Chinese student trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London, and later earned a Masters Degree at Tufts University in Boston, Massachusetts. Her career spans more than five decades and three continents. She starred onstage in London's West End in The World of Susie Wong, and on Broadway in Golden Child. Chin appeared in two James Bond films: as a Bond girl in You Only Live Twice; and Casino Royale. Her single, "The Ding Dong Song," recorded for Decca, hit the top of the music charts in Asia. She was the first acting instructor to be invited to teach acting in China after the Cultural Revolution, when China's universities re-opened. In China she is best known for her portrayal of Grandmother Jia in the 2010 TV drama series The Dream of Red Mansions.
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Filmography
Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings
2021
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as Waipo
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Age: 84
Abominable
2019
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as Nai Nai (voice)
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Age: 82
Now You See Me 2
2016
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as Bu Bu
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Age: 79
Casino Royale
2006
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as Madame Wu
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Age: 69
Memoirs of a Geisha
2005
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as Auntie
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Age: 69
The Interpreter
2005
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as Luan
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Age: 68
Titan A.E.
2000
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as Old Woman (voice)
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Age: 63
Red Corner
1997
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as Chairman Xu
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Age: 60
The Joy Luck Club
1993
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as Lindo Jong
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Age: 56
The Face of Fu Manchu
1965
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as Lin Tang
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Age: 28
The Treasure of San Teresa
1959
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as 1st Girl in Fight
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Age: 22