Anna May Wong compositions and collected music

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Anna May Wong compositions and collected music

circa 1800-1961

Manuscript musical compositions by Chinese American actress Anna May Wong with printed and manuscript music by others.

.3 linear feet

eng, Latn

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SNAC Resource ID: 11660264

Houghton Library

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Wong, Anna May, 1905-1961

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Anna May Wong (born Wong Liu Tsong; January 3, 1905 – February 3, 1961) was an American actress, considered to be the first Chinese American 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. Born in Los Angeles to second-generation Toisonese Chinese-American parents, Wong became infatuated with the movies and began acting in films at an early age. During the si...