{{short description|Chinese actress}} {{about|the actress|the lawyer|Tina Tchen}} {{Infobox person | name = Tina Chen | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1943|11|02}} | birth_place = [[Chongqing]], China | occupation = Actress, Director, Producer | yearsactive = 1967–present | known_for = ''[[The Final War of Olly Winter]]''<br /> ''[[Alice's Restaurant (film)|Alice's Restaurant]]''<br />''[[The Hawaiians (film)|The Hawaiians]]'' | spouse = {{marriage|[[Marvin Josephson]]|1973|2022|end=his death}}<ref>{{cite news|title=New York girl honors her ancestry in China|first=ROBERT|last=BENJAMIN|date= July 22, 1990|url=https://www.tampabay.com/archive/1990/07/22/new-york-girl-honors-her-ancestry-in-china/|work=[[Tampa Bay Times]]}}</ref> }}
'''Tina Chen''' ({{zh|t=陳婷|p=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 (film)|Alice's Restaurant]]'', ''[[Three Days of the Condor]]'', and ''[[The Hawaiians (film)|The Hawaiians]]''. She has been nominated for [[Golden Globe]],<ref name="goldenglobes.com">{{cite web|url=https://www.goldenglobes.com/person/tina-chen|title=Tina Chen|website=www.goldenglobes.com}}</ref> [[Emmy]],<ref name="emmys.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.emmys.com/bios/tina-chen|title=Tina Chen|website=Television Academy}}</ref> and [[Drama Desk]] awards.
==Biography== Born 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]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://nybloodcenter.org/|title=Home - New York Blood Center|website=nybloodcenter.org}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://nybloodcenter.org/about-us/timeline/overview/first/ |title=The First Decade (1964–1973) {{!}} New York Blood Center |website=nybloodcenter.org |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140626163648/http://nybloodcenter.org/about-us/timeline/overview/first/ |archive-date=2014-06-26}}</ref>
She also co-founded Food Liberation, one of the first [[health food stores]] in New York City.<ref>{{cite magazine|magazine=[[New York (magazine)|New York]]|first=Mimi|last=Sheraton|author-link=Mimi Sheraton|title=A Skeptic's Guide to Health Food Stores: Health Food, Store by Store|page=58|date=May 8, 1972|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qqGiqh9usfMC&dq=%22Food+Liberation%22+%22Tina+Chen%22&pg=PA58}}</ref>
Her films include the independent feature ''[[Almost Perfect (film)|Almost Perfect]]'' and the short film ''The Potential Wives of Norman Mao''. She also starred in ''[[The Hawaiians (film)|The Hawaiians]]'', for which she received a [[Golden Globe]]<ref name="goldenglobes.com"/> award nomination; ''[[Alice's Restaurant (film)|Alice's Restaurant]]'', ''[[Three Days of the Condor]]'', and ''[[Face (2002 film)|Face]]''.
Chen has guest-starred on numerous TV shows and was nominated for an [[Emmy Awards|Emmy]] for her performance in the [[CBS Playhouse]] special ''[[The Final War of Olly Winter]]''.<ref name="emmys.com"/>
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 (playwright)|Peter Nichols]] play, ''[[Passion Play (play)|Passion Play]]'', starring [[Frank Langella]] and was part of the producing team of the Broadway production of ''[[The Rink (musical)|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]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.chinainstitute.org/|title=China Institute - 华美协进社|website=China Institute}}</ref> Urban Stages,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://urbanstages.org/|title=Urban Stages Theater - home|website=urbanstages.org}}</ref> and the [[The Mirror Theater Ltd|Mirror Repertory Co.]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.themirror.org/|title=The Mirror Theater Ltd|website=The Mirror Theater Ltd}}</ref> she talks about her great-grandfather.
==Work== ===Film=== * ''Descendants of the Past, Ancestors of the Future'' (2014)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.descendantsofthepast.com/|title=Home - Descendants of the Past, Ancestors of the Future|website=www.descendantsofthepast.com}}</ref> * ''[[Almost Perfect (film)|Almost Perfect]]'' (2011) * ''The Potential Wives of Norman Mao'' (2011) * ''[[Face (2002 film)|Face]]'' (2002) * ''[[The Ghost of Flight 401]]'' (1978) * ''[[Three Days of the Condor]]'' (1975) * ''[[Paper Man (1971 film)|Paper Man]]'' (1971) * ''[[The Hawaiians (film)|The Hawaiians]]'' (1970) * ''[[Alice's Restaurant (film)|Alice's Restaurant]]'' (1969)
===Made for Television Specials=== * ''[[The Lady from Yesterday|Lady from Yesterday]]'' (CBS, 1985) * ''[[The Year of the Dragon (play)|The Year of the Dragon]]'' (PBS, 1975) * ''13 Stars for Channel 13'' (PBS) * ''[[The Final War of Olly Winter]]'' (CBS Playhouse, 1967)
===Episodic Television=== * ''[[Mercy (TV series)|Mercy]]'' * ''[[Central Park West (TV series)|Central Park West]]'' * ''[[The Devlin Connection]]'' * ''[[Dan August]]'' * ''[[The Streets of San Francisco]]'' * ''[[Harry O]]'' * ''[[The Man and the City]]'' * ''[[Airwolf]]'' * ''City Kids'' * ''[[Kung Fu (1972 TV series)|Kung Fu]]'' * ''[[The Delphi Bureau]]'' * ''[[The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson]]''
===Theatre=== * ''The Love Suicide at Schofield Barracks'' * ''The Shanghai Gesture'' * ''Comfort Women'' * ''[[Pan Asian Repertory Theatre|Empress of China]]'' * ''The Joy Luck Club'' * ''The Innocence of Ghosts'' * ''The Chang Fragments'' * ''Arthur and Leila'' * ''Madame de Sade'' * ''[[Family Devotions]]'' (by [[David Henry Hwang]]) * ''[[The Year of the Dragon (play)|The Year of the Dragon]]'' (by [[Frank Chin]]) * ''[[A Midsummer Night's Dream]]'' * ''Tropical Tree'' * ''In the Heart of America'' * ''A Small Delegation'' * ''Widescreen Version'' * ''[[As the Crow Flies (play)|As the Crow Flies]]'' (by [[David Henry Hwang]]) * ''[[A Streetcar Named Desire]]'' * ''Santa Anita '42'' * ''The Kitchen God's Wife'' * ''A Song for All Saints'' * ''Darkness Within''
===Directing=== * ''Tea'' (by [[Velina Hasu Houston]]) * ''The Shining Queen'' * ''At Plank Bridge'' * ''Kokoro/True Heart'' (by [[Velina Hasu Houston]]) * ''Yin Chin Bow'' * ''Fairy Bones'' (1992) — with [[Lucy Liu]]
===Producing=== * ''The Shining Queen'' * ''Beyond Gravity'' * ''Best Kept Secret'' * ''[[The Rink (musical)|The Rink]]'' (Drama Desk Nomination; by [[Terrence McNally]]; starring [[Chita Rivera]] and [[Liza Minnelli]]) * ''[[Passion Play (play)|Passion Play]]'' (by [[Peter Nichols (playwright)|Peter Nichols]]; starring [[Frank Langella]])
==Awards== Chen received a [[Golden Globe]] nomination<ref name="goldenglobes.com"/> for her supporting performance in the film ''[[The Hawaiians (film)|The Hawaiians]]''. She received an [[Emmy]] nomination<ref name="emmys.com"/> 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 (musical)|The Rink]]'', starring [[Chita Rivera]] and [[Liza Minnelli]].{{citation needed|date=May 2020}}
Other awards include Urban Stages 25th Anniversary Award for Artistic Brilliance, Women's Project's Women of Achievement Award, [[Girl Scouts of the USA|Girl Scouts]] Woman of Distinction Award, the [[Anna May Wong#Legacy|Anna May Wong Award of Excellence]], and Pan Asian Repertory Theatre's Legacy Award.{{cn|date=November 2023}}
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *{{IMDb name|0155395}} *{{Official website|http://www.tinachen.net}} {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181213170846/http://www.tinachen.net/ |date=December 13, 2018}}
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