Kieu Chinh

Biography

Born 00/00/1939

A Vietnamese character actress who got her start in film when Joseph L. Mankiewicz came to Saigon for location footage for his offbeat "The Quiet American" (1958), Kieu Chinh soon became one of South Vietnam's best-known personalities, making over 40 films and hosting her own popular TV talk show....
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Filmography

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Awards

In 2006, received San Diego Asian Film Festival for Lifetime Achievement
In 2003, received Vietnamese International Film Festival for Lifetime Achievement
In 1969, received Best Actress of Vietnam Award

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Highlights

In 2007, Starred in "Journey from the Fall," an epic feature following a Vietnamese family through the aftermath of the fall of Saigon
In 2002, Co-starred in the independent drama, "Face"
In 2000, Co-starred in Gurinder Chadha's ensemble, "What's Cooking?"

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Family & Companions

Nguyen Cuu Chinh: father (from a wealthy Buddhist family; never saw father again after he decided not to accompany Chinh to Saigon in order to look for her older brother when she was 14; father sent Chinh on a plane with family friends and she never saw him again; in 1978 Chinh found out that he had died destitute in Hanoi)
An Chinh: mother (was killed in WWII during an Allied bombing raid while in a hospital shortly after giving birth)
Lan Chinh: brother (born c. 1934; joined revolutionary forces of Ho Chi Minh c. 1954 to fight against the French; Chinh long thought he was dead, but exchanged letters with him in 1993 and made plans to see him later that year for the first time in 39 years)

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