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
2024
Cinema in the Land of Comrade Kim
as Herself
2016
The Lovers and the Despot
as Self - Actress / Various Roles
2002
Keeping the Vision Alive
as Herself
I'll Be Seeing Her
as Herself
1987
1986
1985
Salt
as Mother
Love, Love, My Love
as Chunhyang's mother
The Tale of Shim Cheong
as Shim Cheong's mother
The Tale of Shim Cheong
Co-Producer
1984
Runaway
as Song Ryul's wife
An Emissary of No Return
Director
1975
1973
An Unmarried Teacher
Director
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
The Evergreen
as Chae Yeong-shin
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
A Sad Pastorale
as Han Do-sook
1959
Chun Hui
as Chun-hui
It's Not Her Sin
as Young-sook
A Sister's Garden
as Jeong-hui
Dongsimcho
as Lee Sook-hee
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
The Money
as Ok-gyeong
1957
The Shadowless Pagoda
as Guseulagi
1949
A Hometown in Heart
as Widow
1948
1947