8.0
8.0
Song
1928
as Song
Anna May Wong
Acting
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CommunityBiographyvia wikipedia
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, as well as the first Chinese American actress to gain international recognition. Her varied career spanned vaudeville, silent film, sound film, television, stage, and radio. Born in Los Angeles to second-generation Taishanese Chinese American parents, Wong became engrossed in films and decided at the age of 11 that she would become an actress. Her first role was as an extra in the movie The Red Lantern (1919). During the silent film era, she acted in The Toll of the Sea (1922), one of the first films made in color, and in Douglas Fairbanks' The Thief of Bagdad (1924). Wong became a fashion icon and had achieved international stardom in 1924. Wong had been one of the first to embrace the flapper look. In 1934, the Mayfair Mannequin Society of New York voted her the "world's best dressed woman." In the 1920s and 1930s, Wong was acclaimed as one of the top fashion icons. Frustrated by the stereotypical supporting roles she reluctantly played in Hollywood, Wong left for Europe in March 1928, 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, and went on to appear in Daughter of the Dragon (1931), with Marlene Dietrich in Josef von Sternberg's Shanghai Express (1932), Java Head (1934), and Daughter of Shanghai (1937). In 1935, Wong was dealt the most severe disappointment of her career, when Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer refused to consider her for the leading role of the Chinese character O-Lan in the film version of Pearl S. Buck's novel The Good Earth. MGM instead cast Luise Rainer to play the leading role in "yellowface".
Filmography (69 movies)
7.3
7.3
The Thief of Bagdad
1924
as The Mongol Slave
6.9
6.9
Shanghai Express
1932
as Hui Fei
6.9
6.9
Peter Pan
1924
as Tiger Lily
6.8
6.8
Across to Singapore
1928
as Singapore Saloon Girl (uncredited)
6.7
6.7
The Savage Innocents
1960
as Hiku
6.4
6.4
Piccadilly
1929
as Shosho
6.3
6.3
Hollywood Party
1937
as Herself
6.3
6.3
Tiger Bay
1934
as Lui Chang
6.2
6.2
The Red Lantern
1919
as Eurasian woman (uncredited)
6.2
6.2
The Toll of the Sea
1923
as Lotus Flower
6.2
6.2
Drifting
1923
as Rose Li
6.1
6.1
Dangerous to Know
1938
as Madame Lan Ying
6.0
6.0
The Honorable Mr. Buggs
1927
as Baroness Stoloff
6.0
6.0
Java Head
1934
as Princess Taou Yuen
6.0
6.0
Pavement Butterfly
1929
as Hai-Tang
5.9
5.9
Impact
1949
as Su Lin
5.9
5.9
Outside the Law
1921
as Chinese Girl (uncredited)
5.8
5.8
King of Chinatown
1939
as Dr. Mary Ling
5.7
5.7
Mr. Wu
1927
as Loo Song
5.7
5.7
Yellowface: Asian Whitewashing and Racism in Hollywood
2019
as (archive footage)
5.7
5.7
Island of Lost Men
1939
as Kim Ling
5.6
5.6
Lady from Chungking
1942
as Kwan Mei
5.5
5.5
Portrait in Black
1960
as Tawny
5.5
5.5
A Study in Scarlet
1933
as Mrs. Pyke
5.5
5.5
Golden Gate Girls
2013
as Self (archive footage)
5.5
5.5
A Tale of Two Worlds
1921
5.5
5.5
The Flame of Love
1930
as Hai Tang
5.4
5.4
Why Girls Love Sailors
1927
as Delamar (scenes deleted)
5.3
5.3
Old San Francisco
1927
as A Flower of the Orient
5.3
5.3
Ellery Queen's Penthouse Mystery
1941
as Lois Ling
5.2
5.2
Dinty
1920
as Half Moon
5.1
5.1
Daughter of Shanghai
1937
as Lan Ying Lin
5.1
5.1
Elstree Calling
1930
as Herself / Katherina in Taming of the Shrew
5.1
5.1
Daughter of the Dragon
1931
as Ling Moy
5.0
5.0
When Were You Born
1938
as Mei Lei Ming
5.0
5.0
The Devil Dancer
1927
as Sada
5.0
5.0
Bombs Over Burma
1942
as Lin Ying
4.3
4.3
Chu Chin Chow
1934
as Zahrat
3.7
3.7
Limehouse Blues
1934
as Tu Tuan
3.0
3.0
Hollywood on Parade
1932
as Self
Lilies of the Field
1924
Dragon by the Tail
1961
as A-Hsing
Thundering Dawn
1923
as Honky-Tonk Girl
The Alaskan
1924
as Keok
The Chinese Parrot
1927
as Nautch Dancer
Anna May Wong visits Shanghai, China
1936
as self
Just Joe
1960
as Peach Blossom
Hollywood on Parade No. A-3
1932
as Self
Flame of Love
1930
The Crimson City
1928
as Su
The Desert's Toll
1926
as Oneta
Fifth Avenue
1926
as Nan Lo
Shame
1921
as Lotus Blossom
Bits of Life
1921
as Toy Sing, Chin Chow's Wife
Mary of the Movies
1923
as Anna May Wong (uncredited)
The Fortieth Door
1924
as Zira
Forty Winks
1925
as Annabelle Wu
A Trip to Chinatown
1926
as Ohati
The Silk Bouquet
1926
as Dragon Horse
Driven from Home
1927
His Supreme Moment
1925
as Harem Girl in Play (uncredited)
Streets of Shanghai
1927
as Su Quan
Souvenirs
1928
as The Captain's Chinese Love
Chinatown Charlie
1928
as Mandarin's Sweetheart
The White Mouse
1921
Anna May Wong - Frosted Yellow Willows: Her Life, Times and Legend
2007
as Herself (archive footage)
The Road to Dishonour
1930
as Hai-Tang
The First Born
1921
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