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Tsai Chin

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Tsai Chin, pinyin Zhou Caiqin is an actor, director, teacher and author, best known in America for her film role as Auntie Lindo in The Joy Luck Club. The third daughter of Zhou Xinfang, China's great actor in the last century, she was trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art London (first Chinese student) and later earned a Master Degree at Tufts University... See full bio »

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2013 A Leading Man (post-production)
Grandma Lu Mei-An
 
2013 Nice Girls Crew (TV series)
Lady Lee
– Game Day (2013) … Lady Lee
– Sophie and the Giant Buttcake (2013) … Lady Lee
– The Talented Geraldiney (2013) … Lady Lee
 
2012 Royal Pains (TV series)
Mrs. Sesumi
– This One's for Jack (2012) … Mrs. Sesumi
 
2011 Nani (short)
Isabel
 
2010 A Dream in Red Mansions (TV series)
Dowager Jia (2010)
 
2007 Year of the Fish
Mrs. Su
 
2007 Side Order of Life (TV series)
Mai Thuy
– Children and Art (2007) … Mai Thuy
 
2005-2007 Grey's Anatomy (TV series)
Helen Rubenstein
– Didn't We Almost Have It All? (2007) … Helen Rubenstein
– The Other Side of This Life: Part 1 (2007) … Helen Rubenstein
– Deny, Deny, Deny (2005) … Helen Rubenstein
 
2006 Casino Royale
Madame Wu
 
2006 Wendy Wu: Homecoming Warrior (TV movie)
Grandma Wu
 
2006 The Evidence (TV series)
Joon Huang
– Yi vs. Li (2006) … Joon Huang
 
2005 Memoirs of a Geisha
Auntie
 
2005 Avatar: The Last Airbender (TV series)
Additional Voices / Aunt Wu
– Bato of the Water Tribe (2005) … Additional Voices (voice)
– The Fortuneteller (2005) … Aunt Wu (voice)
 
2005 The Interpreter
Luan
 
2003 The Diary of Ellen Rimbauer (TV movie)
Madame Lu
 
2002 Long Life, Happiness & Prosperity
Hun Ping Wong
 
2001 Strong Medicine (TV series)
Jin Jae
– Control Group (2001) … Jin Jae
 
2000 The Gold Cup
Ma
 
2000 Titan A.E.
Old Woman (voice)
 
1999 Journey from the Heart
Grandma Lee
 
1998 Fantasy Island (TV series)
Rita
– Dreams (1998) … Rita
 
1997 Red Corner
Chairman Xu
 
1997 The Magic Pearl (voice)
 
1995 The West Side Waltz (TV movie)
 
1995 Crowfoot (TV movie)
Det. Lisa Ishima
 
1994 Due South (TV series)
Mrs. Lee
– Chinatown (1994) … Mrs. Lee
 
1994 All-American Girl (TV series)
Auntie June
– Take My Family, Please (1994) … Auntie June
 
1994 Sisters (TV series)
Rita Kwan
– Scandalous (1994) … Rita Kwan
– Heroes (1994) … Rita Kwan
 
1994 Chicago Hope (TV series)
Board Member
– You Gotta Have Heart (1994) … Board Member
 
1993 The Joy Luck Club
Lindo - The Mother
 
1972 Rentadick
Madam Greenfly
 
1969 The Virgin Soldiers
Juicy Lucy
 
1969 Sax Rohmer's The Castle of Fu Manchu
Lin Tang
 
1968 The Blood of Fu Manchu
Lin Tang
 
1966-1967 Mogul (TV series)
Esther Ho / Kha Loi / Mei San
– Good Lord No, It's Illegal (1967) … Mei San
– Dragon by the Tail (1967) … Esther Ho
– Operation Saigon (1966) … Kha Loi
 
1967 You Only Live Twice
Ling, Chinese Girl in Hong Kong
 
1967 The Vengeance of Fu Manchu
Lin Tang
 
1967 Mr. Aitch (TV series)
– And Never the Twain Shall Meet (1967)
 
1966 Blow-Up
Thomas's receptionist (uncredited)
 
1966 The Brides of Fu Manchu
Lin Tang
 
1966 The Rat Catchers (TV series)
Chinese Girl
– The Unwitting Courier (1966) … Chinese Girl
 
1965 Dixon of Dock Green (TV series)
Anna Man Ning
– Witness Summons (1965) … Anna Man Ning
 
1965 Five O'Clock Funfair (TV series)
– Episode dated 11 November 1965 (1965)
 
1965 Invasion
Nurse Lim
 
1965 The Face of Fu Manchu
Lin Tang
 
1963 Man of the World (TV series)
Souen
– The Enemy (1963) … Souen
 
1963 The Cool Mikado
Pitti-Sing
 
1961 The Defenders (TV series)
Parma Gideon
– Gideon's Follies (1961) … Parma Gideon
 
1960 International Detective (TV series)
Suma Hau
– The Carter Case (1960) … Suma Hau
 
1959 Emergency-Ward 10 (TV series)
Bun-Mee
– Episode #1.274 (1959) … Bun-Mee
– Episode #1.273 (1959) … Bun-Mee
 
1959 Hot Money Girl
1st girl in fight
 
1958 The Inn of the Sixth Happiness
Sui-Lan
 
1958 Violent Playground
Primrose
 
1957 Battle Hell
Midnight - 1st Sampan Woman
 
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2009 American Masters (TV series documentary)
Herself
– Hollywood Chinese (2009) … Herself (also archive footage)
 
2007 The 2007 Miss Chinese Cosmos Pageant of the Americas (TV movie)
Herself - Judge
 
2007 Hollywood Chinese (documentary)
Herself
 
2003 The Rise of Fu Manchu (video documentary short)
Herself
 
2000 Inside 'You Only Live Twice' (video documentary short)
Herself
 
1972 A Subject of Struggle (TV documentary)
Wang Guang-Mei
 
1970 The Golden Shot (TV series)
Herself
– Episode #2.72 (1970) … Herself
 
1970 The David Frost Show (TV series)
Herself
– Episode #2.139 (1970) … Herself
 
1964-1966 The Eamonn Andrews Show (TV series)
Herself
– Episode #2.25 (1966) … Herself
– Episode #1.10 (1964) … Herself
 
1965 Stars and Garters (TV series)
Herself
– Episode #3.3 (1965) … Herself
 
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2005 Avatar: The Last Airbender (TV series)
 

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Personal Details

Other Works:

(????) Single: "The Ding Dong Song" (Second Spring) See more »

Publicity Listings:

1 Print Biography  | 1 Article  | See more »

Alternate Names:

Irene Chow | Tsai Chin Chow | Caiqin Zhou

Height:

5' 2" (1.57 m)
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Trivia:

An Associate Member of RADA (Royal Academy of Dramatic Art). She was the first ever Chinese member. See more »

Star Sign:

Sagittarius