Tsai Chin
Chinese-born British actress
- Born November 30, 1933
- 3 movies
Tsai Chin is a Chinese-British actress, singer, director and teacher whose career spans more than six decades and three continents. Born in Shanghai, she was the first Chinese-born student at RADA, and starred in The World of Suzie Wong in the West End and Golden Child on Broadway. She appeared in two James Bond films 39 years apart, You Only Live Twice and Casino Royale, and is best known in the US as Auntie Lindo in The Joy Luck Club (1993).
Tsai Chin appears in 3 films in The Rerun, from 1958 to 1967. Most of that work is in drama, action and adventure.
Known for
- The Joy Luck Club (1993), Auntie Lindo. Her best-known role for American audiences.
- You Only Live Twice (1967). The first of her two James Bond films, 39 years before Casino Royale.
- Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings (2021), Waipo. A Marvel role more than six decades into her career.
- The Dream of Red Mansions (2010), Grandmother Jia. The role she is best known for in China.
- The Inn of the Sixth Happiness (1958). Chin was part of the cast of this 1958 feature.
Movies
Quick answers
- What movies and TV shows has Tsai Chin been in?
- Tsai Chin appears in You Only Live Twice (1967), Blowup (1966) and The Inn of the Sixth Happiness (1958) on The Remote.
- When was Tsai Chin born?
- Tsai Chin was born on 30 November 1933.
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