Tsai Chin

Tsai Chin

1936-11-30 Tianjin, China 41 Credits

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...

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Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings

Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings

2021

as Waipo

7.5
Acting

Shang-Chi must confront the past he thought he left behind when he is drawn into the web of the mysterious Ten Rings organization.

Lucky Grandma

Lucky Grandma

2020

as Grandma

6.5
Acting

In New York City's Chinatown, an ornery, chain-smoking Chinese grandma goes all in at the casino, landing herself on the wrong side of luck — and in t...

Abominable

Abominable

2019

as Nai Nai (voice)

7.5
Acting

A group of misfits encounter a young Yeti named Everest, and they set off to reunite the magical creature with his family on the mountain of his names...

Daughter of Shanghai

Daughter of Shanghai

2019

as Herself

10.0
Acting

A documentary about the life of Tsai Chin, one of the first Chinese actresses to break into the West.

The Jade Pendant

The Jade Pendant

2017

as Madame Pong

6.0
Acting

Fleeing an arranged marriage in China, the independent Peony signs a contract to work as a “flower girl” in America, where she meets Tom, an American ...

She's Got a Plan

She's Got a Plan

2016

as Mrs. Roberts

10.0
Acting

She’s Got A Plan directed by and starring Fatima Washington, follows Isis Angelo, a struggling female writer-director who gives herself an ultimatum...

Now You See Me 2

Now You See Me 2

2016

as Bu Bu

6.8
Acting

One year after outwitting the FBI and winning the public’s adulation with their mind-bending spectacles, the Four Horsemen resurface only to find them...

She Lights Up Well

2014

as Grandma

6.0
Acting

An out-of-work actress moves back in with her parents and directs a production of Gilbert and Sullivan's "The Mikado" to try and save the community th...

Nani

2012

as Isabel

6.0
Acting

Oscar got caught spraying graffiti. Now doing community service at a nursing home, he meets Isabel who is suffering from dementia. At 84 years old, Is...

Year of the Fish

Year of the Fish

2007

as Mrs. Su

4.4
Acting

A rotoscope-animated modern-day Cinderella story set in the underbelly of New York's Chinatown.

Hollywood Chinese

Hollywood Chinese

2007

as Self

Acting

Hollywood Chinese is a captivating look at cinema history through the lens of the Chinese American experience. Directed by triple Sundance award-winni...

Casino Royale

Casino Royale

2006

as Madame Wu

7.6
Acting

Le Chiffre, a banker to the world's terrorists, is scheduled to participate in a high-stakes poker game in Montenegro, where he intends to use his win...

Wendy Wu: Homecoming Warrior

Wendy Wu: Homecoming Warrior

2006

as Grandma

6.2
Acting

It is the story of an average, popular American teenager named Wendy Wu who discovers that in order to win the coveted crown she must first learn the ...

Memoirs of a Geisha

Memoirs of a Geisha

2005

as Auntie

7.7
Acting

In the years before World War II, a penniless Japanese child is torn from her family to work as a maid in a geisha house.

The Interpreter

The Interpreter

2005

as Luan

6.3
Acting

After Silvia Broome, an interpreter at United Nations headquarters, overhears plans of an assassination, an American Secret Service agent is sent to i...

The Diary of Ellen Rimbauer

The Diary of Ellen Rimbauer

2003

as Madame Lu

5.4
Acting

Set at the turn of the century, this is the tale of Ellen Rimbauer who just received this mysterious mansion as a wedding gift from her new husband...

Long Life, Happiness and Prosperity

Long Life, Happiness and Prosperity

2002

as Hun Ping Wong

6.8
Acting

Twelve-year-old Mindy Ho inexpertly tries Taoist magic to fix her single mother's financial situation and seemingly hopeless romantic prospects.

Inside 'You Only Live Twice'

Inside 'You Only Live Twice'

2000

as Self

7.2
Acting

A behind the scenes look at the James Bond film "You Only Live Twice"

Titan A.E.

Titan A.E.

2000

as Old Woman (voice)

6.6
Acting

A young man finds out that he holds the key to restoring hope and ensuring survival for the human race, while an alien species called the Drej are ben...

My American Vacation

My American Vacation

1999

as Grandma Lee

Acting

Grandma Lee tours the California wilderness in a motor home with her Americanized family, teaching them Tai Chi and the ancient Chinese way to deal wi...

Red Corner

Red Corner

1997

as Chairman Xu

6.3
Acting

An American attorney on business in China, ends up wrongfully on trial for murder and his only key to innocence is a female defense lawyer from the co...

The Magic Pearl

The Magic Pearl

1997

as Additional Voices

Acting

An animated story derived from a Chinese folk tale. Follows the magical journey of a sister and brother as they travel with their grandmother to a mys...

The West Side Waltz

The West Side Waltz

1995

as Tenant

5.2
Acting

Margaret keeps her neighbours at a distance and avoids contact except with Cara. She enjoys her company just for making music since Cara plays the vio...

Crowfoot

Crowfoot

1995

as Det. Lisa Ishima

Acting

A half-Native American cop falls in love with the ghost of a young woman. He struggles to help her come to terms with her death while also seeking to ...

The Joy Luck Club

The Joy Luck Club

1993

as Lindo Jong

7.1
Acting

Through a series of flashbacks, four Chinese women born in America and their respective mothers born in feudal China explore their pasts.

Laundry detergent commercial

1989

Acting

Edward Yang and Tsai Chin starring in a 1989 laundry detergent commercial.

Rentadick

Rentadick

1972

as Madam Greenfly

4.1
Acting

Armitage runs a chemical company that is on the verge of producing a gas that causes temporary disability. Clearly the military want it but it is also...

The Virgin Soldiers

The Virgin Soldiers

1969

as Juicy Lucy

6.9
Acting

The core of the plot is the romantic triangle formed by the protagonist, a conscripted soldier named Private Brigg, a worldly professional soldier nam...

The Castle of Fu Manchu

The Castle of Fu Manchu

1969

as Lin Tang

3.6
Acting

The evil mastermind Fu Manchu plots his latest scheme to basically freeze over the Earth's oceans with his diabolical new device. Opposing him is his ...

The Blood of Fu Manchu

The Blood of Fu Manchu

1968

as Lin Tang

4.3
Acting

Fu Manchu inoculates ten women with poison, to kill ten world leaders.

You Only Live Twice

You Only Live Twice

1967

as Ling

6.6
Acting

A mysterious spacecraft captures Russian and American space capsules and brings the two superpowers to the brink of war. James Bond investigates the c...

The Vengeance of Fu Manchu

The Vengeance of Fu Manchu

1967

as Lin Tang

6.2
Acting

In his remote China hideaway the evil Fu Manchu plots the death and discredit of his arch rival, Inspector Nayland Smith of Scotland Yard.

Blow-Up

Blow-Up

1966

as Thomas's Receptionist (uncredited)

7.3
Acting

A successful mod photographer in London whose world is bounded by fashion, pop music, marijuana, and easy sex, feels his life is boring and despairing...

The Brides of Fu Manchu

The Brides of Fu Manchu

1966

as Lin Tang

5.7
Acting

This time Fu Manchu and his army of henchmen are kidnaping the daughters of prominent scientists and taking them to his remote island headquarters. In...

Invasion

Invasion

1965

as Nurse Lim

6.1
Acting

Routine tests on a traffic accident victim lead to shocking discoveries when the man's blood is found to be unidentifiable and x-rays reveal a disc em...

The Face of Fu Manchu

The Face of Fu Manchu

1965

as Lin Tang

6.0
Acting

Grisly strangulations in London alert Nayland Smith of Scotland Yard to the possibility that fiendish Fu Manchu may not after all be dead, even though...

The Cool Mikado

The Cool Mikado

1963

Acting

In this musical, the Gilbert and Sullivan classic is updated and set in post-war Japan. This time, the trouble begins when a soldier, the son of a Yan...

The Inn of the Sixth Happiness

The Inn of the Sixth Happiness

1958

as Sui-Lan

6.7
Acting

All her life, Englishwoman Gladys Aylward knew that China was the place where she belonged. Not qualified to be sent there as a missionary, Gladys wor...

Violent Playground

Violent Playground

1958

as Primrose

7.0
Acting

A Liverpool juvenile liaison officer struggles with a young and dangerous pyromaniac.

The Bridge on the River Kwai

The Bridge on the River Kwai

1957

as Tokyo Rose (voice) (uncredited)

7.8
Acting

The classic story of English POWs in Burma forced to build a bridge to aid the war effort of their Japanese captors. British and American intelligence...

Yangtse Incident: The Story of H.M.S. Amethyst

Yangtse Incident: The Story of H.M.S. Amethyst

1957

as Sampan Woman

7.2
Acting

While sailing lawfully up the Yangste in 1949, the British warship Amethyst found its return to the open sea blocked by Communist Chinese shore batter...