Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthdate
1973-05-23
Day of Death
2002-07-31
Place of Birth
Shanghai, China
Pauline Chan Bo-Lin
Biography
Born in Shanghai, China, as Chen Baolian, Pauline Chan Bo-Lin emigrated to Hong Kong at age 12 with her mother when her parents divorced. A beautiful young girl, it didn't take long for photographers and agents to notice her and she began modeling at 15. In 1990 she entered the Miss Asia beauty pageant. She didn't win, but her striking looks, lithe body and classy bearing attracted the attention of several producers in Hong Kong's adult film industry. At age 18 she made her adult-film debut and her enthusiastic performances shot her to the top of the Chinese porn field. In 1997 she hooked up with a much older man, a Taiwanese millionaire, and they had a short (two-year) but stormy relationship. After their break-up in 1999, Chan's personal and professional lives began to unravel. She had had a drug problem for several years and it got worse--during one television interview in which she was apparently high on drugs she actually tried to commit suicide. A series of brushes with the law ensued, resulting in her being deported from several countries, and she was briefly sent to prison in the UK for assault. These and other incidents pretty much pulled the plug on her film career. She moved back to her hometown of Shanghai and in July of 2002 gave birth to a baby boy. Motherhood didn't solve her problems, however, and on July 31, 2002, she leaped out of the window of her 24th-floor apartment and plunged to her death.
Filmography (37)
Millennium Mambo
2001
Paramount Motel
2000
Hunting Evil Spirit
1999
Chinese Erotic Movies
1997
Passionate Nights
1997
02:00 A.M.
1997
A Queer Story
1997
Boys?
1996
Hong Kong Showgirls
1996
Once Upon a Time in Triad Society
1996
The Eighth
1996
A Sudden Love
1995
From Beijing with Love
1994
Net of Heaven Action
1994
