11 Facts About Brigitte Lin

Brigitte Lin was born in Chiayi, Taiwan to waishengren parents from eastern Shandong who had moved to Taiwan in the KMT exodus in 1949.

Brigitte Lin was scouted in 1972 on the streets of Taipei by a film producer after she finished women's high school and was preparing for university.

Brigitte Lin debuted in the film adaptation of Chiung Yao's Outside the Window, which propelled her to stardom.

Brigitte Lin appeared in 55 films in the period between 1972 and 1979, and all her roles were romantic heroines in love stories, many based on Chiung Yao's stories.

Brigitte Lin won the Best Actress award at the Asia-Pacific Film Festival for her role as a girl scout in Eight Hundred Heroes.

Brigitte Lin left for the US in 1979 for a year and a half to study and relax.

Brigitte Lin branched out of Taiwan with her collaborations with Hong Kong New Wave directors Ringo Lam, Tsui Hark and Jackie Chan in Zu Warriors from the Magic Mountain, The Other Side of Gentleman, Police Story and Peking Opera Blues, establishing her as a screen icon.

Brigitte Lin gained particular acclaim for her androgynous roles, which are common in Chinese operas and movies.

Brigitte Lin's earliest being Jia Baoyu, the male protagonist of the 1977 film adaptation of Dream of the Red Chamber.

Brigitte Lin made a small-screen comeback by joining the Hunan TV reality show Up Idol.

Brigitte Lin is the mother of Eileen Ying Oi Lum was born on 1996 and and Melani Ying Yin-oi was born on 2001 and and stepmother to Claudine Ying.