Anna May Wong Parents: Wong Sam Sing, Lee Gon Toy
Anna May Wong is known to be the first Chinese-American who has been a movie star and was born on 3 January 1905 in the city of Los Angeles, California. Anna’s father was a laundryman and his Wong Sam Sing and his mother’s name is Lee Gon Toy. In her time of acting, Anna was…
Anna May Wong is known to be the first Chinese-American who has been a movie star and was born on 3 January 1905 in the city of Los Angeles, California.
Anna’s father was a laundryman and his Wong Sam Sing and his mother’s name is Lee Gon Toy.
In her time of acting, Anna was struggling through a hard time since she was able to come out in a time of racism. There it was known by a lot of people that there was a taboo for the Caucasian actresses who were cast as ‘’Oriental’’ women who was to lead some parts opposite Caucasians who will lead men.
Anna faced a lot of discrimination when she was in the domestic industry and it helped her to go to Europe where she was trying to gain face in English and German films.
Anna was known to be born in the streets of Los Angeles flower street. Anna’s name means ‘Second-Daughter Yellow Butterfly’ and her parents named her an English name which is Anna May.
The neighborhood Anna was born in was dominated by the Irish and also Germans and it was a Block from Chinatown and that was where her father was having his shop.
Anna May Wong Parents: Wong Sam Sing, Lee Gon Toy
Wong Sam Sing is known to be the father of Anna and he was a laundryman in Chinatown. There is not quite enough information on him since the media has not had much information on him.
Lee Gon Toy is the name of Anna’s mother and there is not much information on her in the media. We will update you on everything when we find out more about her.
