Choi Eun-hee

Birthday: 11/20/1926
Deathday: 4/16/2018
Place of birth: Gwangju, South Korea
Fame for: Acting
Also known as: 최은희, Choe Eun-hui, Choi Eun-hie, 崔銀姬, 최경순, Choi Kyeong-soon, Чхве Ын-хи, Ын-хи Чхве, Choi Eun-hee, Eunhee Choi, Choi Eunhee, Choi Eun Hee, Choe Eun Hui, Choe Eunhui

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.