Wong was the first Chinese American film star in Hollywood. Sadly, she never got the credit she deserved—just the drama.

That round included Anna May Wong, who was not only the first Asian American movie star, but is now the first Asian American to be on U.S. currency. The program will continue through 2025, showcasing ...

The Chinese American Museum in downtown Los Angeles is paying tribute to Asian American Hollywood trailblazer and icon Anna May Wong, through a new exhibit opening this week. “Unmasking Anna May ...

Some trivia nights might give participants a clue ... so you might field questions about Hawaiian surfer Duke Kahanamoku or actress Anna May Wong. Play solo or on a team of up to six in the ...

Anna May Wong built a remarkable career, she became a legendary style icon. Ryan Lintelman Anna May Wong, portrait by Nickolas Muray, 1937, Carbo print, National Portrait Gallery, NPG.99.45 ...

“They bring up rumours about Wong and Marlene Dietrich having an affair,” she says. “They ask ‘Did Anna May Wong have affairs with other women?’ As a woman, I’m a bit suspicious of ...

Read an exclusive excerpt from “Not Your China Doll,” Katie Gee Salisbury’s debut book about the life of movie star, personality and fashion icon, Anna May Wong. On North Figueroa Street in ...

Chinese American actor Anna May Wong defied racism and bias through persistence and determination. “Daughter of the Dragon” tells her story. Before Asian actors Lucy Liu, Michelle Yeoh ...

Anna May Wong in Australia, 1939 (Courtesy Liveright Publishing) More than 60 years later, Wong is receiving an overdue appreciation. A novel based on her life, “The Brightest Star,” came out ...

In March, 1929, when the twenty-four-year-old Chinese American actress Anna May Wong made her London stage début on the city’s West End, in a play called “The Circle of Chalk,” critics took ...

Yunte Huang just published a biography of Chinese-American Hollywood star Anna May Wong, who lived during a time of racial discrimination in the film industry that used ‘yellowface’ over Asian ...

Past honorees include Dr. Maya Angelou, Frida Kahlo and Rosa Parks. The Anna May Wong doll, dressed in a red gown designed with a golden dragon and sheer cape, as well as gold earrings ...