Anna May Wong

Award won Role or nomination

1. 1905 age 0

   Born

2. 1924 age 19

   CreditThe Thief of Bagdad

3. 1932 age 27

   CreditShanghai Express

4. 1961 age 56

   Died

• AEArthur Edeson1 title
• LGLee Garmes1 title
• WMWilliam Cameron Menzies1 title
• JHJames Wong Howe1 title
• LCLeonard Carey1 title
• HDHans Dreier1 title
• EPEugene Pallette1 title
• RWRaoul Walsh1 title
• AZAdolph Zukor1 title
• TBTravis Banton1 title

• I was so tired of the parts I had to play. Why is it that the screen Chinese is nearly always the villain of the piece, and so cruel a villain--murderous, treacherous, a snake in the grass. We are not like that. How should we be, with a civilization that’s so many times older than that of the West. We have our own virtues. We have our rigid code of behavior, of honor. Why do they never show these on the screen? Why should we always scheme, rob, kill?

  Anna May Wong, CC BY-SA 4.0

• I am convinced that I could never play in the Chinese theater. I have no feeling for it. It’s a pretty sad situation to be rejected by the Chinese because I’m too American.

  Anna May Wong, CC BY-SA 4.0

Nationalities

United States

Cause of death

myocardial infarction

Height

165.1 cm

Languages

English

Years active

1919–

Education

Los Angeles High School