Anna May Wong

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Female

Birthday

1905-01-03 (56 years old)

Deathday

1961-02-02

Place of Birth

Los Angeles, California, USA

Anna May Wong

Biography

Wong Liu Tsong (January 3, 1905 – February 3, 1961), known professionally as Anna May Wong, was an American actress whose long career spanned both silent and sound films, television, stage, and radio. Apart from being recognized as the the first Chinese-American movie star, as well as the first Asian-American to become an international star, she was also seen as an acclaimed fashion icon due to her being the one of the early stars to embrace the flapper look. Born near the Chinatown neighborhood of Los Angeles to second-generation Chinese-American parents, Wong became infatuated with the movies at an early age and quit education to focus on ...

Acting

1932

2013

Golden Gate Girls

as Self (archive footage)

1949

Impact

as Su Lin

1924

The Thief of Bagdad

as The Mongol Slave

1933

A Study in Scarlet

as Mrs. Pyke

1927

Why Girls Love Sailors

as Delamar (scenes deleted)

1960

1929

Piccadilly

as Shosho

1942

Bombs Over Burma

as Lin Ying

1930

Elstree Calling

as Herself / Katherina in Taming of the Shrew

1923

The Toll of the Sea

as Lotus Flower

1942

1937

Daughter of Shanghai

as Lan Ying Lin

1931

1927

Mr. Wu

as Loo Song

1924

Peter Pan

as Tiger Lily

1928

Across to Singapore

as Singapore Saloon Girl (uncredited)

1934

Tiger Bay

as Lui Chang

1928

Song

as Song

1934

Chu Chin Chow

as Zahrat

1934

Limehouse Blues

as Tu Tuan

1927

1939

1934

Java Head

as Princess Taou Yuen

1938

When Were You Born

as Mei Lei Ming

1937

Hollywood Party

as Herself

1938

Dangerous to Know

as Madame Lan Ying

1939

King of Chinatown

as Dr. Mary Ling

1919

The Red Lantern

as Eurasian woman (uncredited)

1927

Old San Francisco

as A Flower of the Orient

1921

Outside the Law

as Chinese Girl (uncredited)

1924

1927

The Chinese Parrot

as Nautch Dancer

1930

1930

1960

Just Joe

as Peach Blossom

1925

His Supreme Moment

as Harem Girl in Play (uncredited)

1920

Dinty

as Half Moon

1929

1923

Drifting

as Rose Li

1926

1926

Fifth Avenue

as Nan Lo

1923

Mary of the Movies

as Anna May Wong (uncredited)

1921

Shame

as Lotus Blossom

1921

Bits of Life

as Toy Sing, Chin Chow's Wife

1925

Forty Winks

as Annabelle Wu

1928

Chinatown Charlie

as Mandarin's Sweetheart

1927

1927

The Honorable Mr. Buggs

as Baroness Stoloff

1926

The Silk Bouquet

as Dragon Horse

1928

Souvenirs

as The Captain's Chinese Love

1923

Thundering Dawn

as Honky-Tonk Girl

1961

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