Speaking of the international superstar Monroe, I believe everyone will have the classic photos of Monroe's skirts in their minds. Over the years, many actresses have imitated them one after another, but no one has surpassed them so far.
Monroe has a high reputation in the entertainment industry, created many classic screen images, and won many honors. It is a pity that this international superstar passed away early, which is very sad. Her relationship with Kennedy and , and what happened to Kennedy later, remain a mystery to this day.
In the Hong Kong performing arts circle, there is also an actress who lives in the same era as Monroe and has a similar fate. She is Lin Dai known as "Hong Kong version of Monroe" .
Hong Kong version of Monroe——Lin Dai
Lin Dai, born in Nanning, Guangxi on December 26, 1934, real name Cheng Yueru , nicknamed monk, originally from Binyang, Guangxi, is the eldest daughter of political celebrity and patriot Cheng Siyuan , is Famous Hong Kong movie actress in the 1950s and 1960s.
At the age of 15, Lin Dai took a series of photos for the "Salon Studio" opened by the famous photographer Zong Weigeng, which attracted the attention of Yuan Yangan of the Great Wall Film Studio, and then entered the entertainment industry. Yuan Yangan, based on her foreign name Linda The Chinese transliteration of her, and her stage name is "Lin Dai". At the age of 16, she became famous for her role as the innocent and lively rocking girl in the movie "Cui Cui" adapted from Shen Congwen 's famous book "Border Town". At the age of 17, " Red Baby " starred in one fell swoop, breaking the record for the best-selling Mandarin films in Hong Kong and Taiwan at that time. In the following years, many works starring her, such as " Golden Lotus ", " Diaochan ", "Jiangshan Beauty", "Thousands of Beauty", " Can't Love ", "Blue and Black", have won the fourth consecutive year. The Best Actress Award and Nomination at the Asia Pacific Film Festival.
Lin Dai is a great beauty in the Hong Kong film circle, with a noble and generous temperament, is known as "the eternal goddess of Hong Kong movies" , but she often plays tragic roles, which seems to coincide with the tragic color of her premature death. combine. Lin Dai is a man of temperament. She broke up with Yan Jun and after 4 years of love at the peak of her career. Later, Yan Jun fell into the arms of her rival Li Lihua , which hit the strong Lin Dai quite a bit. Although Lin Dai later fell in love with Long Shengxun, the son of "Yunnan King" Long Yun, and married and had a son, Lin Dai was also very unhappy with their personalities after marriage and Long Shengxun's life style. On July 17, 1964, Lin Dai committed suicide by taking an overdose of sleeping pills and inhaling gas in her apartment at the age of thirty.
Lin Dai and Monroe both became famous early on. They were both great beauties of that era. They were noble, atmospheric and elegant. They both portrayed many classic screen images with their talents and left thousands of viewers with fond memories. At the same time, both of them also joined the powerful and became the focus of the moment, but the final fate of both of them is the same as the untimely death of the beauties, which makes people feel embarrassed.