Trailblazing Movie Superstar

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Anna May Wong, was a Hollywood film superstar and a trailblazer. She is the first Asian American featured on American currency.

Wong Liu-tsong was known professionally as Anna May Wong, She was an American actress, considered the first Asian Hollywood movie star, as well as the first Chinese-American actress to gain international recognition. Her varied career spanned silent film, sound film, television, stage, and radio broadcasts.

The U.S. Mint is producing quarters with her image.. Ms. Wong starred in a series of motion pictures including the 1937 movie drama Daughter of Shanghai

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2rdjiMN_NSs

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1fx4XmRHbzo

https://www.facebook.com/GoddessAnnaMayWong/videos/daughter-of-shanghai…

There were others https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HOe7gx4voW0