‘I have lived on my own since 1963,” says Tsai Chin down the phone from her home in Los Angeles. In 1953, Tsai Chin travelled from her native Shanghai to London aged 17 to study drama. When Tsai Chin met Tsai Chin, she wore long gloves and her three-month-old namesake settled down with her. Photograph: Danjaq/Eon/Ua/Kobal/REX/ShutterstockIn the 1960s, Tsai Chin starred in five films as Fu Manchu’s daughter. Tsai Chin suffered financial ruin in London in the 1970s and struggled with mental health problems, in part because of her parents’ fate.

Source: The Guardian November 03, 2020 06:00 UTC