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Bryan Lynn adapted the reports for VOA Learning English. The Associated Press and Reuters reported this story. One of Wong's movies, Shanghai Express, will be shown. Mint on November 4 at Paramount Studios in Los Angeles. Wong’s niece and others will take part in an event with the U.S. be curious and want to learn something about her.” “If they don’t know anything about her, they will. “What it means is that people all across the nation - and my guess is around the world - will see her face and see her name,” Dong said. He said the quarter feels like a confirmation of the contributions made to America not only by Wong, but other Asian Americans as well. The choice of Wong has excited many Asian Americans inside and outside of Hollywood.Īrthur Dong wrote the book Hollywood Chinese. “I actually pulled out a quarter to look at the size to try and imagine how the images would transfer over to real life,” Wong said. She noted that many excellent artists came up with different versions of the coin during the creative process. Ride became the first American woman to fly in space.Īnna May Wong’s niece, who shares the name Anna Wong, told The Associated Press she was surprised, but pleased, when she learned how her aunt was being honored.Ĭhinese American actor Anna May Wong appears at a luncheon at the Brown Derby restaurant in Los Angeles on Oct. Others chosen for the American Women Quarter Program include writer and civil rights champion Maya Angelou and astronaut Sally Ride. She called Wong a “ courageous” supporter of “increased representation and more multidimensional roles for Asian American actors.” Wong also moved to London and New York to perform in theater. She was repeatedly passed up for leading roles, forcing her to go to Europe to act in films. Wong became the first Asian American lead actor in an American television show for her role in The Gallery of Madame Liu-Tsong in 1951.Įven with her success, Wong faced anti-Asian discrimination and racism in Hollywood where she was typecast and underpaid. She went on to appear in more than 60 films, including one of the first movies Hollywood released in color. An undated proof image shows the likeness of Asian American actress Anna May Wong, to be cast on the fifth 25-cent coin in the American Women Quarters (AWQ) Program by the U.S.
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