Here’s everything to know about Anna May Wong, the first Chinese-American famed celebrity

Born in Los Angeles to second-generation Taishanese Chinese-American parents, Anna May Wong (born Wong Liu Tsong; January 3, 1905 – February 3, 1961) was an American entertainer, viewed as the first Chinese American Hollywood movie star, as well as the primary Chinese American entertainer to acquire worldwide recognition. Her shifted vocation spanned silent film, sound, film, TV, stage, and radio.

Wong got charmed by the motion pictures and started acting in films at an early age. During the silent film era, she acted in The Toll of the Sea (1922), one of the main motion pictures made in shading, and in Douglas Fairbanks’ The Thief of Bagdad (1924). Wong turned into a style symbol and had accomplished worldwide fame in 1924.