Anna May Wong

Biography

Anna May Wong was a pioneering Chinese-American actress whose long career spanned both silent and sound films, television, stage, and radio. Born in Los Angeles to second-generation Chinese-American parents, she became infatuated with movies at an early age and quit education to pursue acting. She achieved international stardom with roles in The Thief of Bagdad and Shanghai Express, and later advocated for Chinese-American causes before her death from a heart attack in 1961.