Tsai Chin
Born: 1936-11-30 in Tianjin, China
Known For: Acting
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Tsai Chin, also known by her Chinese name Zhou Caiqin, is an actress, director, teacher and author, best known in America for her role as Auntie Lindo in the film The Joy Luck Club. The third daughter of the legendary Peking opera actor and singer Zhou Xinfang, Tsai Chin was the first Chinese student trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London, and later earned a Masters Degree at Tufts University in Boston, Massachusetts. Her career spans more than five decades and three continents. She starred onstage in London's West End in The World of Susie Wong, and on Broadway in Golden Child. Chin appeared in two James Bond films: as a Bond girl in You Only Live Twice; and Casino Royale. Her single, "The Ding Dong Song," recorded for Decca, hit the top of the music charts in Asia. She was the first acting instructor to be invited to teach acting in China after the Cultural Revolution, when China's universities re-opened. In China she is best known for her portrayal of Grandmother Jia in the 2010 TV drama series The Dream of Red Mansions.
Filmography
2021
2020
- Lucky Grandma as Grandma
2019
- Abominable as Nai Nai (voice)
- Daughter of Shanghai as Self
2017
- The Jade Pendant as Madame Pong
2016
- Now You See Me 2 as Bu Bu
- She's Got a Plan as Mrs. Roberts
2015
- We Bare Bears as Linda (voice)
2014
- She Lights Up Well as Grandma
- A Leading Man as Grandma Lu Mei-An
2013
- Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. as May's Mother
- Getting On as Ruth Lee
2012
- Nani as Isabel
2010
2007
- Hollywood Chinese as Self
- Year of the Fish as Mrs. Su
2006
- Casino Royale as Madame Wu
- Wendy Wu: Homecoming Warrior as Grandma
2005
- Grey's Anatomy as Helen Rubenstein
- Avatar: The Last Airbender as Aunt Wu (voice)
- Memoirs of a Geisha as Auntie
- The Interpreter as Luan
2003
- The Diary of Ellen Rimbauer as Madame Lu
2002
- Long Life, Happiness and Prosperity as Hun Ping Wong
2000
- Strong Medicine as Jin Jae
- Titan A.E. as Old Woman (voice)
- Inside 'You Only Live Twice' as Self
1999
- My American Vacation as Grandma Lee
1998
- Fantasy Island as Rita
1997
- Red Corner as Chairman Xu
- The Magic Pearl as Additional Voices (voice)
1995
- Crowfoot as Det. Lisa Ishima
- The West Side Waltz as Tenant
1994
- Chicago Hope as Board Member
- Due South as Mrs. Lee
- All-American Girl as Auntie June
1993
- The Joy Luck Club as Lindo Jong
1983
- James Bond: The First 21 Years as Ling (archive footage)
1972
- Rentadick as Madam Greenfly
1969
- The Castle of Fu Manchu as Lin Tang
- The Virgin Soldiers as Juicy Lucy
1968
- The Blood of Fu Manchu as Lin Tang
1967
- You Only Live Twice as Ling
- The Vengeance of Fu Manchu as Lin Tang
1966
- Blow-Up as Thomas's Receptionist (uncredited)
- The Brides of Fu Manchu as Lin Tang
1965
- Invasion as Nurse Lim
- The Face of Fu Manchu as Lin Tang
- The Troubleshooters as Esther Ho
1963
1962
- Man of the World as Souen
1961
- The Defenders as Parma Gideon
1959
- The Treasure of San Teresa as 1st Girl in Fight
1958
- Violent Playground as Primrose
- The Inn of the Sixth Happiness as Sui-Lan
1957
- The Bridge on the River Kwai as Tokyo Rose (voice) (uncredited)
- Yangtse Incident: The Story of H.M.S. Amethyst as Sampan Woman