Choi Eun-hee | |
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![]() Choi in 1966 | |
Born | |
Died | April 16, 2018 | (aged 91)
Other names | Theresa Sheen[1] |
Citizenship |
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Occupation | Actress |
Years active | 1942–2006 |
Spouses | |
Korean name | |
Hangul | 최은희 |
Hanja | |
Revised Romanization | Choe Eunhui |
McCune–Reischauer | Ch'oe Ŭnhŭi |
Choi Eun-hee (Korean: 최은희; November 20, 1926 – April 16, 2018[2]) was a South Korean actress. She was one of South Korea's most popular stars of the 1960s and 1970s.[3] 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 U.S. embassy in Vienna in 1986.[4][5] They returned to South Korea in 1999 after spending a decade in the United States.[6]
신 감독과 최 여사는 이로부터 3년 후에 정식으로 미국 시민권을 받았다. 이때 신 감독은 이름을 사이먼 신(Simon Sheen)으로, 최 여사는 테레사 신(Theresa Sheen)으로 바꾸었다.[Director Shin and Mrs. Choi were formally granted U.S. citizenship three years later. At that time, Shin changed his name to Simon Sheen, and Mrs. Choi changed her name to Theresa Sheen.]