It was her first day as an intern at LA’s Chinese American Museum, and a curator explained that she was looking at Anna May Wong: an internationally famous actress from the ’20s and ‘30s who ...

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 ...

Barbie manufacturer Mattel said it plans to release a doll of Hollywood trailblazer Anna May Wong as part of the brand’s continued drive to expand diversity among its toys. The release of Wong ...

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 ...

By Soumya Karlamangla Anna May Wong in a 1931 publicity photo for “Daughter of the Dragon.”Credit...Bettman, via Getty Images LOS ANGELES — As a 14-year-old girl, the daughter of immigrants ...

Anna May Wong was the first Chinese American actor to ever achieve Hollywood stardom, but that glittering fame came at a price. Stereotypes and tropes about Asian women gave her access to movie ...

Born in 1905, Wong is known as Hollywood’s first Asian American movie star. Actress Anna May Wong will be the first Asian American to appear on U.S. currency, the U.S. Mint announced.

The quarter will depict Anna May Wong, considered the first Chinese American film star in Hollywood. The obverse, or “heads,” side of the coin will feature a portrait of George Washington ...

The first piece of U.S. currency to carry the likeness of an Asian American will begin shipping on Monday, according to the U.S. Mint. On the tails side of a new quarter will be the Chinese ...