Choi Eun-hee
Acting1926Gwangju, South Korea
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 History
2002
Keeping the Vision Alive
as Herself
1984
An Emissary of No Return
Director
1968
1963
1961
Seong Chun-hyang
as Seong Chun-hyang
Iljimae the Chivalrous Robber
as Yeon-hwa
Mother and a Guest
as Mother
Under the Sky in Seoul
as Kim Hyeon-ok
1960
Romance Papa
as Eum-jeon
A Returned Man
as Gyeong-hui
Madam White Snake
as Madam White Snake
To the Last Day
as Hye-kyung
1959
Chun Hui
as Chun-hui
It's Not Her Sin
as Young-sook
1958
A College Woman's Confession
as So-yeong
The Flower in Hell
as Sonia
The Love Marriage
as Suk-hee
A Country Girl
as Kim Ok-gyeong
1957
The Shadowless Pagoda
as Guseulagi
1949
A Hometown in Heart
as Widow
1948