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Anna May Wong seated in her mother's lap, c. 1905 This is a duplicate copy of the Certificate of Identity issued to actress Anna May Wong. Anna May Wong was born Wong Liu Tsong (黃柳霜, Liu Tsong literally meaning "willow frost") on January 3, 1905, on Flower Street in Los Angeles, one block north of Chinatown, in an integrated community of Chinese, Irish, German and Japanese residents.
Turns out, the Nelson-Atkins has exhibited the picture of Wong, taken by photographer Carl Van Vechten, a few times: Dec. 6, 1992 to January 10, 1993; March 8 to June 15, 2008; May 15 to October ...
Anna May Wong (1905–1961), born Wong Liu Tsong in Los Angeles, was the first Chinese-American movie star and one of the most prominent Asian-American figures in early Hollywood. Growing up in a culturally rich but segregated Chinatown, she was captivated by the emerging film industry, which was flourishing in her hometown.
That photo ultimately inspired Salisbury’s new book, “Not Your China Doll: The Wild and Shimmering Life of Anna May Wong,” which published on March 12. As Salisbury readily admits, she’s ...
"Anna May Wong paved the road for Asian actors in America. We have to look back at how hard paving that road was," Anna Wong, her niece, told Vanity Fair. "Her tenacity blows my mind. It makes me ...
Anna May Wong from Stars of the Photoplay (1930). Anna May Wong (January 3, 1905 – February 3, 1961) was an American actress of Chinese heritage, who grew up in a culturally diverse neighborhood adjacent to Chinatown, Los Angeles. [1]
Isaac Lin, 6, holds an Anna May Wong quarter he received in a scavenger hunt held during a celebration at the Chinese American Museum on Nov. 5 in Los Angeles. (Irfan Khan / Los Angeles Times)
The Gallery of Madame Liu-Tsong is an American television series which aired on the now defunct DuMont Television Network.It starred Chinese American silent film and talkie star Anna May Wong (birth name Wong Liu-tsong) who played a detective in a role written specifically for her.