Petchara Chaowarat

Acting

Petchara Chaowarat

Born

1943-01-19 (83)

Place of birth

Thailand

Known for

Acting

Credits

35 titles

Petchara Chaowarat (Thai: เพชรา เชาวราษฎร์, born January 19, 1943, in Rayong Province, Thailand) is a Thai film actress who starred in around 300 films from 1961 to 1979. An icon of the "Golden Age" of Thai cinema, she was known for her round, pool-like eyes and elaborate hairstyles. Her first film and starring role was in Love Diary of Pimchawee, in 1961. She co-starred with popular leading man, Mitr Chaibancha, and they proved to be popular pair, starring together in more than 150 films. One of their most popular films was 1970's Magical Love of the Countryside, a musical rhapsodizing Thai rural life. In 1964, Petchara was named best actress by the Thailand National Film Awards committee …

Known for

Koet Pen Hong poster
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No synopsis available yet.

Koet Pen Hong

1966

No artwork available
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Kangwan, a young and rich bachelor studying magic and Karaket, who's there to put flowers on her mother's grave, meet each other in a Buddhist temple at night time. Karaket's stepmother, who had already poisoned Karaket's real mom twenty years earlier, has similar designs on her and ends up killing her with a snake. Ghosts show up to right wrongs.

The Satan Lover

1969

Turbine of Life poster
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Rit (Mit), a wealthy young man, and Lin (Miss Margaret Lin), a peasant girl, are a couple from vastly different social classes. They overcome various obstacles together to build a married life. But life is like a spinning windmill; Lin becomes pregnant and suffers an accident that causes amnesia. Meanwhile, Rit has to travel abroad, giving his mother, who despises poor daughters-in-law, an opportunity to get rid of Lin in order to make Duangporn (Petchara) her daughter-in-law, as she had always hoped. But will the power of love, gratitude, and goodness have an impact on the turbines of their lives?

Turbine of Life

1974

Flyer & Magic Sword poster
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Flyer & Magic Sword is a Hong Kong Martial Arts movie starring Stanley Fung.

Flyer & Magic Sword

1971

Ghost Love poster
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Three traveling students are forced to stay in a old temple and are told by the groundskeeper not to open the doors or windows after dark. One of them doesn't listen, meets a beautiful woman and the next day is found dead with two small puncture wounds on his arm. The following evening, a second student is killed, leaving only Marut. Will he be the next victim?

Ghost Love

1964

Money Money Money poster
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A musical comedy, drama about the nephew of a selfish venture financing tycoon who leaves his uncle to start a nightclub business.

Money Money Money

1965

Film credits

1970s · 15 titles

Turbine of Life poster
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Rit (Mit), a wealthy young man, and Lin (Miss Margaret Lin), a peasant girl, are a couple from vastly different social classes. They overcome various obstacles together to build a married life. But life is like a spinning windmill; Lin becomes pregnant and suffers an accident that causes amnesia. Meanwhile, Rit has to travel abroad, giving his mother, who despises poor daughters-in-law, an opportunity to get rid of Lin in order to make Duangporn (Petchara) her daughter-in-law, as she had always hoped. But will the power of love, gratitude, and goodness have an impact on the turbines of their lives?

Turbine of Life

1974

Flyer & Magic Sword poster
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Flyer & Magic Sword is a Hong Kong Martial Arts movie starring Stanley Fung.

Flyer & Magic Sword

1971

ฝนเหนือ poster
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Two wandering delinquents caught between a big shot bandit's sinister plan and his target, the district chief. There comes bombastic actions mixing with their romance with both daughter of the district chief.

ฝนเหนือ

1970

The Devilish Killer poster
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The Devilish Killer is the most dangerous fighter that ever lived...After defeating all of China’s martial art factions in a grand battle, he decides that his victory cannot be complete unless he possesses the two Thunderbolt Swords. The leader of the Thunderbolt Sword clan sends his two sons into hiding knowing that sooner or later the Devilish Killer will come for them and destroy his clan. After the two sons leave, taking the Thunderbolt Sword with them, fate leads them to meet a young swordswoman who owns the other Thunderbolt Sword and together they unite their swords and train for the ultimate showdown with the Devilish Killer.

The Devilish Killer

1971

Mr. Tui poster
1.0

A story of Tui, the son of the chief and Priaw, the millionaire of the district. One day, villagers were preparing to welcome Priaw back to the village while some criminals were planning to get in. Tui had to do something to protect Priaw.

Mr. Tui

1971

Steel Wool Glass poster
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Thai horror film.

Steel Wool Glass

1971

No artwork available
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Thai movie 'Luk Yot' (ลูกยอด) was released in year 1971 and features Thai film superstars Krung Srivilai and Petchara Chaowara. It was Krung Srivilai's first movie. Krung was 4 years younger than Petchara so from being the younger sister (น้อง) with Mitr, Petchara becomes the older sister (พี่)! After Mitr Chaibancha’s tragic death in year 1970, the Thai cinema needed new faces, new main actors to replace the void caused by Mitr’s premature death. Only a two minutes trailer is remaining as the movie is lost in Thailand. A full movie summary is still available as some old Thai movie stars magazines can still be found nowadays. Various sequences can be seen during those two late minutes : Sithao Petcharoen paddling a small boat on a river and watching young ladies, shootings. Other actors / actresses include Pisarn Akraseranee, Choomporn Theppitak, Boo Wibunnan, Wassana Chalakorn, Sopha Sataporn, Preuhat Boonlong,Sukon Koewliam. 7 songs are featured in 35mm format.

Luk Yot

1971

Insee Thong poster
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The heroic Red Eagle must deal with an evil imposter who is the head of a deadly criminal gang known as the Red Bamboo. Meanwhile, an undercover cop must infiltrate the gang and stop them from killing government officials around the world through strange glowing artifacts.

Insee Thong

1970

Golden Sabai Goddess poster
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Thai horror film.

Golden Sabai Goddess

1970

The God of Death poster
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Thai horror film.

The God of Death

1971

Don Khamod poster
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Thai horror film.

Don Khamod

1973

No artwork available
8.0

A woman seeks revenge against a group of gangsters who have taken ownership of her father's company, and hires a man to carry out the task.

Magnum Killers

1976

Mae Sri Prai poster
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The story of a young woman named Konthong who was kidnapped by a young man named Inthon on her wedding night and taken to be detained in a Karen village.

Mae Sri Prai

1971

Mon Rak Luk Thung poster
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Set in the year 1970, the story of a love that was prevented because of the difference in status between Klao, a young poor farmer, and Thongkwao, the beautiful daughter of Thongkon, a wealthy man in the village.

Mon Rak Luk Thung

1970

กำแพงเงินตรา poster
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No synopsis available yet.

กำแพงเงินตรา

1970

1960s · 18 titles

Koet Pen Hong poster
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No synopsis available yet.

Koet Pen Hong

1966

No artwork available
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Kangwan, a young and rich bachelor studying magic and Karaket, who's there to put flowers on her mother's grave, meet each other in a Buddhist temple at night time. Karaket's stepmother, who had already poisoned Karaket's real mom twenty years earlier, has similar designs on her and ends up killing her with a snake. Ghosts show up to right wrongs.

The Satan Lover

1969

Ghost Love poster
NR

Three traveling students are forced to stay in a old temple and are told by the groundskeeper not to open the doors or windows after dark. One of them doesn't listen, meets a beautiful woman and the next day is found dead with two small puncture wounds on his arm. The following evening, a second student is killed, leaving only Marut. Will he be the next victim?

Ghost Love

1964

Money Money Money poster
NR

A musical comedy, drama about the nephew of a selfish venture financing tycoon who leaves his uncle to start a nightclub business.

Money Money Money

1965

Pralaw poster
NR

A film based on the narrative poem Lilit Phra Lo.

Pralaw

1968

Golden Eel poster
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Thai horror film.

Golden Eel

1969

Glass Kalong poster
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Thai horror film.

Glass Kalong

1967

No artwork available
3.0

Jungle adventure / horror.

Phantom Snake

1966

Phra Rot-Meri poster
NR

Thai horror film.

Phra Rot-Meri

1965

Love Mansion poster
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Thai horror film.

Love Mansion

1969

อวสานอินทรีแดง poster
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No synopsis available yet.

อวสานอินทรีแดง

1963

No artwork available
2.0

Seven convicts are on the loose after their prison bus crashes.

Magnificent 7

1967

The Love Diary of Pimchawee poster
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Petchara Chaowarat plays a Country girl, Pimchawee, who is caught in a love triangle while her grandmother threatens to disclose her private love letters in the pursuit of recovering some money. Shot entirely in 16mm, this is Petchara Chaowarat's first film, and she went on to become one of the most iconic Thai actresses in history and continued to co-star in countless films with Mitr Chaibancha.

The Love Diary of Pimchawee

1962

Saming Ban Rai poster
10.0

Mokasak, the godfather of the Baan Rai district, who had only enemy named Saming Baan Rai. Saming Baan Rai had a lot of land and be the great fighter. They felt antipathy to each others. By the way, Saming Baan Rai was falling in love with Mokasak's daughter. After Saming Baan Rai got new freinds to help him, they had to judge the tautness between them to clarify how they lived together in the district.

Saming Ban Rai

1964

น้อยไจยา poster
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Adapted from an important Lanna literature, the story is about the obstacles in love between Jaiya, a handsome but poor young man, and Waen Kaew, a young woman whose parents want to marry Sang Nanta, who is wealthy. At the same time, Waen Kaew and Jaiya's parents were once lovers, but were misunderstood and became resentful.

น้อยไจยา

1966

Prai Phitsawat poster
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Thai horror film.

Prai Phitsawat

1968

The Love poster
NR

A young lady called Wannee takes her own life in Passakorn's home and he gets accused of her murder. Adirek, the lawyer, explains the whole, tragic story of Wannee to the police inspector.

The Love

1968

Ghost of Nang Fa Thani poster
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Just your standard tale of an angel cursed by God to live on Earth as a banana tree who then returns as a ghost to haunt and kill those who cut down said banana tree. She also falls in love with a moral man. Unfortunately, he prefers the romantic company of a human woman over that of a banana tree ghost so she threatens to destroy an entire village. I mean, the nerve of some people!

Ghost of Nang Fa Thani

1967