Linda Lin Dai
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- December 26, 1934
- Died
- July 17, 1964 (aged 29)
- Birthplace
- Nanning, Guangxi, China
Biography
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).
Known For
Filmography
Cinema Hong Kong: The Beauties of the Shaw Studio
Movie · as (footage)
The Mirror
Movie · as Sun Yu-Hsia
The Blue and the Black
Movie · as Tang Qi
The Blue and the Black 2
Movie · as Tang Qi
The Lotus Lamp
Movie · as Lady San/Liu Chen-Hsiung
The Last Woman of Shang
Movie · as Su Da Ji
Beyond the Great Wall
Movie · as Concubine Wang Chao Chun
Love Parade
Movie · as Dr Ye De Mei
Madam White Snake
Movie · as Pai Su Chen (White Snake)
Love Without End
Movie · as Li Qingqing
Les Belles
Movie · as Lan Lan
The Fair Sex
Movie · as [Cameo]
The Swallow
Movie · as Yin Niu (The Swallow)
Bachelors Beware
Movie
Cinderella and her little Angels
Movie · as Wang Dan Ying
The Kingdom and the Beauty
Movie · as Li Feng
Desire
Movie · as Guang Mei Hsi
Lady on the Roof
Movie · as Zhao Wenying
Diau Charn
Movie · as 貂蝉
Laughter and Tears
Movie · as Tao Gui Ru
A Mating Story
Movie · as Zhu Yu Zhen/Zhang Ma
Lady in Distress
Movie · as Jin Lan
A Mellow Spring
Movie · as Zi Qin
Golden Lotus
Movie · as Jin Lian; Shen Shu Wen
The Battle of Love
Movie · as Yeh Wei-fang
The Orphan Girl
Movie · as Mei Jie
Beauty in the Maelstrom
Movie · as Shi Li Fang
The Chase
Movie · as Zhang Xiu Juan
The Fisherman's Daughter
Movie · as Aying
三星伴月
Movie · as 胡意美