It was her first day as an intern at LA’s Chinese American Museum, and a curator explained that she was looking at Anna May Wong: an internationally famous actress from the ’20s and ‘30s who ...

“They bring up rumours about Wong and Marlene Dietrich having an affair,” she says. “They ask ‘Did Anna May Wong have affairs with other women?’ As a woman, I’m a bit suspicious of ...

Anna May Wong was the first Chinese American actor to ever achieve Hollywood stardom, but that glittering fame came at a price. Stereotypes and tropes about Asian women gave her access to movie ...

To reflect on Anna May Wong's legacy, I spoke with sociologist Nancy Wang Yuen, who studies race and racism in Hollywood. And I started by asking her to tell us about the roles that Wong was given ...

Anna May Wong was born Wong Liu Tsong in 1905 in Los Angeles. She got her start in films at just 14 years old and went on to make more than 50 movies. The face of Anna May Wong will soon grace ...

In March, 1929, when the twenty-four-year-old Chinese American actress Anna May Wong made her London stage début on the city’s West End, in a play called “The Circle of Chalk,” critics took ...

Anna May Wong built a remarkable career, she became a legendary style icon. Ryan Lintelman Anna May Wong, portrait by Nickolas Muray, 1937, Carbo print, National Portrait Gallery, NPG.99.45 ...

By Lucia Ruan Anna May Wong — born Wong Liu Tsong in Los Angeles on Jan. 3, 1905 — is widely recognized as Hollywood’s first Asian American movie star. A year before she died in 1961 from a ...

Read an exclusive excerpt from “Not Your China Doll,” Katie Gee Salisbury’s debut book about the life of movie star, personality and fashion icon, Anna May Wong. On North Figueroa Street in ...

Born in 1905, Wong is known as Hollywood’s first Asian American movie star. Actress Anna May Wong will be the first Asian American to appear on U.S. currency, the U.S. Mint announced.

When Michelle Yeoh accepted the 2023 Golden Globe award for Best Actress in a motion picture musical or comedy, she could have easily been referencing the legendary Anna May Wong when she said ...