Kieu Chinh
Biography
Kieu Chinh is a Vietnamese-American actress, producer and humanitarian who started her career in South Vietnam with the lead in The Bells of Thiên Mụ Temple (1957), a part she accepted after turning down Joseph L. Mankiewicz and The Quiet American. In the 1960s she appeared in American productions including A Yank in Viet-Nam (1964) and Operation C.I.A. (1965), and she produced the war epic Faceless Lover (1971), winning Best Leading Actress for it at the Asian International Film Festival in Taipei. She resumed her acting career in the United States with a 1977 television episode written by Alan Alda, then appeared in Hamburger Hill (1987) and as Suyuan in The Joy Luck Club (1993). She had a recurring role on China Beach from 1989 to 1991 and later worked in Face (2002) and Journey from the Fall (2005).
89years old
Turns 90 on July 3in 263 days
- Born Hanoi
- Star sign: CancerThe sign runs June 21 to July 22
- Also credited as Lieu Chinh
Movie Career
- Films
- 5
- Career span
- 38 years1987 to 2025
Every film, newest first
- 2025Control FreakIMDb rating 4.5
- 2001Green DragonIMDb rating 6.1
- 1993The Joy Luck ClubIMDb rating 7.7
- 1989Gleaming the CubeIMDb rating 6.3
- 1987Hamburger HillIMDb rating 6.7
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First role
Kieu Chinh started acting again in the US. Her first part was in a 1977 M*A*S*H episode, "In Love and War", which Alan Alda wrote and which drew loosely on her life story.
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Worked with
Kieu Chinh made one film with each of them. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
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Steven Bauer's page
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All films by John Irvin
Wayne WangDirector, 1 film, 1993
All films by Wayne Wang
All films by Graeme Clifford
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