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.
Also Known As
Movie Appearances
Iljimae the Chivalrous Robber
as Yeon-hwa
1961
Love, Love, My Love
as Chunhyang's mother
1985
Six Daughters
1967
The Tale of Shim Cheong
as Shim Cheong's mother
1985
A Country Girl
as Kim Ok-gyeong
1958
Chun Hui
as Chun-hui
1959
The Evergreen
as Chae Yeong-shin
1961
The Sun of Night
1948
A Sad Pastorale
as Han Do-sook
1960
Prince Yeonsan
1961
The Monkey Goes West
1966
Mountain
1967
Dream
as Dal-lye
1955
A New Oath
1947
The Sino-Japanese War and Queen Min the Heroine
as Queen Min
1965
Revenge
1962
The Story of Bae Local Offcial
1965
The Moral of Youth
1960
The Woman Coming in Fall
1965
Heartlessness
1962