Anna May Wong

Anna May Wong (born Wong Liu-tsong; January 3, 1905 – February 3, 1961) was an American movie actress. She was the leading Chinese American Hollywood movie star of the pre-WWII era.Chan, Anthony B. 2003. Perpetually cool: the many lives of Anna May Wong (1905–1961). Lanham, MD: The Scarecrow Press. ISBN 0-8108-4789-2, p. xi. 
Life
She was the first Chinese American actress to get international recognition.Gan, Geraldine 1995. Anna May Wong. Lives of notable Asian Americans: arts, entertainment, sports. New York: Chelsea House. pp. 83–91. ISBN 978-0-7910-2188-0, p. 83. She worked on silent film, sound film, television, theatre, and radio.Wong, Elizabeth 2005. China doll, the imagined life of an American actress. Woodstock, IL: Dramatic Publishing. ISBN 1-58342-315-X


Wong played the title character of Fu Manchu's vengeful daughter in Daughter of the Dragon (1931). Wollstein, Hans J 1999. Anna May Wong. Vixens, floozies, and molls: 28 Actresses of late 1920s and 1930s Hollywood. Jefferson, NC: McFarland. ISBN 0-7864-0565-1 p253.  Though she was given the starring role, this status was not reflected in her paycheck: she was paid $6,000, while the male lead Hayakawa got $10,000. Warner Oland, who was only in the film for 23 minutes, was paid $12,000.Corliss, Richard (January 29, 2005). "Anna May Wong Did It Right". Time. Retrieved August 11, 2010. p. 4.

Wong began using her newfound celebrity to make political statements: late in 1931, for example, she wrote a harsh criticism of the Mukden Incident and Japan's invasion of Manchuria.Hodges, Graham Russell Gao (2012) [2004]. Anna May Wong : from laundryman's daughter to Hollywood legend. Hong Kong University Press. ISBN 978-9882208902, p. 118.

The Anna May Wong Award of Excellence is given yearly at the Asian-American Arts Awards;Chan 2003, p276. the annual award given out by the Asian Fashion Designers group was also named after Wong in 1973. Hodges 2004, p232.

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