Choi Eun-hee

Choi Eun-hee

1926-11-20 – 2018-04-16 (age 91) Gwangju, South Korea
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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.

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Known For

A Reluctant Prince
Red Scarf
Red Scarf

1964

as Ji-seon

To the Last Day
To the Last Day

1960

as Hye-kyung

Iljimae the Chivalrous Robber
The Youth
The Youth

1955

as Lee In-hwa

A Country Girl
A Country Girl

1958

as Kim Ok-gyeong

Runaway
Runaway

1984

as Song Ryul's wife

I'll Be Seeing Her
I'll Be Seeing Her

2002

as Herself

The Flower in Hell
The Flower in Hell

1958

as Sonia

The Money
The Money

1958

as Ok-gyeong

The Phantom Queen
The Lovers and the Despot
The Lovers and the Despot

2016

as Self - Actress / Various Roles

Mounted Bandits
Romance Papa
Romance Papa

1960

as Eum-jeon

Cinema in the Land of Comrade Kim