Portrait of Choi Eun-hee

Choi Eun-hee

Acting

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.

Born: November 20, 1926

Place of Birth: Gwangju, South Korea

Filmography

2016
The Lovers and the Despot

as Self - Actress / Various Roles

2002
1985
Salt

as mother

1985
Love, Love, My Love

as Chunhyang's mother

1985
The Tale of Shim Cheong

as Shim Cheong's mother

1984
Runaway

as Song Ryul's wife

1968
1964
Red Scarf

as Ji-seon

1963
1962
Tyrant Yeonsan

as Queen Shin

1961
Under the Sky in Seoul

as Kim Hyeon-ok

1961
The Evergreen

as Chae Yeong-shin

1961
1961
Seong Chun-hyang

as Seong Chun-hyang

1960
A Returned Man

as Gyeong-hui

1960
Madam White Snake

as Madam White Snake

1960
To the Last Day

as Hye-kyung

1960
Romance Papa

as Eum-jeon

1960
A Sad Pastorale

as Han Do-sook

1959
A Sister's Garden

as Jeong-hui

1959
Dongsimcho

as Lee Sook-hee

1959
Chun Hui

as Chun-hui

1959
It's Not Her Sin

as Young-sook

1958
A Country Girl

as Kim Ok-gyeong

1958
1958
1958
The Money

as Ok-gyeong

1957
1955
The Youth

as Lee In-hwa

1955
Dream

as Dal-lye