What movie was Anna May Wong?
Wong Liu Tsong, also known as Anna May Wong, was an American actress who is regarded as the first Chinese-American movie star in Hollywood and the first Chinese-American actress to achieve international acclaim. Anna May was born on January 3, 1905, and died on February 3, 1961. Her varied career spanned silent film, sound film,…
Wong Liu Tsong, also known as Anna May Wong, was an American actress who is regarded as the first Chinese-American movie star in Hollywood and the first Chinese-American actress to achieve international acclaim. Anna May was born on January 3, 1905, and died on February 3, 1961. Her varied career spanned silent film, sound film, television, stage, and radio. She is also the first Asian American to appear on US currency as one of the first women depicted on the reverse of the quarter in the 2022-2025 American Women quarters series.
Wong suffered the most serious setback of her career in 1935, when Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer refused to consider her for the lead role of the Chinese character O-Lan in the film adaptation of Pearl S. Buck’s The Good Earth. Instead, MGM cast Luise Rainer in the lead role in Yellowface. According to one biographer, the decision was made due to Hays Code anti-miscegenation rules, which required the wife of a white actor, Paul Muni (ironically playing a Chinese character in yellowface), to be played by a white actress.
What movie was Anna May Wong?
The Shanghai Express (1932), The Dragon’s Daughter (1931), The Price of the Sea (1922), Express (1932), The Dragon’s Daughter (1931), Shanghai’s daughter (1937), The Bagdad Thief (1924)
The films in which Anna May Wong appeared are listed above.
