Brigitte Lin Ching-Hsia (Chinese: 林青霞; pinyin: Lín Qīngxiá; born 3 November 1954) is a Taiwanese actress. She was a popular actress, regarded as an icon of Chinese cinema, who acted in both Taiwanese and Hong Kong films. She retired in 1994, although she had a minor role in the 1998 film Bishonen. She was born in Taipei, and was "discovered" in 1972 by a film producer, and first appeared in many Taiwanese romance films based on the novels of Chiung Yao. Her movie debut is in Chuangwai. She later switched over to making movies in Hong Kong. At the height of her popularity she was arguably one of the most sought-after actresses in the Chinese film industry. She starred in more than 100 movies. In Hong Kong movies, Lin made a career of playing transgender roles: in Peking Opera Blues she plays a tomboy who dresses in male Western clothes; in New Dragon Gate Inn she is a woman who dresses as a man, and in Swordsman II and III she plays a male character who cast...
True Love
1975
Green Green Meadow
1974
Chungking Express
1994
Police Story
1985
Royal Tramp 2
1992
The Legend of the Swordsman
1992
The Forest of Forever
1975
The Four Sheepish Dummies
1983
The Life God
1975
Fire Dragon
1983
Zu: Warriors from the Magic Mountain
1983
Ashes of Time
1994
Royal Tramp
1992
Handsome Siblings
1992
Dream Lovers
1986
Peking Opera Blues
1986
The Bride with White Hair
1993
New Dragon Gate Inn
1992
Swordsman III: The East Is Red
1993
The Dream of the Red Chamber
1977
The Other Side of Gentleman
1984
The Thirty Million Dollar Rush
1987
The Maidens of Heavenly Mountains
1994
The Eagle Shooting Heroes
1993
Deadful Melody
1994
Lady in Black
1987
The Three Swordsmen
1994
Bishonen
1998
Love Massacre
1981
Eight Hundred Heroes
1975
Fire Dragon
1994
All the Wrong Spies
1983
Boys Are Easy
1993
Fantasy Mission Force
1983
Peony Pavilion
2001
Seven Black Heroines
1983
The Bride with White Hair 2
1993
Red Dust
1990
Secret Love in Peach Blossom Land
1992