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 Country Girl
A Country Girl

1958

as Kim Ok-gyeong

The Youth
The Youth

1955

as Lee In-hwa

Runaway
Runaway

1984

as Song Ryul's wife

Red Scarf
Red Scarf

1964

as Ji-seon

Iljimae the Chivalrous Robber
To the Last Day
To the Last Day

1960

as Hye-kyung

Mother and a Guest
Mother and a Guest

1961

as Mother

A Reluctant Prince
Mounted Bandits
The Flower in Hell
The Flower in Hell

1958

as Sonia

The Lovers and the Despot
The Lovers and the Despot

2016

as Self - Actress / Various Roles

A Sister's Garden
A Sister's Garden

1959

as Jeong-hui

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

2002

as Herself

Cinema in the Land of Comrade Kim
The Shadowless Pagoda
The Shadowless Pagoda

1957

as Guseulagi