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Actor
Choi Eun-hee
- Born November 20, 1926 in Gwangju, South Korea
- Died April 16, 2018
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
The Flower in Hell1958
Mother and a Guest1961
A Hometown in Heart1949
Bound by Chastity Rule1962
Seong Chun-hyang1961
The Money1958
Under the Sky in Seoul1961
The Evergreen1961
Filmography
- 2024Cinema in the Land of Comrade KimFilmHerself
- 2016The Lovers and the DespotFilmSelf - Actress / Various Roles
- 2009The Country I Saw, Part 3FilmDirector
- 2009The Country I Saw, Part 2FilmDirector
- 2002Keeping the Vision AliveFilmHerself
- 2002I'll Be Seeing HerFilmHerself
- 1987The Country I SawFilmDirector
- 1986A Traffic Controller on CrossroadsFilmProducer
- 1985Love, Love, My LoveFilmChunhyang's mother
- 1985SaltFilmMother
- 1985The Tale of Shim CheongFilmShim Cheong's mother, Co-Producer
- 1984An Emissary of No ReturnFilmDirector
- 1984RunawayFilmSong Ryul's wife
- 1975I Love MamaFilm
- 1973An Unmarried TeacherFilmDirector
- 1969Women of Yi-DynastyFilm
- 1968The Homeless WandererFilm
- 1968WomanFilm
- 1968The Land of KoreaFilm
- 1967Six DaughtersFilm
- 1967The Phantom QueenFilm
- 1967Mounted BanditsFilm
- 1967MountainFilm
- 1967One-sided Love of PrincessFilmDirector
- 1966The Monkey Goes WestFilm
- 1965The Woman Coming in FallFilm
- 1965The Girl Raised as a Future Daughter-in-lawFilmJum-soon, Director
- 1965The Sino-Japanese War and Queen Min the HeroineFilmQueen Min
- 1965The Story of Bae Local OffcialFilm
- 1964Deaf Sam YongFilm
- 1964The Last Woman of ShangFilm
- 1964Red ScarfFilmJi-seon
- 1964When Night Falls at MyeongdongFilm
- 1963Love AffairFilm
- 1963A Reluctant PrinceFilm
- 1963RiceFilm
- 1963The Cloud Bridge of GratitudeFilmOk-gyeong
- 1962Bound by Chastity RuleFilm
- 1962Tyrant YeonsanFilmQueen Shin
- 1962A Happy Day of Jinsa MaengFilmIpbun
- 1962HeartlessnessFilm
- 1962The Story of Sim CheongFilm
- 1962RevengeFilm
- 1961Mother and a GuestFilmMother
- 1961Seong Chun-hyangFilmSeong Chun-hyang
- 1961Under the Sky in SeoulFilmKim Hyeon-ok
- 1961The EvergreenFilmChae Yeong-shin
- 1961Prince YeonsanFilm
- 1961Iljimae the Chivalrous RobberFilmYeon-hwa
- 1960Romance PapaFilmEum-jeon
- 1960Madam White SnakeFilmMadam White Snake
- 1960To the Last DayFilmHye-kyung
- 1960The Moral of YouthFilm
- 1960A Returned ManFilmGyeong-hui
- 1960A Sad PastoraleFilmHan Do-sook
- 1959A Sister's GardenFilmJeong-hui
- 1959It's Not Her SinFilmYoung-sook
- 1959DongsimchoFilmLee Sook-hee
- 1959Chun HuiFilmChun-hui
- 1958The Flower in HellFilmSonia
- 1958The MoneyFilmOk-gyeong
- 1958The Love MarriageFilmSuk-hee
- 1958A College Woman's ConfessionFilmSo-yeong
- 1958A Country GirlFilmKim Ok-gyeong
- 1957The Shadowless PagodaFilmGuseulagi
- 1955The YouthFilmLee In-hwa
- 1955DreamFilmDal-lye
- 1949A Hometown in HeartFilmWidow
- 1948The Sun of NightFilm
- 1947A New OathFilm