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Anna May Wong
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Anna May Wong (January 3, 1905 – February 3, 1961) was an American actress, the first Chinese American movie star, and the first Asian American to become an international star. Her long and varied career spanned both silent and sound film, television, stage, and radio. Born near the Chinatown neighborhood of Los Angeles to second-generation Chinese-American parents, Wong became infatuated with the movies and began acting in films at an early age. During the silent film era, she acted in The Toll of the Sea (1922), one of the first movies made in color and Douglas Fairbanks' The Thief of Bagdad (1924). Wong became a fashion icon, and by 1924 had achieved international stardom. Frustrated by the stereotypical supporting roles she reluctantly played in Hollywood, she left for Europe in the late 1920s, where she starred in several notable plays and films, among them Piccadilly (1929). She spent the first half of the 1930s traveling between the United States and Europe for film and stage work. Wong was featured in films of the early sound era, such as Daughter of the Dragon (1931) and Daughter of Shanghai (1937), and with Marlene Dietrich in Josef von Sternberg's Shanghai Express (1932). In 1935 Wong was dealt the most severe disappointment of her career, when Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer refused to consider her for the leading role in its film version of Pearl S. Buck's The Good Earth, choosing instead the German actress Luise Rainer to play the leading role. Wong spent the next year touring China, visiting her family's ancestral village and studying Chinese culture. In the late 1930s, she starred in several B movies for Paramount Pictures, portraying Chinese-Americans in a positive light. She paid less attention to her film career during World War II, when she devoted her time and money to helping the Chinese cause against Japan. Wong returned to the public eye in the 1950s in several television appearances as well as her own series in 1951, The Gallery of Madame Liu-Tsong, the first U.S. television show starring an Asian-American. She had been planning to return to film in Flower Drum Song when she died in 1961, at the age of 56. For decades after her death, Wong was remembered principally for the stereotypical "Dragon Lady" and demure "Butterfly" roles that she was often given. Her life and career were re-evaluated in the years around the centennial of her birth, in three major literary works and film retrospectives. Interest in her life story continues and another biography, Shining Star: The Anna May Wong Story, was published in 2009. Description above from the Wikipedia article Anna May Wong, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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- 2020 · Asian Americans as Self (archive footage)
- 2019 · Yellowface: Asian Whitewashing and Racism in Hollywood as (archive footage)
- 2013 · Golden Gate Girls as Self (archive footage)
- 2007 · Anna May Wong - Frosted Yellow Willows: Her Life, Times and Legend as Herself (archive footage)
- 1960 · The Barbara Stanwyck Show as A-Hsing
- 1960 · Danger Man as
- 1960 · Portrait in Black as Tawny
- 1960 · Just Joe as Peach Blossom
- 1960 · The Savage Innocents as Hiku
- 1959 · Adventures in Paradise as Lu Yang
- 1955 · The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp as
- 1954 · Climax! as Clerk
- 1954 · Climax! as Mayli
- 1951 · The Gallery of Madame Liu-Tsong as
- 1949 · Impact as Su Lin
- 1942 · Lady from Chungking as Kwan Mei
- 1942 · Bombs Over Burma as Lin Ying
- 1941 · Ellery Queen's Penthouse Mystery as Lois Ling
- 1939 · Island of Lost Men as Kim Ling
- 1939 · King of Chinatown as Dr. Mary Ling
- 1938 · When Were You Born as Mei Lei Ming
- 1938 · Dangerous to Know as Madame Lan Ying
- 1937 · Daughter of Shanghai as Lan Ying Lin
- 1937 · Hollywood Party as Herself
- 1934 · Limehouse Blues as Tu Tuan
- 1934 · Tiger Bay as Lui Chang
- 1934 · Java Head as Princess Taou Yuen
- 1934 · Chu Chin Chow as Zahrat
- 1933 · A Study in Scarlet as Mrs. Pyke
- 1932 · Hollywood on Parade No. A-3 as Self
- 1932 · Hollywood on Parade as Self
- 1932 · Shanghai Express as Hui Fei
- 1931 · Daughter of the Dragon as Ling Moy
- 1930 · Flame of Love as
- 1930 · The Flame of Love as Hai Tang
- 1930 · The Road to Dishonour as Hai-Tang
- 1930 · Elstree Calling as Herself / Katherina in Taming of the Shrew
- 1929 · Pavement Butterfly as Hai-Tang
- 1929 · Piccadilly as Shosho
- 1928 · Song as Song
- 1928 · Chinatown Charlie as Mandarin's Sweetheart
- 1928 · Across to Singapore as Singapore Saloon Girl (uncredited)
- 1928 · The Crimson City as Su
- 1928 · Souvenirs as The Captain's Chinese Love
- 1927 · Streets of Shanghai as Su Quan
- 1927 · The Devil Dancer as Sada
- 1927 · The Chinese Parrot as Nautch Dancer
- 1927 · Old San Francisco as A Flower of the Orient
- 1927 · Why Girls Love Sailors as Delamar (scenes deleted)
- 1927 · The Honorable Mr. Buggs as Baroness Stoloff
- 1927 · Mr. Wu as Loo Song
- 1927 · Driven from Home as
- 1926 · The Desert's Toll as Oneta
- 1926 · The Silk Bouquet as Dragon Horse
- 1926 · A Trip to Chinatown as Ohati
- 1926 · Fifth Avenue as Nan Lo
- 1925 · His Supreme Moment as Harem Girl in Play (uncredited)
- 1925 · Forty Winks as Annabelle Wu
- 1924 · Peter Pan as Tiger Lily
- 1924 · The Alaskan as Keok
- 1924 · The Fortieth Door as Zira
- 1924 · The Thief of Bagdad as The Mongol Slave
- 1924 · Lilies of the Field as
- 1923 · Thundering Dawn as Honky-Tonk Girl
- 1923 · Drifting as Rose Li
- 1923 · Mary of the Movies as Anna May Wong (uncredited)
- 1923 · The Toll of the Sea as Lotus Flower
- 1921 · The White Mouse as
- 1921 · Bits of Life as Toy Sing, Chin Chow's Wife
- 1921 · Shame as Lotus Blossom
- 1921 · A Tale of Two Worlds as
- 1921 · The First Born as
- 1921 · Outside the Law as Chinese Girl (uncredited)
- 1920 · Dinty as Half Moon
- 1919 · The Red Lantern as Eurasian woman (uncredited)