- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- December 26, 1934
- Place of Birth
- Nanning, Guangxi, China
- Died
- July 17, 1964
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 …
Filmography
movieCinema Hong Kong: The Beauties of the Shaw Studio
2003 · (footage)
movieThe Mirror
1967 · Sun Yu-Hsia
movieThe Blue and the Black 2
1966 · Tang Qi
movieThe Blue and the Black
1966 · Tang Qi
movieThe Lotus Lamp
1965 · Lady San/Liu Chen-Hsiung
movieBeyond the Great Wall
1964 · Concubine Wang Chao Chun
movieThe Last Woman of Shang
1964 · Su Da Ji
movieLove Parade
1963 · Dr Ye De Mei, Costume Design
movieMadam White Snake
1962 · Pai Su Chen (White Snake)
movieLove Without End
1961 · Li Qingqing
movieThe Fair Sex
1961 · [Cameo]
movieThe Swallow
1961 · Yin Niu (The Swallow)
movieLes Belles
1961 · Lan Lan
movieBachelors Beware
1960
movieDesire
1959 · Guang Mei Hsi
Lady on the Roof
movieLady on the Roof
1959 · Zhao Wenying
movieThe Kingdom and the Beauty
1959 · Li Feng
Cinderella and her little Angels
movieCinderella and her little Angels
1959 · Wang Dan Ying
movieDiau Charn
1958 · 貂蝉
movieLaughter and Tears
1958 · Tao Gui Ru
movieA Mellow Spring
1957 · Zi Qin
movieThe Battle of Love
1957 · Yeh Wei-fang
movieLady in Distress
1957 · Jin Lan
movieGolden Lotus
1957 · Jin Lian; Shen Shu Wen
movieA Mating Story
1957 · Zhu Yu Zhen/Zhang Ma
movieThe Chase
1956 · Zhang Xiu Juan
movieBeauty in the Maelstrom
1956 · Shi Li Fang
movieThe Orphan Girl
1956 · Mei Jie
The Fisherman's Daughter
movieThe Fisherman's Daughter
1956 · Aying
movie三星伴月
1937 · 胡意美