Kieu Chinh

Kieu Chinh

ActorWriter Jul 3 (age 88) Hanoi, Vietnam 1964–2025 (61 year career)

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Biography

Kieu Chinh (born September 3rd, 1937) is a Vietnamese-American actress, producer, humanitarian, lecturer and philanthropist. One of the most prominent film stars in South Vietnam during the 60s and 70s, she immigrated to America after 1975 and eventually settled in California where she resumed acting with the help of Tippi Hedron; her first credit in America was as Hawkeye’s South Korean love interest in the TV show M*A*S*H. Subsequently, Kieu Chinh appeared in 45 feature films and television s…

Known For

21

Chinese Woman

City of Angels

City of Angels

Asian Woman

Hamburger Hill

Hamburger Hill

Mama San

The Joy Luck Club

The Joy Luck Club

Suyuan Wong

The Sympathizer

The Sympathizer

Crapulent Major's Mother

Gleaming the Cube

Gleaming the Cube

Madame Trac

Control Freak

Control Freak

Aunt Thuy

Green Dragon

Green Dragon

Kieu

Filmography

Acting (50)

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Movies (39)

Control Freak

Control Freak

as Aunt Thuy

My Eyes

My Eyes

as Mrs. Cheong

In Full Bloom

In Full Bloom

as Cecile

Finding Julia

Finding Julia

as Van Tran

Hollow

Hollow

as Shaman Linh

Pearls of the Far East

Pearls of the Far East

as Kieu

Trade of Innocents

Trade of Innocents

as (voice)

21 and a Wake-Up

21 and a Wake-Up

as Mamason

21

as Chinese Woman

Journey From the Fall

Journey From the Fall

as Ba Noi (Grandmother)

Tempted

Tempted

as Kehau

Face

Face

as Mrs. Liu

Green Dragon

Green Dragon

as Kieu

What's Cooking?

What's Cooking?

as Grandma Nguyen

Catfish in Black Bean Sauce

Catfish in Black Bean Sauce

as Thanh

City of Angels

City of Angels

as Asian Woman

Riot

Riot

as Mrs. Lee

The Joy Luck Club

The Joy Luck Club

as Suyuan Wong

Vietnam Texas

Vietnam Texas

as Mallan

Gleaming the Cube

Gleaming the Cube

as Madame Trac

Welcome Home

Welcome Home

as Leang

Hamburger Hill

Hamburger Hill

as Mama San

The Return of Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer

The Return of Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer

as Sai Luhn

The Girl Who Spelled Freedom

as Phoen Yann

Cocaine: One Man's Seduction

Cocaine: One Man's Seduction

as Mrs. Marchais

The Letter

The Letter

as Chinese Woman

The Other Victim

The Other Victim

as Mrs. Troung

Fly Away Home

Fly Away Home

as Anh

The Children of An Lac

The Children of An Lac

as Thuy

The Lucifer Complex

The Lucifer Complex

as Major Chinn Lee

My Husband Is Missing

My Husband Is Missing

as Lu-An

The Hostage Heart

The Hostage Heart

as Flor Aquino

The Shadow on the Roadside

The Shadow on the Roadside

Warrior, Who Are You

as Mỹ Lan

The Evil Within

The Evil Within

as Kamar Souria

From Saigon to Dien Bien Phu

From Saigon to Dien Bien Phu

as Kiều Loan

Operation C.I.A.

Operation C.I.A.

as Kim-Chinh

A Yank in Viet-Nam

A Yank in Viet-Nam

as Kieu Chinh

Chrysalis

Chrysalis

Television (11)

Dope Thief

Dope Thief

as Xuan 'Grandma' Pham

The Sympathizer

The Sympathizer

as Crapulent Major's Mother

The Neighborhood

The Neighborhood

as Tuyen

NCIS: Los Angeles

NCIS: Los Angeles

as Madge

Martial Law

Martial Law

as Lin Sung Yuan

Promised Land

Promised Land

as Mrs. Kim

Cybill

Cybill

as Herbalist

ER

as Mrs. Chen

Chicago Hope

Chicago Hope

as Mrs. Mai Ying Wang

Touched by an Angel

Touched by an Angel

as Mrs. Kim

Roots: The Next Generations

Roots: The Next Generations

as U.N. Receptionist

Crew (1)

Movies (1)

Finding Julia

Finding Julia

Writer