
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.
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Known For
Acting History
2024
Cinema in the Land of Comrade Kim as Herself
2016The Lovers and the Despot as Self - Actress / Various Roles
2002Keeping the Vision Alive as Herself
2002I'll Be Seeing Her as Herself
1985Salt as mother
1985Love, Love, My Love as Chunhyang's mother
1985The Tale of Shim Cheong as Shim Cheong's mother
1984Runaway as Song Ryul's wife
1969Women of Yi-Dynasty
1968Woman
1968The Land of Korea
1968The Homeless Wanderer
1967Mountain
1967The Phantom Queen
1967Six Daughters
1966The Monkey Goes West
1965The Woman Coming in Fall
1965The Girl Raised as a Future Daughter-in-law as Jum-soon
1965The Story of Bae Local Offcial
1965The Sino-Japanese War and Queen Min the Heroine as Queen Min
1964Deaf Sam Yong
1964When Night Falls at Myeongdong
1964The Last Woman of Shang
1964Red Scarf as Ji-seon
1963Rice
1963The Cloud Bridge of Gratitude as Ok-gyeong
1963A Reluctant Prince
1963Love Affair
1962Heartlessness
1962Bound by Chastity Rule
1962Revenge
1962The Story of Sim Cheong
1962A Happy Day of Jinsa Maeng as Ipbun
1962Tyrant Yeonsan as Queen Shin
1961Prince Yeonsan
1961Under the Sky in Seoul as Kim Hyeon-ok
1961The Evergreen as Chae Yeong-shin
1961Mother and a Guest as Mother
1961Iljimae the Chivalrous Robber as Yeon-hwa
1961Seong Chun-hyang as Seong Chun-hyang
1960A Returned Man as Gyeong-hui
1960Madam White Snake as Madam White Snake
1960The Moral of Youth
1960To the Last Day as Hye-kyung
1960Romance Papa as Eum-jeon
1960A Sad Pastorale as Han Do-sook
1959A Sister's Garden as Jeong-hui
1959Dongsimcho as Lee Sook-hee
1959Chun Hui as Chun-hui
1959It's Not Her Sin as Young-sook
1958A Country Girl as Kim Ok-gyeong
1958The Love Marriage as Suk-hee
1958A College Woman's Confession as So-yeong
1958The Flower in Hell as Sonia
1958The Money as Ok-gyeong
1957The Shadowless Pagoda as Guseulagi
1955The Youth as Lee In-hwa
1955Dream as Dal-lye
1949A Hometown in Heart as Widow
1948The Sun of Night
1947A New Oath









