Pauline Chan Bo-Lin

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Pauline Chan
Born(1973-05-23)May 23, 1973
Shanghai, China
DiedJuly 31, 2002(2002-07-31) (aged 29)
Shanghai, China
OccupationActress
Years active1990–2002
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese陳ちん寶たから蓮れん
Simplified Chinese陈宝莲

Pauline Chan Bo-Lin (simplified Chinese: 陈宝莲; traditional Chinese: 陳ちん寶たから蓮れん; pinyin: Chén Bǎolián; May 23, 1973 – July 31, 2002) was a Hong Kong actress who aroused significant attraction and controversies in the Greater China Area during her active years in the 1990s.

Career[edit]

Born in Shanghai, Chan's parents divorced when she was very young and she immigrated to Hong Kong with her mother at the age of 12. She started to work as a part-time fashion model at the age of 15 and contested in the 1990 Miss Asia Pageant. Chan did not win any title in this contest but her figure, 175-centimeter height and mature look drew the attention of local pornographic film industry. She entered this industry in 1991 at 18 years old, mainly to meet her mother's expectations to finance their family.[1][2] Until 1997, Chan showed up in more than 25 Hong Kong Category III films and gained widespread attraction for her bold performance, becoming a prominent sex symbol in the Greater China Area at that time.

Downfall[edit]

In 1997 Chan began a relationship with the playboy Taiwanese investment tycoon and celebrity Huang Jen-chung (黃き任にん中ちゅう, also known as Wong Yam-Chung (黄き蔭かげ衷) in Cantonese) whom she met in 1993, and who was 33 years older than she was. She moved to Taipei to cohabit with Huang until they broke up in early 1999. After her death, in a media interview Huang revealed that Chan had been involved in drug abuse and sorcery since 1998; Chan did so in anticipation to soothe herself and win his heart back during their emotional low tides.[3][4]

Between 1998 and 2001 Chan was involved in a chain of negative news. She attempted suicide during a TV interview, repeatedly attacked people, undressed in public, tried to enter foreign countries without valid travel documents and was deported as a result, set fire to her residence, and was frequently hospitalized for drug abuse.[5] In December 1999 she was briefly imprisoned in the United Kingdom for beating an unrelated person in public.[6]

Death[edit]

Chan hit rock bottom and secluded herself in Shanghai. Her final stage appearance was a bit role in a Taiwanese TV series in March 2002.[citation needed] She gave birth to a baby boy on June 23, 2002[7][8] out of wedlock. Around PM 17:30 on 31 July 2002 Chan jumped out of her 24th-floor apartment window to her death.[9]

Chan was portrayed posthumously by Chinese actress Crystal Suen Ah-Lei [zh], in the 2002 biopic Pauline's Life (絕ぜっ代だい豔星寶たから蓮れん的てき一生いっしょう). Suen later also committed suicide in 2009 in part due to her debts.[10]

Chan's son was later adopted and raised by Taiwanese film producer Chiou Lee-Kwan [zh]. Chiu gave him the name Chiu Hwang-yi [zh].[11][12][13]

Filmography[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ 盤ばん點てん香港ほんこん三さん級きゅう片へん 十位應該被記住的艷星 Archived 2008-12-03 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ "陈宝莲 Pauline Chan". Archived from the original on 2010-09-22. Retrieved 2009-07-13.
  3. ^ 人物じんぶつ风流：股また市し大だい亨とおる黄き任にん中ちゅう与あずか陈宝莲的爱恨纠葛 Archived 2009-02-12 at the Wayback Machine
  4. ^ “情じょう敌”小しょう潘はん潘はん曝料：陈宝莲生前ぜん曾“养小鬼おに” Archived 2012-07-20 at archive.today
  5. ^ 名人めいじん生死せいし簿ぼ／三さん級きゅう片へん起おこり家か　陳ちん寶たから蓮れん起おこり起伏きふく伏ふく演藝えんげい路ろ
  6. ^ 一念いちねん之の差さ　陈宝莲沦为三级女星难翻身 Archived 2009-02-13 at the Wayback Machine
  7. ^ 2021年ねん登とう峰ほう造づくり極ごく青年せいねん籃球邀請賽さい－大だい專せん男子だんし組ぐみ
  8. ^ 邱瓈寬ひろし兒じ子こ15歲さい 高大こうだい有ゆう型がた小しょう鮮肉せんにく
  9. ^ http://www.brns.com/hkactors/pages/page30.html at site "Hong Kong Cinema - View from Brooklyn Bridge"
  10. ^ "Porn star found dead in hotel". The Straits Times. 9 February 2009. Archived from the original on 12 February 2009. Retrieved 9 January 2010.
  11. ^ 傳でん收おさむ養やしなえ陳ちん寶たから蓮れん兒じ15年ねん…邱瓈寬ひろし曬慶生せい照あきら　盼能有ゆう平靜へいせい生活せいかつ
  12. ^ 還かえ記き得とく已やめ逝女星ぼし陳ひね寶たから蓮れん兒じ子こ嗎？
  13. ^ 生なま父ちち成なり謎なぞ，與あずか竇靖童わらわ青梅おうめ竹馬たけうま，陳ちん寶たから蓮れん16歲兒さいじ子こ邱煌禕今高だか大だい帥そち氣き

External links[edit]

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