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Tsai Chin

Acting Born Nov 30, 1936 Tianjin, China 24 credits

Biography

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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 than five decades and three continents. She starred onstage in London's West End in The World of Susie Wong, and on Broadway in Golden Child. Chin appeared in two James Bond films: as a Bond girl in You Only Live Twice; and Casino Royale. Her single, "The Ding Dong Song," recorded for Decca, hit the top of the music charts in Asia. She was the first acting instructor to be invited to teach acting in China after the Cultural Revolution, when China's universities re-opened. In China she is best known for her portrayal of Grandmother Jia in the 2010 TV drama series The Dream of Red Mansions.

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Known for

Grey's Anatomy

as Helen Rubenstein

Avatar: The Last Airbender

as Aunt Wu (voice)
Film

Crowfoot

as Det. Lisa Ishima
Film

Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings

as Waipo

Full filmography

  • Grey's Anatomy (2005) as Helen Rubenstein
  • Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. (2013) as May's Mother
  • Chicago Hope (1994) as Board Member
  • Strong Medicine (2000) as Jin Jae
  • We Bare Bears (2015) as Linda (voice)
  • Due South (1994) as Mrs. Lee
  • Avatar: The Last Airbender (2005) as Aunt Wu (voice)
  • Crowfoot (1995) as Det. Lisa Ishima
  • The Defenders (1961) as Parma Gideon
  • Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings (2021) as Waipo
  • Casino Royale (2006) as Madame Wu
  • Now You See Me 2 (2016) as Bu Bu
  • The Dream of Red Mansions (2010) as 贾母
  • You Only Live Twice (1967) as Ling
  • Fantasy Island (1998) as Rita
  • Abominable (2019) as Nai Nai (voice)
  • Getting On (2013) as Ruth Lee
  • All-American Girl (1994) as Auntie June
  • Memoirs of a Geisha (2005) as Auntie
  • The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957) as Tokyo Rose (voice) (uncredited)
  • Titan A.E. (2000) as Old Woman (voice)
  • The Troubleshooters (1965) as Esther Ho
  • Whicker's World (1959)
  • Man of the World (1962) as Souen