Tsai Chin

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Female

Birthday

1936-11-30 (89 years old)

Place of Birth

Tianjin, China

Tsai Chin

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 ap...

Acting

2005

1965

1968

1997

Red Corner

as Chairman Xu

1995

Crowfoot

as Det. Lisa Ishima

1993

The Joy Luck Club

as Lindo Jong

2007

1972

Rentadick

as Madam Greenfly

2006

Casino Royale

as Madame Wu

2012

Nani

as Isabel

2014

1965

Invasion

as Nurse Lim

2016

1995

1969

The Virgin Soldiers

as Juicy Lucy

2017

The Jade Pendant

as Madame Pong

2016

She's Got a Plan

as Mrs. Roberts

2019

Abominable

as Nai Nai (voice)

2020

Lucky Grandma

as Grandma

2000

Titan A.E.

as Old Woman (voice)

2019

1966

Blow-Up

as Thomas's Receptionist (uncredited)

2005

1999

My American Vacation

as Grandma Lee

1958

1997

The Magic Pearl

as Additional Voices

1957

The Bridge on the River Kwai

as Tokyo Rose (voice) (uncredited)

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