
Linda Lin Dai
Known for Acting · 30 credits
- Born
- 1934-12-26
- Died
- 1964-07-17
- Place of birth
- Nanning, Guangxi, China
- Also known as
- Lin Dai · Lam Doi · 林黛 · Dai Lin · Lâm Đại
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
Movies (30)

The Blue and the Black
1966
as Tang Qi

Love Without End
1961
as Li Qingqing

Madam White Snake
1962
as Pai Su Chen (White Snake)

The Last Woman of Shang
1964
as Su Da Ji

The Lotus Lamp
1965
as Lady San/Liu Chen-Hsiung

The Kingdom and the Beauty
1959
as Li Feng

The Blue and the Black 2
1966
as Tang Qi

Diau Charn
1958
as 貂蝉

A Mellow Spring
1957
as Zi Qin

The Swallow
1961
as Yin Niu (The Swallow)

Love Parade
1963
as Dr Ye De Mei

Golden Lotus
1957
as Jin Lian; Shen Shu Wen

Cinema Hong Kong: The Beauties of the Shaw Studio
2003
as (footage)

Beyond the Great Wall
1964
as Concubine Wang Chao Chun

Les Belles
1961
as Lan Lan

The Mirror
1967
as Sun Yu-Hsia

A Mating Story
1957
as Zhu Yu Zhen/Zhang Ma

Beauty in the Maelstrom
1956
as Shi Li Fang

Laughter and Tears
1958
as Tao Gui Ru

The Chase
1956
as Zhang Xiu Juan
The Fisherman's Daughter
1956
as Aying

Desire
1959
as Guang Mei Hsi

The Fair Sex
1961
as [Cameo]

The Orphan Girl
1956
as Mei Jie

Lady in Distress
1957
as Jin Lan

The Battle of Love
1957
as Yeh Wei-fang
Lady on the Roof
1959
as Zhao Wenying

Bachelors Beware
1960
Cinderella and her little Angels
1959
as Wang Dan Ying

三星伴月
1937
as 胡意美
About Linda Lin Dai
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 Co… With 30 credits spanning from 1937 to 2003, Linda Lin Dai has appeared in 30 films and 0 TV shows.
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- The Blue and the Black (1966) — as Tang Qi
- Love Without End (1961) — as Li Qingqing
- Madam White Snake (1962) — as Pai Su Chen (White Snake)
- The Last Woman of Shang (1964) — as Su Da Ji
- The Lotus Lamp (1965) — as Lady San/Liu Chen-Hsiung
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