Linda Lin Dai
Actor
- Born
- December 26, 1934 · Nanning, Guangxi, China
- Died
- July 17, 1964 (age 29)
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.
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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
The Kingdom and the Beauty
June 29, 1959
The Blue and the Black
July 1, 1966
Love Without End
October 12, 1961
The Blue and the Black 2
July 22, 1966
Cinema Hong Kong: The Beauties of the Shaw Studio
January 3, 2003
Les Belles
February 25, 1961
The Last Woman of Shang
September 12, 1964
Beyond the Great Wall
November 21, 1964
The Lotus Lamp
July 8, 1965
Madam White Snake
October 2, 1962
Diau Charn
May 29, 1958
Love Parade
January 23, 1963
Acting30
- 2003Cinema Hong Kong: The Beauties of the Shaw Studio as (footage)
- 1967The Mirror as Sun Yu-Hsia
- 1966The Blue and the Black 2 as Tang Qi
- 1966The Blue and the Black as Tang Qi
- 1965The Lotus Lamp as Lady San/Liu Chen-Hsiung
- 1964Beyond the Great Wall as Concubine Wang Chao Chun
- 1964The Last Woman of Shang as Su Da Ji
- 1963Love Parade as Dr Ye De Mei
- 1962Madam White Snake as Pai Su Chen (White Snake)
- 1961