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Tsai Chin
Tianjin, China
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 A…
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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.
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2021
Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings
Movie Waipo
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2020
Lucky Grandma
Movie Grandma
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2019
Abominable
Movie Nai Nai (voice)
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2019
Daughter of Shanghai
Movie Self
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2017
The Jade Pendant
Movie Madame Pong
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2016
She's Got a Plan
Movie Mrs. Roberts
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2016
Now You See Me 2
Movie Bu Bu
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2015
We Bare Bears
TV show Linda (voice)
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2014
A Leading Man
Movie Grandma Lu Mei-An
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2014
She Lights Up Well
Movie Grandma
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2013
Getting On
TV show Ruth Lee
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2013
Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
TV show May's Mother
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2012
Nani
Movie Isabel
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2010
The Dream of Red Mansions
TV show 贾母
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2007
Year of the Fish
Movie Mrs. Su
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2007
Hollywood Chinese
Movie Self
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2006
Casino Royale
Movie Madame Wu
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2006
Wendy Wu: Homecoming Warrior
Movie Grandma
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2005
Memoirs of a Geisha
Movie Auntie
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2005
The Interpreter
Movie Luan
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2005
Grey's Anatomy
TV show Helen Rubenstein
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2005
Avatar: The Last Airbender
TV show Aunt Wu (voice)
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2003
The Diary of Ellen Rimbauer
Movie Madame Lu
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2002
Long Life, Happiness and Prosperity
Movie Hun Ping Wong
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2000
Inside 'You Only Live Twice'
Movie Self
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2000
Strong Medicine
TV show Jin Jae
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2000
Titan A.E.
Movie Old Woman (voice)
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1999
My American Vacation
Movie Grandma Lee
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1998
Fantasy Island
TV show Rita
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1997
Red Corner
Movie Chairman Xu
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1997
The Magic Pearl
Movie Additional Voices (voice)
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1995
The West Side Waltz
Movie Tenant
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1995
Crowfoot
Movie Det. Lisa Ishima
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1994
Due South
TV show Mrs. Lee
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1994
Chicago Hope
TV show Board Member
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1994
All-American Girl
TV show Auntie June
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1993
The Joy Luck Club
Movie Lindo Jong
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1983
James Bond: The First 21 Years
Movie Ling (archive footage)
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1972
Rentadick
Movie Madam Greenfly
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1969
The Virgin Soldiers
Movie Juicy Lucy
