Choi Eun-hee

Choi Eun-hee

Known for
Acting
Born
November 20, 1926
Died
April 16, 2018 (aged 91)
Birthplace
Gwangju, South Korea

Biography

Choi Eun-hee (November 20, 1926 – April 16, 2018) was a South Korean actress, who was one of the country's most popular stars of the 1960s and 1970s. In 1978, Choi and her then ex-husband, movie director Shin Sang-ok, were abducted to North Korea, where they were forced to make films until they sought asylum at the US Embassy in Vienna in 1986. They returned to South Korea in 1999 after spending a decade in the United States.

Known For

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Filmography

2024
Cinema in the Land of Comrade Kim poster

Cinema in the Land of Comrade Kim

Movie · as Herself

2016
The Lovers and the Despot poster

The Lovers and the Despot

Movie · as Self - Actress / Various Roles

2002
Keeping the Vision Alive poster

Keeping the Vision Alive

Movie · as Herself

2002
I'll Be Seeing Her poster

I'll Be Seeing Her

Movie · as Herself

1985
Love, Love, My Love poster

Love, Love, My Love

Movie · as Chunhyang's mother

1985
The Tale of Shim Cheong poster

The Tale of Shim Cheong

Movie · as Shim Cheong's mother

1985
Salt poster

Salt

Movie · as Mother

1984
Runaway poster

Runaway

Movie · as Song Ryul's wife

1975
I Love Mama

I Love Mama

Movie

1969
Women of Yi-Dynasty poster

Women of Yi-Dynasty

Movie

1968
The Homeless Wanderer poster

The Homeless Wanderer

Movie

1968
Woman poster

Woman

Movie

1968
The Land of Korea poster

The Land of Korea

Movie

1967
Six Daughters poster

Six Daughters

Movie

1967
Mountain poster

Mountain

Movie

1967
The Phantom Queen poster

The Phantom Queen

Movie

1967
Mounted Bandits poster

Mounted Bandits

Movie

1966
The Monkey Goes West poster

The Monkey Goes West

Movie

1965
The Sino-Japanese War and Queen Min the Heroine poster

The Sino-Japanese War and Queen Min the Heroine

Movie · as Queen Min

1965
The Story of Bae Local Offcial poster

The Story of Bae Local Offcial

Movie

1965
The Woman Coming in Fall poster

The Woman Coming in Fall

Movie

1965
The Girl Raised as a Future Daughter-in-law poster

The Girl Raised as a Future Daughter-in-law

Movie · as Jum-soon

1964
Red Scarf poster

Red Scarf

Movie · as Ji-seon

1964
When Night Falls at Myeongdong poster

When Night Falls at Myeongdong

Movie

1964
The Last Woman of Shang poster

The Last Woman of Shang

Movie

1964
Deaf Sam Yong poster

Deaf Sam Yong

Movie

1963
Love Affair poster

Love Affair

Movie

1963
A Reluctant Prince poster

A Reluctant Prince

Movie

1963
Rice poster

Rice

Movie

1963
The Cloud Bridge of Gratitude

The Cloud Bridge of Gratitude

Movie · as Ok-gyeong

1962
Revenge poster

Revenge

Movie

1962
Heartlessness poster

Heartlessness

Movie

1962
Tyrant Yeonsan poster

Tyrant Yeonsan

Movie · as Queen Shin

1962
Bound by Chastity Rule poster

Bound by Chastity Rule

Movie

1962
The Story of Sim Cheong poster

The Story of Sim Cheong

Movie

1962
A Happy Day of Jinsa Maeng poster

A Happy Day of Jinsa Maeng

Movie · as Ipbun

1961
Iljimae the Chivalrous Robber poster

Iljimae the Chivalrous Robber

Movie · as Yeon-hwa

1961
The Evergreen poster

The Evergreen

Movie · as Chae Yeong-shin

1961
Prince Yeonsan poster

Prince Yeonsan

Movie

1961
Under the Sky in Seoul poster

Under the Sky in Seoul

Movie · as Kim Hyeon-ok

1961
Mother and a Guest poster

Mother and a Guest

Movie · as Mother

1961
Seong Chun-hyang poster

Seong Chun-hyang

Movie · as Seong Chun-hyang

1960
A Sad Pastorale poster

A Sad Pastorale

Movie · as Han Do-sook

1960
The Moral of Youth poster

The Moral of Youth

Movie

1960
Madam White Snake poster

Madam White Snake

Movie · as Madam White Snake

1960
Romance Papa poster

Romance Papa

Movie · as Eum-jeon

1960
A Returned Man poster

A Returned Man

Movie · as Gyeong-hui

1960
To the Last Day poster

To the Last Day

Movie · as Hye-kyung

1959
Chun Hui poster

Chun Hui

Movie · as Chun-hui

1959
A Sister's Garden poster

A Sister's Garden

Movie · as Jeong-hui

1959
It's Not Her Sin poster

It's Not Her Sin

Movie · as Young-sook

1959
Dongsimcho poster

Dongsimcho

Movie · as Lee Sook-hee

1958
A Country Girl poster

A Country Girl

Movie · as Kim Ok-gyeong

1958
The Love Marriage poster

The Love Marriage

Movie · as Suk-hee

1958
A College Woman's Confession poster

A College Woman's Confession

Movie · as So-yeong

1958
The Flower in Hell poster

The Flower in Hell

Movie · as Sonia

1958
The Money poster

The Money

Movie · as Ok-gyeong

1957
The Shadowless Pagoda poster

The Shadowless Pagoda

Movie · as Guseulagi

1955
Dream poster

Dream

Movie · as Dal-lye

1955
The Youth poster

The Youth

Movie · as Lee In-hwa

1949
A Hometown in Heart poster

A Hometown in Heart

Movie · as Widow

1948
The Sun of Night poster

The Sun of Night

Movie

1947
A New Oath poster

A New Oath

Movie