Biography
She grew up in Taiwan and went to Ching Su High School. Later with aspirations of being an actress, she went to Hong Kong and was one of the lucky few, to be accepted in Shaw Brothers Performing Arts Training Course. She was a member of the studios' 4th graduating Class, which included such people as ? ? ? Signing her contract with the studio in 1964, her first film role was a movie shot in Thailand called ? She would later work under the watchful eye of Shaw's Japanese director Inoue Umetsugu, who directed her in the Hong Kong Nocturne (1967) and the spy film, Operation Lipstick (1967).
She once said, that she used to speak her mind so, that she used to offend people. She used to say that her film roles were somewhat limited, because she wasn’t suited to costume or dramatic roles. I remembered her face, a long time ago, in a photo that she took with the late Bruce Lee and Yasuaki Kurata. But, if she's not suited for costumed dramas, then she was definitely out of place in kung-fu films. Why? Because, just like most of her female counterparts, she couldn't fight. But that didn’t stop her from appearing in cult-classic - Bruce Lee & I (1973) or the “drama” - Temptress Of A 1,000 Faces (1969). This was possibly the biggest role she had, throughout her career.
Her sexy ways got Ma Chien-Tang killed, when he fell for her and then tried to defend her honor (while drunk), only to be killed by his boss - Liang Shao-Hua in The Big Showdown (1974). She was another starlet, who was always in the news, more so, for her Fashions sense (others were Betty Ting-Pei and Lily Ho). She was almost always called on for Charity functions and most gala events given by Shaw studios. Throughout her career (even in the low points), she remained, one very classy lady.
*** Born as Han Jing-Fei to parents from Shanghai, Tina Chin Fei grew up in Taiwan and educated in Chiang Su High School. She went to Hong Kong by herself in 1963 and joined the Shaw Brothers performing arts training course, becoming a member of their 4th graduating class. She exclusively signed on with Shaw Brothers in 1964 and was immediately sent to Thailand to make a film. After then, she returned to Hong Kong and landed a supporting role in the highly accredited Japanese director Inoue Umetsugu's "Hong Kong Nocturne". She was next reunited with Inoue in "Operation Lipstick" where she played a female spy. Her most famous film is "Temptress of a Thousand Faces" and was often cast to play sexy ladies. After she left Shaw Brothers in 1972, Tina was hostess of a TV show called "Glorious" for Rediffusion TV in 1973. She got married in 1977 and then retired from the entertainment industry