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 โ€“ 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

Prince Yeonsan
Dongsimcho
Dongsimcho

1959

as Lee Sook-hee

Tyrant Yeonsan
Tyrant Yeonsan

1962

as Queen Shin

Under the Sky in Seoul
Under the Sky in Seoul

1961

as Kim Hyeon-ok

Mother and a Guest
Mother and a Guest

1961

as Mother

A Happy Day of Jinsa Maeng
The Evergreen
The Evergreen

1961

as Chae Yeong-shin

The Lovers and the Despot
The Lovers and the Despot

2016

as Self - Actress / Various Roles

A College Woman's Confession
The Flower in Hell
The Flower in Hell

1958

as Sonia

A Returned Man
A Returned Man

1960

as Gyeong-hui

Love Affair
Deaf Sam Yong
The Love Marriage
The Love Marriage

1958

as Suk-hee

It's Not Her Sin
It's Not Her Sin

1959

as Young-sook

The Youth
The Youth

1955

as Lee In-hwa

A Sister's Garden
A Sister's Garden

1959

as Jeong-hui