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Anna May Wong (January 3, 1905-February 3, 1961) was a Chinese American actress, the first actor of Chinese ancestry to achieve prominence in Hollywood. Born Wong Liu Tsong in Los Angeles, California, she began playing bit parts as a child. Her ethnicity prevented her from getting choice parts, especially romantic ones, and often relegated her to stereotypical roles. Despite this, she had a number of significant film roles and toured extensively on the stage, including opposite Vincent Price in Princess Turandot , a stage version of Giacomo Puccini's opera.

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Anna May Wong Facts

Birth NameWong Liu Tsong
OccupationActress
BirthdayJanuary 3, 1905
SignCapricorn
BirthplaceLos Angeles, California, USA
Date of deathFebruary 2, 1961 (age 56)
Height5' 4½" (1m64)

Selected Filmography

Piccadilly
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes
The Thief of Bagdad
Impact
Lady From Chunking
Bombs Over Burma
Chu Chin Chow
Peter Pan
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