Lin Dai

Infobox Chinese-language singer and actor
name = Lin Dai
birthname = Cheng Yueru (程月如)
tradchinesename = 林黛
simpchinesename = 林黛
birthdate = birth date|1934|12|26
birthplace = Guilin, Guangxi, China
deathdate = death date and age|1964|7|17|1934|12|26
deathplace = Hong Kong
yearsactive = 1953–1964
spouse = Long Shengxun (1961–1964)

Lin Dai (zh-c|c=林黛 26 December 1934–17 July 1964) was a Chinese actress of Hong Kong films made in Mandarin during 1950s–60s.

Born Cheng Yueru (程月如) in Guilin, Lin Dai was awarded the Best Actress at the Asia Pacific Film Festival four times for her outstanding performances in a number of films produced by Shaw Studio. Whilst 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 sudden and tragic death shocked the Chinese community.

Filmography

*"Singing Under The Moon (Cui Cui)", 1953
*"Golden Lotus (Jin Lian Hua)", 1957
*"Scarlett Doll (Hong Wa)", 1958
*"Diau Charn (Diao Chan)", 1958
*"The Kingdom and the Beauty (Jiang Shan Mei Ren)", 1959
*"Les Belles (Qian Jiao Bai Mei)", 1961
*"Love Without End (Bu Liao Qing)", 1961
*"Madame White Snake (Bai She Zhuan)", 1962
*"Blue and Black (Lan Yu Hei)", 1966

External links

*imdb|name=Lin Dai|id=0197241
* [http://www.geocities.com/lindaiweb/index_E.htm Linda Lin Dai's Memorial Web]
* [http://yule.sohu.com/62/23/article208092362.shtml 四届影后林黛] , Sohu.com
* [http://baike.baidu.com/view/94596.htm 林黛] , Baidu.com
* [http://ent.hinews.cn/page.php?xuh=518 银幕绝色美人 四届亚太影后林黛自杀之] , hinews.cn

Persondata
NAME= Dai, Lin
ALTERNATIVE NAMES= Yueru, Cheng (程月如)
SHORT DESCRIPTION= Actress
DATE OF BIRTH= 26 December 1934
PLACE OF BIRTH= Guilin, Guangxi, China
DATE OF DEATH= 17 July 1964
PLACE OF DEATH= Hong Kong