Anna May Wong

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film actress human pioneer of Asian American cinema silent film actor stage actress television actress

Anna May Wong was a pioneering Chinese American actress and international film star of the early 20th century, widely regarded as the first Asian American Hollywood movie star.

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Anna May Wong as Lan Ying Lin 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf film actress ⓘ
human ⓘ
pioneer of Asian American cinema ⓘ
silent film actor ⓘ
stage actress ⓘ
television actress ⓘ
activeYearsEnd 1960 ⓘ
activeYearsStart 1919 ⓘ
birthName Wong Liu Tsong ⓘ
burialPlace Angelus-Rosedale Cemetery, Los Angeles ⓘ
causeOfDeath heart attack ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1905-01-03 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1961-02-03 ⓘ
ethnicity Chinese American ⓘ
familyName Wong ⓘ
fullName Anna May Wong self-link ⓘ
gender female ⓘ
givenName Anna ⓘ
heritage Cantonese ⓘ
surface form: Taishanese Chinese
honoredBy Google ⓘ
surface form: Google Doodle
industry Hollywood film industry ⓘ
influenced Asian American actors in Hollywood ⓘ
knownFor being the first Chinese American Hollywood movie star ⓘ
challenging stereotypical roles for Asian actors in Hollywood ⓘ
languageSpoken Cantonese ⓘ
English ⓘ
notableWork Daughter of Shanghai ⓘ
Daughter of the Dragon ⓘ
Piccadilly ⓘ
Shanghai Express ⓘ
The Gallery of Madame Liu-Tsong ⓘ
The Thief of Bagdad ⓘ
The Toll of the Sea ⓘ
occupation actor ⓘ
film producer ⓘ
parent Lee Gon Toy ⓘ
Wong Sam Sing ⓘ
placeOfBirth Los Angeles ⓘ
surface form: Los Angeles, California, United States
placeOfDeath Santa Monica, California, United States ⓘ
religion Christianity ⓘ
residence Berlin ⓘ
surface form: Berlin, Germany

London, England ⓘ
surface form: London, United Kingdom

Los Angeles ⓘ
surface form: Los Angeles, California, United States
siblingCount 6 ⓘ
starredIn Daughter of Shanghai ⓘ
Daughter of the Dragon ⓘ
Piccadilly ⓘ
Shanghai Express ⓘ
The Gallery of Madame Liu-Tsong ⓘ
The Thief of Bagdad ⓘ
The Toll of the Sea ⓘ
visitedCountry China ⓘ

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Wong Liu Tsong → alsoKnownAs → Anna May Wong ⓘ
Anna May Wong → fullName → Anna May Wong self-link ⓘ
Daughter of Shanghai → hasLeadHeroine → Anna May Wong ⓘ
this entity surface form: Anna May Wong as Lan Ying Lin
Chinese American cinema → notableActor → Anna May Wong ⓘ
Daughter of Shanghai → starring → Anna May Wong ⓘ
Daughter of the Dragon → starring → Anna May Wong ⓘ
Shanghai Express → starring → Anna May Wong ⓘ
The Thief of Bagdad → starring → Anna May Wong ⓘ
subject surface form: The Thief of Bagdad (1924 film)