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Personal Info

Gender

Female

Birthday

1926-11-20 (98 years old)

Place of Birth

Gwangju, South Korea

Choi Eun-hee

Biography:

Choi Eun-hee (November 20, 1926 – April 16, 2018) was a South Korean actress, who was one of the country's most popular stars of the 1960s and 1970s. In 1978, Choi and her then ex-husband, movie director Shin Sang-ok, were abducted to North Korea, where they were forced to make films until they sought asylum at the US Embassy in Vienna in 1986. They returned to South Korea in 1999 after spending a decade in the United States.

Known For

Acting

2024

2016

The Lovers and the Despot as Self - Actress / Various Roles

2002

1985

Love, Love, My Love as Chunhyang's mother
The Tale of Shim Cheong as Shim Cheong's mother
Salt as mother

1984

Runaway as Song Ryul's wife

1969

1968

1967

1966

1965

1964

1963

1962

1961

The Evergreen as Chae Yeong-shin
Under the Sky in Seoul as Kim Hyeon-ok
Seong Chun-hyang as Seong Chun-hyang

1960

A Sad Pastorale as Han Do-sook
Romance Papa as Eum-jeon
Madam White Snake as Madam White Snake
A Returned Man as Gyeong-hui
To the Last Day as Hye-kyung

1959

Chun Hui as Chun-hui
It's Not Her Sin as Young-sook
A Sister's Garden as Jeong-hui
Dongsimcho as Lee Sook-hee

1958

A Country Girl as Kim Ok-gyeong
The Money as Ok-gyeong

1957

1955

Dream as Dal-lye
The Youth as Lee In-hwa

1949

1948

1947

Production