Actor
Linda Lin Dai
December 26, 1934 · 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.
Often works with
Yang Chi-Ching
8 titles together
The Kingdom and the Beauty, Love Without End, The Lotus Lamp
Chiang Kuang-Chao
8 titles together
The Blue and the Black, The Blue and the Black 2, Love Without End
Lee Wan-Chung
8 titles together
Love Without End, The Last Woman of Shang, Madam White Snake
King Hu
6 titles together
The Kingdom and the Beauty, Les Belles, Love Parade
Zhao Lei
5 titles together
The Kingdom and the Beauty, Beyond the Great Wall, Madam White Snake
Kao Pao-Shu
5 titles together
The Blue and the Black, The Blue and the Black 2, Love Without End
Full filmography · 29
Cinema Hong Kong: The Beauties of the Shaw Studio
as (footage)
2003
The Mirror
as Sun Yu-Hsia
1967
The Blue and the Black 2
as Tang Qi
1966
The Blue and the Black
as Tang Qi
1966
The Lotus Lamp
as Lady San/Liu Chen-Hsiung
1965
Beyond the Great Wall
as Concubine Wang Chao Chun
1964
The Last Woman of Shang
as Su Da Ji
1964
Love Parade
as Dr Ye De Mei
1963
Madam White Snake
as Pai Su Chen (White Snake)
1962
Love Without End
as Li Qingqing
1961
The Fair Sex
as [Cameo]
1961
The Swallow
as Yin Niu (The Swallow)
1961