Editing Brigitte Lin (section)

== Biography ==
Lin was born in [[Chiayi]], Taiwan to ''[[waishengren]]'' parents from eastern [[Shandong people|Shandong]] who had moved to Taiwan in the [[Retreat of the government of Republic of China to Taiwan|KMT exodus]] in 1949.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.moc.gov.tw/en/information_233_77153.html|title=Ministry of Culture-Filmmakers & Performers|website=www.moc.gov.tw|access-date=2019-12-02}}</ref> She was scouted in 1972 on the streets of Taipei by a film producer after she finished women's high school and was preparing for university.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/feat/archives/2018/05/15/2003693091|title=Brigitte Lin, a timeless national treasure |website=[[Taipei Times]] |date=15 May 2018 |access-date=2019-12-02}}</ref><ref name="elephant">{{cite book |author=He Ying ({{lang|zh|何颖}}) |date=2008 |script-title=zh:《快乐阅读》 |trans-title=Happy Reading |language=zh |location=Changsha, Hunan |publisher=Hunan Education Press|page=6 |script-chapter=zh:《林青霞，不老的玉女传奇》|chapter=Brigitte Lin, Legend of the Ageless Beautiful Girl |issn=1671-329X}}</ref> Lin debuted in the film adaptation of [[Chiung Yao]]'s ''[[Outside the Window]]'' (1973), which propelled her to stardom.<ref name="elephant"/><ref name="lin" /> Lin, along with [[Joan Lin]], [[Charlie Chin]] and [[Chin Han (Taiwanese actor)|Chin Han]], thus became known as the "Two Chins, Two Lins" (二秦二林) for their extensive roles in romantic movies of the 1970s based on Chiung Yao's novels that dominated the Taiwanese box office.<ref name=":1">{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=amqzDMOzaCUC&q=lin+ching+hsia+first+marriage&pg=PA66|title=Once Upon a Time in China: A Guide to Hong Kong, Taiwanese, and Mainland Chinese Cinema |last1=Yang|first1=Jeff|last2=Black|first2=Art|date=2003|publisher=Simon and Schuster |isbn=978-0-7434-4817-8}}</ref> She subsequently joined Chiung Yao's company in 1976.<ref name="cri">{{cite web |title=Screen icon Lin Ching-Hsia |url=http://english.cri.cn/6666/2008/12/17/1221s433674.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081219030525/http://english.cri.cn/6666/2008/12/17/1221s433674.htm |archive-date=19 December 2008 |work=CRI English}}</ref>

She appeared in 55 films in the period between 1972 and 1979, and all her roles were [[romantic hero]]ines in love stories, many based on Chiung Yao's stories.<ref name="elephant" /><ref name="lin" /> Lin won the Best Actress award at the [[Asia-Pacific Film Festival]] for her role as a girl scout in ''[[Eight Hundred Heroes]]'' (1976). She left for the U.S. in 1979 for a year and a half to study and relax.<ref name=":0">{{cite news|last=Chu|first=Karen|date=4 April 2018|title=Hong Kong Icon Brigitte Lin on Her Career, Wuxia and #MeToo: "It Cleanses the Film Industry"|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/hong-kong-icon-brigitte-lin-metoo-it-cleanses-film-industry-1098834/|url-status=live|work=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230526145407/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/hong-kong-icon-brigitte-lin-metoo-it-cleanses-film-industry-1098834/|archive-date=26 May 2023|access-date=30 November 2023}}</ref>

Lin branched out of Taiwan with her collaborations with Hong Kong New Wave directors [[Ringo Lam]], [[Tsui Hark]] and [[Jackie Chan]] in ''[[Zu Warriors from the Magic Mountain]]'' (1983), ''[[The Other Side of Gentleman]]'' (1984), ''[[Police Story (1985 film)|Police Story]]'' (1985) and ''[[Peking Opera Blues]]'' (1986), establishing her as a screen icon. In 1990, she won the Best Actress at the 27th [[Golden Horse Awards]] for her depiction of a Chinese female writer who fell in love with a Japanese collaborator in ''[[Red Dust (1990 film)|Red Dust]]'' (1990).<ref name="lin">{{cite web|url=http://www.chinapictorial.com.cn/en/people/txt/2015-09/21/content_704643_2.htm|title=Brigitte Lin: Writing Her Own Role|work=China Pictorial}}</ref>

Lin gained particular acclaim for her androgynous roles, which are common in Chinese operas and movies.<ref name="lin" /> Her earliest being [[Jia Baoyu]], the male protagonist of the 1977 film adaptation of ''[[Dream of the Red Chamber]]''.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/filmart-flashback-1977-brigitte-lin-secured-her-gender-fluid-legacy-dream-red-chamber-1095806|title=Filmart Flashback: In 1977, Brigitte Lin Secured Her Gender-Fluid Legacy in 'Dream of the Red Chamber'|website=The Hollywood Reporter|date=20 March 2018 |access-date=2019-12-03}}</ref> In ''[[Peking Opera Blues]]'' (1986), she was a guerrilla revolutionary<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1993-06-25-ca-7062-story.html|title=Movie Review: 'Peking' Bursting With Feminist Wit |date=1993-06-25|website=[[Los Angeles Times]]|access-date=2019-12-03}}</ref> and in ''[[Royal Tramp II]]'' (1992), she was the leader of the Heavenly Dragon Sect, both of whom were women characters dressed as men. And in ''[[Ashes of Time]]'' (1994), she played twin brother/sister duo Yin and Yang.<ref name=":2" /> However, she is perhaps most well known for her role as [[Dongfang Bubai]] in ''[[Swordsman II]]'' (1992). ''Swordsman II'' marked the peak of her career in terms of box office earnings<ref name="lin" /> for which she was listed among the 10 greatest performances in cinema of all time by ''[[Time (magazine)|Time]]'' magazine.<ref>{{Cite magazine|title=All-Time 100 Movies: Great Performances |magazine=[[Time (magazine)|Time]]|url=https://entertainment.time.com/2005/02/12/all-time-100-movies/slide/all/|access-date=2020-11-27|issn=0040-781X}}</ref> The success of the film brought her to other notable martial epics such as ''[[New Dragon Gate Inn]]'' (1992) and ''[[The Bride with White Hair]]'' (1993), until she retired from acting after ''Ashes of Time'' (1994).<ref name=":0" /> She made a small-screen comeback by joining the [[Hunan Television|Hunan TV]] reality show ''Up Idol'' (2015).