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Chin TsiAng

Chin Tsi-Ang

Actress

Chin Tsi-Ang (February 22, 1908 – October 15, 2007), also romanized as Qian Siying, was one of the earliest martial arts actors of Chinese cinema and its first female star. She debuted in South China Dream in 1925 at the age of 17. Chin's supporting roles in Langhua Movie Studio's successful first three movies launched what would become a long movie career. In 1928 she joined the Fudan Film Company, her first role for that studio being the female lead in The Swallow Heroine, after which she starred in three more for Fudan the following year. In 1930 she moved up a level to the Great Wall Film Company, making what would become her representative work, Southern Heroine, directed by Yang Xiaozhong. Chin's performance impressed audiences in a film that came out just as Shanghai studios discovered the potential of marketing their product to Southeast Asia's Chinese community; Chin's emerging popularity amongst this group brought a steady stream of theater owners to Shanghai to buy copies of her films, regardless of the cost. She went on to make nine more action films for Great Wall and other studios, and since some of these were multi-parters, the actual number totaled about twice that. The last of these was released in 1931, by which time the fervor for martial arts movies had cooled, so Chin moved into other genres, including sound films. Having become a star in Shanghai, Chin and her husband, Hung Chung-Ho, moved to Hong Kong. While there, they formed the Sanxing Film Company, which specialized in wuxia and produced the first Fong Sai-Yuk film in 1938. The company continued in business until 1963, when the Hong Kong government requisitioned its properties. Chin's husband died not long afterwards, following which she felt the urge to resume making movies, but when the matter of her age (now 53) came up, she replied that she just wanted to make movies again, and would be happy to take "green leaf" roles (bit parts or extras). She specialized in playing women her own age, often the mother or grandmother of a lead character. In this second stage of her career, she worked in more than 180 theatrical films over five decades, one of the more recent and well-known being Wong Kar Wai's In the Mood for Love at age 92.

Born: February 22, 1909 in Shanghai, China

Died: October 15, 2007 (Age 98)

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Chin Tsi-Ang  Movies & TV Credits

Title Rating Job Role(s) Year
Movie
7
ActressCourtier1962
Movie
6.4
ActressOld Woman with Bad Stomach1993
Movie
ActressAngry Tenant1978
Movie
5
ActressMd Ki1984
Movie
4.9
Actress1978
Movie
6
Actress1984
Movie
5.9
ActressBrothel mamasan1978
Movie
5.9
ActressOld woman praying at temple1991
Movie
6
ActressCoconut Seller1975
Movie
6
ActressMourner1979
Movie
5.7
ActressShopper1980
Movie
ActressNeighbor at wake1964
Movie
6.8
ActressWedding guest1964
Movie
5.6
ActressCaptain Li's wife1965
Movie
5.2
ActressParty guest1985
Movie
6.5
ActressMaid1977
Movie
6.4
ActressLady Du1977
Movie
7.2
ActressMaid1974
Movie
6.3
ActressPatient1963
Movie
7.2
ActressMourner1963
Movie
5.7
ActressTown Folk1981
Movie
ActressAh Zhen's servant1981
Movie
Actress1968
Movie
6.4
Actress1966
Movie
6
ActressTownsfolk1982
Movie
Actress1978
Movie
7.4
ActressWedding Guest1978
Movie
5.5
ActressSpectator at pier1977
Movie
5.9
Actress1985
Movie
6.8
ActressBrothel Mamasan1972
Movie
5.4
Actress1990
Movie
ActressWedding guest [extra]1982
Title Rating Job Role(s) Year
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