Tina Chen

Last updated
Tina Chen
Born (1943-11-02) November 2, 1943 (age 80)
Chongqing, China
Occupation(s)Actress, Director, Producer
Years active1967–present
Known for The Final War of Olly Winter
Alice's Restaurant
The Hawaiians
Spouse
​
​
(m. 1973;died 2022)​
[1]

Tina Chen (Chinese :陳婷; pinyin :Chén Tíng; born November 2, 1943) is a Chinese-American stage, film, and television actress, director, and producer, who starred in the films Alice's Restaurant , Three Days of the Condor , and The Hawaiians . She has been nominated for Golden Globe, [2] Emmy, [3] and Drama Desk awards.

Contents

Biography

Bron in Chongqing, Chen lived briefly in mainland China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Japan, and then went to the United States.

While pursuing her acting career, Chen worked for over a decade as a researcher in the serology and genetics department at the New York Blood Center. [4] [5]

She also co-founded Food Liberation, one of the first health food stores in New York City. [6]

Her films include the independent feature Almost Perfect and the short film The Potential Wives of Norman Mao. She also starred in The Hawaiians , for which she received a Golden Globe [2] award nomination; Alice's Restaurant , Three Days of the Condor , and Face .

Chen has guest-starred on numerous TV shows and was nominated for an Emmy for her performance in the CBS Playhouse special The Final War of Olly Winter . [3]

Chen has directed plays at various theaters in New York, including Pan Asian Repertory Theatre's production of Fairy Bones, starring Lucy Liu in her stage debut. Chen co-produced the Broadway production of the Peter Nichols play, Passion Play , starring Frank Langella; and was part of the producing team of the Broadway production of The Rink , by Terrence McNally, starring Chita Rivera and Liza Minnelli.

Lecture

Chen's lecture, "Heroes of History: Legacy of My Chinese Family" features 158 biographical photos. It is about three generations of her mother's family and their contributions to the history of China. In the lecture, which has been presented at New York City's China Institute, [7] Urban Stages, [8] and the Mirror Repertory Co., [9] she talks about her great-grandfather.

Work

Film

Made for Television Specials

Episodic Television

Theatre

Directing

Producing

Awards

Chen received a Golden Globe nomination [2] for her supporting performance in the film The Hawaiians . She received an Emmy nomination [3] for her supporting performance in the CBS Playhouse drama The Final War of Olly Winter . She also received a Drama Desk nomination for Outstanding Production of a Musical for, The Rink , starring Chita Rivera and Liza Minnelli.[ citation needed ]

Other awards include Urban Stages 25th Anniversary Award for Artistic Brilliance, Women's Project's Women of Achievement Award, Girl Scouts Woman of Distinction Award, the Anna May Wong Award of Excellence, and Pan Asian Repertory Theatre's Legacy Award.[ citation needed ]

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Liza Minnelli</span> American actress, singer, dancer (born 1946)

Liza May Minnelli is an American actress, singer, dancer, and choreographer. Known for her commanding stage presence and powerful alto singing voice, Minnelli is one of the very few performers awarded a non-competitive Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and Tony (EGOT). Minnelli is a Knight of the French Legion of Honour.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Julie Harris</span> American actress (1925–2013)

Julia Ann Harris was an American actress. Renowned for her classical and contemporary stage work, she received five Tony Awards for Best Actress in a Play.

Kander and Ebb were a highly successful American songwriting team consisting of composer John Kander and lyricist Fred Ebb. Known primarily for their stage musicals, which include Cabaret and Chicago, Kander and Ebb also scored several movies, including Martin Scorsese's New York, New York. Their most famous song is the theme song of that movie. Recorded by many artists, "New York, New York" became a signature song for Frank Sinatra. The team also became associated with two actresses, Liza Minnelli and Chita Rivera, for whom they wrote a considerable amount of material for the stage, concerts and television.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">John Kander</span> American musical theatre composer

John Harold Kander is an American composer, known largely for his work in the musical theater. As part of the songwriting team Kander and Ebb, Kander wrote the scores for 15 musicals, including Cabaret (1966) and Chicago (1975), both of which were later adapted into acclaimed films. He and Ebb also wrote the standard "New York, New York".

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Fred Ebb</span> Musical artist

Fred Ebb was an American musical theatre lyricist who had many successful collaborations with composer John Kander. The Kander and Ebb team frequently wrote for such performers as Liza Minnelli and Chita Rivera.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Chita Rivera</span> American actress, dancer, and singer

Dolores Conchita Figueroa del Rivero Anderson, professionally known as Chita Rivera, is an American actress, singer and dancer best known for originating roles in Broadway musicals including Anita in West Side Story, Velma Kelly in Chicago, and the title role in Kiss of the Spider Woman. She is a ten-time Tony Award nominee and a three-time Tony Award recipient, including one for Lifetime Achievement. She is the first Latina and the first Latino American to receive a Kennedy Center Honor and is a recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom. Her autobiography, Chita: A Memoir, was published in 2023.

<i>Chita Rivera: The Dancers Life</i> Broadway musical

Chita Rivera: The Dancer's Life is a musical revue based on the life of Chita Rivera, with a book by Terrence McNally, original songs by Stephen Flaherty and Lynn Ahrens, and additional songs from various other composers' catalogs. It earned Rivera her ninth Tony Award nomination.

<i>The Rink</i> (musical)

The Rink is a musical with a book by Terrence McNally, lyrics by Fred Ebb, and music by John Kander, the tenth Kander and Ebb collaboration.

June Angela Profanato is an American actress, singer, and dancer. Her best-known role is that of Julie, the mainstay member of the Short Circus band that was featured in the PBS children's television series The Electric Company during its entire six-year run.

Wayne Louis Cilento is an American director, choreographer, actor and dancer. He is best known for originating the role of Mike in the Broadway show A Chorus Line, and later becoming one of Broadway's most prolific choreographers.

Scott Ellis is an American stage director, actor, and television director.

The 51st Annual Tony Awards was broadcast by CBS from Radio City Music Hall on June 1, 1997. "Launching the Tonys" was telecast on PBS television. The event was hosted by Rosie O'Donnell. The awards ceremony moved away from Broadway for the first time in 30 years. As Radio City Music Hall is much larger than any Broadway theater, this allowed members of the general public to attend the ceremony.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Pan Asian Repertory Theatre</span>

The Pan Asian Repertory Theatre is a New York City-based theatre group that explores the Asian-American experience and provides professional opportunities for Asian-American artists to collaborate. Pan-Asian was founded by Tisa Chang and Ernest Abuba in 1977, and Chang remains artistic director. Chang established the Pan Asian Repertory Theatre as a resident company at La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club in 1977, with the intention of popularizing Asian-American theater and leading to other similar theatre companies in cities with an Asian disaporic population.

The 38th Annual Tony Awards were held on June 3, 1984, at the Gershwin Theatre and broadcast by CBS television. Hosts were Julie Andrews and Robert Preston.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">47th Tony Awards</span> 1993 awards ceremony

The 47th Annual Tony Awards was broadcast by CBS from the Gershwin Theatre in New York City on June 6, 1993. The host was Liza Minnelli.

Lenora Nemetz is an American stage and musical theatre actress.

Velina Hasu Houston is an American playwright, essayist, poet, author, editor and screenwriter who has had many works produced, presented and published. Her work draws from her experience of being multiracial as well as from the immigrant experiences of her family and those she encountered growing up in Junction City, Kansas.

Sergio Trujillo is a theater director, choreographer, dancer and actor. Born in Colombia and raised in Toronto, Canada, he is now an American citizen and resides in New York City. Trujillo was the recipient of the 2019 Tony Award for Best Choreography for Ain't Too Proud and the 2015 Laurence Olivier Award for Best Theatre Choreographer for Memphis. He is the first ever Hispanic recipient of the Tony Award for Best Choreography.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Chita Rivera Awards for Dance and Choreography</span>

The Chita Rivera Awards for Dance and Choreography celebrate outstanding dance and choreography in theatre, both on Broadway and Off-Broadway and in film at an annual ceremony in New York City at the Skirball Center for the Performing Arts. Now carrying the namesake of two-time Tony-winning dance icon Chita Rivera, The Rivera Awards will be presented under the auspices of American Dance Machine, an organization dedicated to the preservation of great musical-theater choreography.

References

  1. ↑ BENJAMIN, ROBERT (July 22, 1990). "New York girl honors her ancestry in China". Tampa Bay Times .
  2. 1 2 3 "Tina Chen". www.goldenglobes.com.
  3. 1 2 3 "Tina Chen". Television Academy.
  4. ↑ "Home - New York Blood Center". nybloodcenter.org.
  5. ↑ "The First Decade (1964–1973) | New York Blood Center". nybloodcenter.org. Archived from the original on 2014-06-26.
  6. ↑ Sheraton, Mimi (May 8, 1972). "A Skeptic's Guide to Health Food Stores: Health Food, Store by Store". New York . p. 58.
  7. ↑ "China Institute - 华美协进社". China Institute.
  8. ↑ "Urban Stages Theater - home". urbanstages.org.
  9. ↑ "The Mirror Theater Ltd". The Mirror Theater Ltd.
  10. ↑ "Home - Descendants of the Past, Ancestors of the Future". www.descendantsofthepast.com.
This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.