Acting credits
55
Established
Large and steady acting portfolio.
Actor
Tsai Chin
Acting
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Movies: 41Series: 14
TMDB ID: 10075
IMDb ID: nm0157796
Known for: Acting
Born: November 30, 1936
Age: 89
Place of birth: Tianjin, China
Gender: Female
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1957 - 2021
Years active: 65
Average TMDB rating: 6.76
Wikidata: Q434790
Also known as
Tsai Chin Zhou • 周采芹 • Zhōu Cǎiqín • Chou Ts’ai-ch’in • 저우차이친 • ツァイ・チン • Zhou Caiqin
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.
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Movies
Movies
Movie credits linked with Tsai Chin.
7.5
Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings
as Waipo
2021 Movie
6.4
Lucky Grandma
as Grandma
2020 Movie
7.5
Abominable
as Nai Nai (voice)
2019 Movie
10.0
Daughter of Shanghai
as Self
2019 Movie
6.0
The Jade Pendant
as Madame Pong
2017 Movie
10.0
She's Got a Plan
as Mrs. Roberts
2016 Movie
6.8
Now You See Me 2
as Bu Bu
2016 Movie
5.0
A Leading Man
as Grandma Lu Mei-An
2014 Movie
4.4
Year of the Fish
as Mrs. Su
2007 Movie
Hollywood Chinese
as Self
2007 Movie
7.6
Casino Royale
as Madame Wu
2006 Movie
6.2
Wendy Wu: Homecoming Warrior
as Grandma
2006 Movie
7.6
Memoirs of a Geisha
as Auntie
2005 Movie
6.3
The Interpreter
as Luan
2005 Movie
5.4
The Diary of Ellen Rimbauer
as Madame Lu
2003 Movie
6.8
Long Life, Happiness and Prosperity
as Hun Ping Wong
2002 Movie
7.2
Inside 'You Only Live Twice'
as Self
2000 Movie
6.6
Titan A.E.
as Old Woman (voice)
2000 Movie
My American Vacation
as Grandma Lee
1999 Movie
6.3
Red Corner
as Chairman Xu
1997 Movie
The Magic Pearl
as Additional Voices (voice)
1997 Movie
5.2
The West Side Waltz
as Tenant
1995 Movie
Crowfoot
as Det. Lisa Ishima
1995 Movie
7.1
The Joy Luck Club
as Lindo Jong
1993 Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Tsai Chin.
7.7
We Bare Bears
as Linda (voice) • 1 eps
2015 Series
6.3
Getting On
as Ruth Lee • 2 eps
2013 Series
7.5
Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
as May's Mother • 1 eps
2013 Series
7.6
The Dream of Red Mansions
as 贾母 • 50 eps
2010 Series
8.2
Grey's Anatomy
as Helen Rubenstein • 3 eps
2005 Series
8.8
Avatar: The Last Airbender
as Aunt Wu (voice) • 2 eps
2005 Series
7.5
Strong Medicine
as Jin Jae • 1 eps
2000 Series
7.5
Fantasy Island
as Rita • 1 eps
1998 Series
7.6
Due South
as Mrs. Lee • 1 eps
1994 Series
7.2
Chicago Hope
as Board Member • 1 eps
1994 Series
7.3
All-American Girl
as Auntie June • 1 eps
1994 Series
5.0
The Troubleshooters
as Esther Ho • 1 eps
1965 Series
7.3
Man of the World
as Souen • 1 eps
1962 Series
5.9
The Defenders
as Parma Gideon • 1 eps
1961 Series