Anna May Wong - Frosted Yellow Willows: Her Life, Times and Legend

Anna May Wong, born in Los Angeles on 3rd January 1905, was an American actress, the first Chinese-American movie star, and the first Asian-American to become an international star.

The parents of Wong Liu Tsong, meaning “frosted yellow willows”, later known as Anna May Wong, were second-generation Chinese-Americans.

At the age of 9, Anna May Wong begged filmmakers for parts, earning herself the nickname “C.C.C.” or “Curious Chinese Child”.

At the age of 17, Anna May Wong played her first leading role as Lotus Flower in “The Toll of the Sea”. The story, based loosely on Madama Butterfly, written by Frances Marion.

At the age of 19, Anna May Wong was cast in a supporting role as a Mongol slave in “The Thief of Bagdad” that grossed more than $2 million.

In 1928, Anna May Wong left Hollywood for Europe. A year later, Anna May Wong made her last silent film, Piccadilly, and caused a sensation in the UK.

Anna May Wong return to Hollywood in 1930. That year Nov, Anna May Wong’s mother was hit and killed by an automobile.

In 1934, the Mayfair Mannequin Society of New York voted her “The World’s best-dressed woman”.

In 1938, Look Magazine named her “The World’s most beautiful Chinese girl.”

In 1949, Wong’s father died in Los Angeles at the age of 91.

Anna May Wong was scheduled to play the role of Auntie Liang in the film production of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Flower Drum Song but on 2nd Feb 1961, she died due to a heart attack in Santa Monica, California.

Anna May Wong was 56 when she died and was never married.

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