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Essie Lin Chia is a Actor born on 27 june 1947

Essie Lin Chia

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Birth 27 june 1947 (76 years)

Essie Lin Chia est une actrice chinoise née en 1947. Elle a tourné une trentaine de films, essentiellement à Hong Kong.

Biography

Selon l'Imdb, elle aurait été découverte par King Hu en 1964 à Taiwan et engagée sous contrat à la Shaw Brothers où elle tourne une série de films de genres différents, allant du drame (My Dream Boat) au WIP (Long Road to Freedom) en passant par le wuxiapian et la comédie (Tropicana Interlude). Dans Le Bras de la Vengeance de Chang Cheh, elle interprète ainsi un personnage parvenant à tuer en combat singulier celui interprété par Ti Lung, un fait rare dans la filmographie de ce dernier.

Après la fin de son contrat à la Shaw elle poursuit sa carrière à Taiwan. Elle tourne aussi dans des productions internationales prestigieuses comme Black Samurai ou The Million Eyes of Sumuru .

Usually with

Wu Ma
Wu Ma
(3 films)
Ku Feng
Ku Feng
(3 films)
Lau Kar Wing
Lau Kar Wing
(3 films)
Run Run Shaw
Run Run Shaw
(3 films)
Lily Ho
Lily Ho
(3 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Essie Lin Chia (8 films)

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Actor

Black Samurai, 1h28
Directed by Al Adamson
Origin USA
Genres Martial arts, Action, Adventure, Crime, Romance, Martial arts
Themes Sports films, Martial arts films, Samurai films
Actors Jim Kelly, Marilyn Joi, Roberto Contreras, Felix Silla, Essie Lin Chia, Regina Carrol
Roles Toki Konuma
Rating47% 2.376032.376032.376032.376032.37603
Robert Sand, agent of D.R.A.G.O.N. (Defense Reserve Agency Guardian Of Nations), is playing tennis on his vacation with a beautiful black girl, when his commanding officers ask him to save a Chinese girl named Toki who happens to be Sand's girlfriend, and the daughter of a top Eastern Ambassador. The ransom for the abduction was the secret for a terrific new weapon - the freeze bomb - but the 'Warlock' behind the deed is also into the business of drug dealing and Voodoo ritual murders. The search takes him from Hong Kong to California through Miami, and plenty of action, against bad men, bad girls, and bad animals.
Doomsday Machine, 1h23
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction
Themes Space adventure films, Space opera, Venus in film
Actors Denny Miller, Ruta Lee, Grant Williams, James Craig, Mala Powers, Henry Wilcoxon
Roles Girl Spy
Rating26% 1.3255051.3255051.3255051.3255051.325505
A spy (Essie Lin Chia) discovers that the Chinese government has created a doomsday device (the "key" to which, "only Chairman Mao has") capable of destroying the Earth and it will be activated in 72 hours. Soon after, Astra – a two year return mission to Venus by the United States Space Program – has its time of launch speeded up and half of the male flight crew are replaced by women shortly before take-off, including one Russian. Shortly before blastoff military alerts are put into effect.
The Jade Faced Assassin, 1h45
Origin Hong kong
Genres Action
Themes Sports films, Martial arts films, Wuxia films
Actors Ku Feng, Lily Ho, Lau Kar Wing, Fan Mei-sheng, Essie Lin Chia, Tsang Choh-lam
Roles Soeur-Ainée
Rating62% 3.1134153.1134153.1134153.1134153.113415
The swordsman Zhang Zhen is injured in a misadventure and rescued by Eldest Sister of Changchun Sect, who has a crush on him. However, Zhang falls in love with the maid Yuenu instead, and conceives twins with her. The couple are killed by a group of evil pugilists later. The Eldest Sister is angry with Zhang Zhen for not accepting her and plans to make Zhang's children kill each other as revenge. The baby girl (Xiaolu'er) is saved by Zhang's friend, Lian Lanyan, while the male infant (Hua Yuchun) is taken away by the Eldest Sister. Lian Lanyan encounters the Ten Villains when he passes through Villains' Valley. He is overwhelmed by them and knocked out in a fight. The baby Xiaolu'er is taken away by the Villains, who surprisingly do not harm her, and instead intend to groom her to become the greatest villain ever. Eighteen years later, the twins meet each other by coincidence.
A Taste of Cold Steel
Directed by Yueh Feng
Origin Hong kong
Genres Thriller, Martial arts, Action
Actors Sammo Hung, Chang Yi, Shu Pei-pei, Essie Lin Chia, Chen Hung-lieh, Wang Hsieh
Roles Gan Ya Nan (2nd sister)
Rating62% 3.1188753.1188753.1188753.1188753.118875
Les trois sœurs Gan ont fort à faire pour protéger l'héritage de leur défunt père, une épée disco émettant une lueur violette convoitée par nombre de personnages martiaux plus ou moins patibulaires. L'usage répété de la violence pour résoudre les conflits opposant les différents personnages amènera bon nombre de ces derniers à éprouver le goût de l'acier froid éponyme.
Return of the One-Armed Swordsman, 1h41
Directed by Chang Cheh
Origin Hong kong
Genres Martial arts, Action, Martial arts
Themes Sports films, Martial arts films, Wuxia films
Actors Jimmy Wang Yu, Lisa Chiao Chiao, Tien Feng, Essie Lin Chia, Lau Kar Wing, Liu Chia-liang
Roles Hua Niangzi (1000 Hands King)
Rating71% 3.584563.584563.584563.584563.58456
The eponymous character, played by Jimmy Wang, has hung up his signature broken sword and is living peacefully with his wife. However, a band of tyrannical sword masters take over the country, using their own signature styles and unique weapons to conquer all the sword fighting schools. They capture all the masters and teachers of the schools and deliver an ultimatum: all the students must cut off their sword arms and surrender the severed limbs to the evil warlords, or the students' beloved teachers will all die. The students turn to the legendary One-Armed Swordsman, who is at first reluctant but is convinced when a student actually does sacrificially chop his own arm off when he refuses to help. The One-Armed Swordsman must contend with the unique styles and weapons of the warlords, which is what makes the movie. Winged Blade (or Flying Dragon in another translation dub) and his henchmen are able to jump or glide, a power that One-Arm foils by scattering calthrops where they land. Whirling Blade and his henchmen wield and throw two bladed bucklers, which return to them like Captain America's shield. Thunder Blade's sword both emits a smoke screen and is actually a shotgun. Thousand Blade (or One Thousand Fingers) has long false fingernail blades that she can throw. And Unseen Blade (the Unseen) first appears to have an invisible sword, then suddenly has a sword that can unexpectedly grow longer. In the end the One-Armed Swordsman defeats the warlords and their armies, but by that time all of the sword fighting students who were helping him are dead. He leaves the last evil swords master, Unseen, to be chopped into chutney by the vengeful freed masters and teachers of the schools, and goes back to his wife.
The Singing Thief, 1h27
Directed by Chang Cheh
Origin Hong kong
Genres Action, Musical
Actors Lily Ho, Lo Lieh, Essie Lin Chia, David Chiang, Yuen Cheung-Yan, Lau Kar Wing
Roles Tian Xin
Rating60% 3.00033.00033.00033.00033.0003
Un monte-en-l'air de haut vol officiellement rangé des voitures et reconverti dans la chanson, spécialisé dans le vol de bijoux et particulièrement friand de diamants (Jimmy Lin Chung), est suspecté d'avoir repris ses activités illégales lorsque qu'une vague de cambriolages déferle sur la ville au grand dam des autorités.
My Dream Boat, 2h5
Directed by Doe Ching
Origin Hong kong
Genres Drama
Actors Lily Ho, Essie Lin Chia, Ching Li, Tien Feng
Roles Du Jia Lin
Rating65% 3.299333.299333.299333.299333.29933
Le destin d'un groupe d'amis au seuil de la vie active est bouleversé par l'évolution de leurs sentiments amoureux.