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Wong Liu Tsong (January 3, 1905 – February 3, 1961), known professionally as Anna May Wong, was an American actress, considered the first Chinese American film star in Hollywood, [1] as well as the first Chinese American actress to gain international recognition. [2] . Her varied career spanned silent film, sound film, television, stage, and radio.
Jun 16, 2024 · Anna May Wong (born January 3, 1905, Los Angeles, California, U.S.—died February 3, 1961, Santa Monica, California) was an American actress who overcame discrimination and racism to become one of the first Asian Americans to have a successful film career in Hollywood.
Anna May Wong. Actress: The Toll of the Sea. Anna May Wong, the first Chinese-American movie star, was born Wong Liu Tsong on January 3, 1905, in Los Angeles, California, to laundryman Wong Sam Sing and his wife, Lee Gon Toy.
Aug 30, 2023 · In March, 1929, when the twenty-four-year-old Chinese American actress Anna May Wong made her London stage début on the city’s West End, in a play called “The Circle of Chalk,” critics took issue...
Apr 30, 2024 · Anna May Wong rose to fame as an actress during the Golden Age of Hollywood. Living from 1905 to 1961, when the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 and its extensions were enforced,...
Oct 18, 2022 · LOS ANGELES — As a 14-year-old girl, the daughter of immigrants in this city’s Chinatown, Anna May Wong talked her way into her first role in a movie. Over the decades-long career that followed,...
Mar 21, 2024 · Anna May Wong made history as the first Chinese American movie star. Here’s why one author says she’s misunderstood | CNN. Hollywood’s first Asian American movie star has long been misunderstood....
Apr 8, 2020 · Anna May Wong, the first Asian American woman movie star, had a long and varied career spanning silent and sound film, stage, radio, and television, while resisting racism and...
May 1, 2020 · Anna May Wong, portrayed in Netflix's 'Hollywood,' made history. Know her story here.
May 1, 2024 · Wong built a remarkable career. She became a legendary style icon and paved the way for other Asian American actors to follow—all the while battling prejudice and stereotyping still so profound that it was not until 2023 that a woman of Asian ancestry would win an Academy Award for Best Actress.
