Pauline Chan(1973-2002)
- Actress
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Born in Shanghai, China, as Chen Baolian, Pauline Chan 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.
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.
