Anna May Wong was the first Chinese American film star in Hollywood and made appearances in over sixty films throughout the course of her career. Wong was cast in one of the earliest Technicolor movies in addition to her performances in silent films, television, and the theatre.
She is widely respected, and her legacy still has an impact on performers all over the world. On January 3, 1905, Anna May Wong was born in the Chinatown neighborhood of Los Angeles, California.
Her birth name is Wong Liu Tsong, which means “Frosted Yellow Willows,”.She was the second of eight children. Her relatives gave her the name Anna May in English.
Her grandpa immigrated to America in the 1850s, but her family was originally from Taishan, China. In California, close to where gold had been found in 1848, he built a store.
Sam Sing, Wong’s father, was born there in 1858.
Wong spent her early life working at the family’s laundromat and taking Chinese language studies after school. In the 1910s, as filmmaking shifted from New York to California, Wong began to visit film locations.
She frequently skipped class and spent her lunch money on movie tickets. She made the decision to become a movie star at the age of nine.
