Why Anna May Wong Was the First Asian American Hollywood Icon

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Why Anna May Wong Was the First Asian American Hollywood Icon

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Жыл бұрын

The face of Anna May Wong will soon be gracing the US quarter. But who was this Hollywood icon? Stony Brook University professor Shirley Jennifer Lim, author of “Anna May Wong: Performing the Modern,” told Inside Edition Digital, “Anna May Wong is one of the most charismatic, photogenic, and compelling actresses of the 20th century.” Lim said that the Chinese-American actress’ appearance on the quarter is “an incredible moment that has been really a long time building.”

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@AliSakurai Жыл бұрын

I honestly don't know why everyone's having such a conniption about this. The quarter has always shown us different things over the years. How is showing a picture of an actress who was unjustly ignored despite the fact that she was incredibly talented any different? She was an amazing actress, loved watching her movies growing up!

@keen9166 Жыл бұрын

Over harriet tubman? Idk mate

@41052 Жыл бұрын

@@keen9166 Harriet is meant to be permanent. She’s going on a bill.

@keen9166 Жыл бұрын

@Asain Racist speaks truth Donald trump deserves to be on the dollar not some randon actor from 90 years ago

@keen9166 Жыл бұрын

@Asain Racist speaks truth lol someone's angry 😆

@sfsaviation Жыл бұрын

@@keen9166Donald trumps bum ass isn't going on anything, we haven't had a single president worth putting on currency since roosevelt died. Honestly currency shouldn't represent anyone or anything specific, it should represent our nation and its ideas. Coins used to be plastered with the sexy face of Ms.Liberty or some dope ass eagle or something, adding lincoln to the penny wasn't a mistake but it sure as hell lead to one. George Washington refused to put his face on the dollar coin and it was made illegal to have any living man put on currency since 1866, we did him dirty with our quarters and dollar bills.

@Master0fHyrule Жыл бұрын

This is actually my first time hearing about her... I'm surprised celebrities can get on money now.

@lor_jesiah Жыл бұрын

This is funny 😂

@Fortnitegirl65 Жыл бұрын

Black peoples punching the air right now 😂

@lor_jesiah Жыл бұрын

@@Fortnitegirl65 s. U

@xxneemapatricexx Жыл бұрын

@@Fortnitegirl65girl..

@JesterAl Жыл бұрын

It's the good ol challenge master himself

@emilymays1864 Жыл бұрын

Wow why hasn’t anyone talked about her smh she looks like an icon 😍

@SagittariusQueen1980 Жыл бұрын

Loved her in the technicolor silent movie Toll Of The Sea. She broke barriers for Asian actors to be seen in movies.

@lor_jesiah Жыл бұрын

This is so funny

@chad7982 Жыл бұрын

One thing that never gets said is Anna May Wong was the first leading actress in a Hollywood technicolor movie. This being The Toll of the Sea. It was the only the second technicolor movie in the world. The first was from England almost a decade before around 1914. Wonderful actress. I have about ten of her movies.

@gardenwonder7977 Жыл бұрын

I'm not trying to be rude, but didn't China have their own movies?

@gardenwonder7977 Жыл бұрын

@ʔɓɛɓɪj I can promise you that most white people don't know German people from Irish people, Scottish or Swedish white people either.

@chad7982 Жыл бұрын

@@gardenwonder7977 I believe she was referring to television movies. If so, the answer to your question will be no, because the United States, England and perhaps Germany were the first countries to embrace TV movies. Now of course if this was stage theater, China definitely was one of the first countries along with England, France and others long long ago.

@luvbugmochi Жыл бұрын

She is so beautiful and ICONIC ♡

@saraswinerton7202 Жыл бұрын

@@KennyMcCormick5467 what

@goldenbro439 Жыл бұрын

@@KennyMcCormick5467 and you will never be one too

@luvbugmochi Жыл бұрын

@@KennyMcCormick5467他哈同时哦看咯了

@pegspitzer8580 Жыл бұрын

Fantastic program. Thanks especially to Dr. Lim for letting us know about Anna May Wong!

@estrellatrejo5313 Жыл бұрын

I just learned about her in my women’s study class and it feels good to know about her! I’m glad at least my school is teaching us about this.

@WTC7 Жыл бұрын

Did you watch any of her movies? She never played any significant roles. Even TCM couldn't find any good movies to celebrate her.

@oliviad735 Жыл бұрын

ong im also taking a wmns class but we didn’t talk abt her though

@DaMartyr Жыл бұрын

In Asia they teach math and science. Here we do women's studies. 😂🤣🤡

@ediekoller1144 Жыл бұрын

My dad use to say that he had a crush on anna may wong. Very beautiful and talented actress

@igottaname Жыл бұрын

I like old movies, so I already knew who she was.

@crorod7740 Жыл бұрын

Kudos. Most never heard of this person. Glad they don't go 4 obvious figures like msrylin etc

@gopropeterchockey Жыл бұрын

In the era of KZfaq and Tiktok when you can be famous without any achievement, skill or talent it is remarkable how Anna May Wong has been ignored for so long. Not anymore thanks to these types of videos.

@ubimoon7541 Жыл бұрын

She was stunning inside and out.

@AndySaenz Жыл бұрын

I’ve never heard of her until I got a quarter with her name and face pressed on it just now. She would be stunned to see herself immortalized on the US quarter! Wow, what an extraordinary lady!

@jacobrivers5728 Жыл бұрын

Can you imagine being born Asian in 1905 and wanting to get into Hollywood. She wouldn't take NO for an answer which shows the kind of willpower and sheer determination she had.

@TGreen89 Жыл бұрын

Seeing things like this gives me hope that our country is moving in the right direction. This seems like such a simple deed, but it probably means so much to some of our fellow Asian-Americans.

@Wolfy39565 Жыл бұрын

im glad this is happening too bad it didnt happen 50 years ago. think how progress we could have made

@jtomczak100 Жыл бұрын

This is america..it's one step forward and fifteen steps back..

@DaMartyr Жыл бұрын

30 plus trillion in debt, all time high grocery prices, record crime, and lower percentage of literacy. We're heading in a great direction!

@TGreen89 Жыл бұрын

@@DaMartyr Keep your misery and hatred to yourself.

@jacobrivers5728 Жыл бұрын

I admire her willpower to become an actress at a time when it was practically impossible for Asians to get into Hollywood. However, like most Asian women, she had a weird fetish for white men, but wasn't allowed to kiss either white or Hispanic actors on screen due to strict interracial barriers barring Asians from romantic scenes with whites / Hispanics. To its credit, Hollywood did try to hook her up with a Japanese guy though.

@tseamus8288 Жыл бұрын

She is legendary! Love her!!

@EduardoM Жыл бұрын

Bigots gonna hate so please suffer. I’m so happy anna may wong is getting the recognition she deserves 🎉

@robroy6374 Жыл бұрын

"Bigots gonna hate" mostly whites, obviously

@Embargoman Жыл бұрын

She is such a beautiful woman, as to say Asian Americans faced discrimination especially in the 1940s and it has been a long time since concentration camps and other forms of discrimination facing Asian Americans. Next it will be Patty Suzuki, and probably don’t forget about Arnold from Happy Days!

@iZiggy_ Жыл бұрын

She looks absolutely beautiful

@sidneyhasnohorses789 Жыл бұрын

I heard of her while watching Hollywood on Netflix! I'm happy to see her image continuing on

@brendasykes-tucker3469 Жыл бұрын

I always thought Anna May was a beautiful sultry actress., TCM did a lovely tribute to her., iconic❤️❤️

@simsimasgaming Жыл бұрын

Y'all better recognize Anna Wong!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! YES! Anna May Wong !!!!

@Maryamrockify Жыл бұрын

Her voice! Her performance. Omg

@pastelshades2860 Жыл бұрын

It was really cool to hear her story. It's odd to put an actress on money.

@Nerdbookworm Жыл бұрын

Grow up, no one cares

@GalacticAnimationsYT Жыл бұрын

the first woman to get a star on the walk of fame first Chinese American movie star in Hollywood broke ground and pushed against harmful Asian stereotypes advocated for Asian Americans yes her profession was in acting but she did more than just act

@Ange-ns5be Жыл бұрын

@@GhastlyCretin the point of the video? stop turning everything so negative smh

@ColonizersBlow Жыл бұрын

It’s about her being a trailblazer.

@pookiesis1465 Жыл бұрын

@@GhastlyCretin we get educated by every white actor in America. Why not just one asian actor?

@katielucas4594 Жыл бұрын

Shes living through us now🤗 very incredible.

@gabbycarter965 Жыл бұрын

I 've never heard of Anna May Wong until now.

@shalawndillon4525 Жыл бұрын

I heard about her before. She was typecast as the Dragon Lady and any Asian part. But, for me, she's a beauty and classy.

@JonnyDIY Жыл бұрын

Thank you for sharing. This was lovely 💕👍

@brandonbell934 Жыл бұрын

I didn't know about Anna May Wong until during covid when I watched "Hollywood" on Netflix. Pretty damn good at portraying her and giving her life justice.

@jacobrivers5728 Жыл бұрын

She left America and moved to England because Hollywood wouldn't give her a fair shake. She took elocution classes so that she could lose her American accent and speak with a British one Her most famous film was a 1929 British silent movie called "Piccadilly", which is pretty good.

@sofiamejia3721 Жыл бұрын

I've been searching each for 2 months quarter and now I got the quarter

@jking6736 Жыл бұрын

Another woman that deserves to be on the coin is Betty White she was one of the few celebrities that wasn't controversial or flat out crazy everyone loved her and she had an amazing love for animals that few people have she deserves to be on something

@vangu2918 Жыл бұрын

@@maximumcaffeine6003 You're letting your stupidity show, so shut up and keep it a secret.

@arizonalady7569 Жыл бұрын

Yessss

@XheyoitskaraX Жыл бұрын

I love that we’re trying to recognize historic icons I think everyone deserves equal representation and hopefully soon we get other women and other figures who deserve to be included Like for example Harriet Tubman, Martin Luther King Jr. etc

@samanthagannon9195 Жыл бұрын

It has already been approved 🎉

@abandonedfragmentofhope5415 4 ай бұрын

There is already a quarter with a Black American figure. It came out years before hers. This isn’t a zero sum game. All groups can be represented

@brennensanchez7692 Жыл бұрын

I honestly never heard of her until I watched the Netflix series Hollywood, where they did a fictionalized version of her. She sounds like an amazing woman.

@bluepacificsurf Жыл бұрын

When Ms. Wong was not given the role of O-lan in the 1935 MGM film version of The Good Earth, she was very disappointed. But careful readers of The Good Earth novel will recall that O-lan was described as very plain looking. Anna May would have been far too beautiful to be seen on the screen as O-lan if the film was consistent with the book.

@michaelbensen43 Жыл бұрын

Explain black mermaid Ariel.. I'll wait for you to concocter a response.

@amiciprocul8501 Жыл бұрын

People don't realise it now but Shanghai Express was a giant movie at the time.

@MarkedMoneyTech Жыл бұрын

I think it's wonderful!

@TheGlamorousLifeofNae Жыл бұрын

Absolutely beautiful!! 😍

@elijiah04 Жыл бұрын

I hope to hear and see more about her

@luckyu521 Жыл бұрын

I’m not sure any actress should be on currency. But glad to see some diversity.

@GalacticAnimationsYT Жыл бұрын

She advocated for asian americans and was the first chinese american movie star in hollywood and pushed back against sterotypes

@luckyu521 Жыл бұрын

Thanks for sharing! She’s great… well deserved recognition then!!!

@angeliquebacker8522 Жыл бұрын

Why not?

@devilpupbear09 Жыл бұрын

Is Harriette Tubman on the 5 dollar bill yet? Been waiting for that for a long time now

@SagittariusQueen1980 Жыл бұрын

She was supposed to be on the $20.

@fireflymiesumae Жыл бұрын

Exactly

@damonickamatthews5018 Жыл бұрын

We will never get it and I still haven’t seen Maya Angelou

@Rick-hx9fo Жыл бұрын

Anna May Wong led the way for future generations of Asian actors in Hollywood…notably this years best actress Academy Award winner Michelle Yeoh. ❤

@nickbemcm Жыл бұрын

Got my first Anna quarter today!!

@stewart97ful Жыл бұрын

Still waiting on that Harriet Tubman $20 bill.

@d.c.4706 Жыл бұрын

Facts. Lol!

@arizonalady7569 Жыл бұрын

Yes!

@Kristyle11 Жыл бұрын

Love this! She’s iconic!

@LK-em2ly Жыл бұрын

When is Harriet Tubman supposed to be on the $20 anyway?

@stekariuki4241 Жыл бұрын

The narrator is so poetic ❤

@knowledgeablebro3177 Жыл бұрын

What a perfect match. Chinese and Hollywood. What a match.

@Lp-ze1tg Жыл бұрын

I have to get at least one of these quarters.

@wykikii Жыл бұрын

Wow! I've got to see more of her. But she was outstanding in Shanghai Express!

@dryeik5899 Жыл бұрын

Have a chinese actress face on a quarter but not martin luther king jr????????

@markofthewolvessucks8930 Жыл бұрын

Good point

@emma-vt4ju Жыл бұрын

exacly

@zakenmaru8612 Жыл бұрын

She's an American actress of East Asian descent.

@stiannobelisto573 Жыл бұрын

Everyone talking like she was born and raised in Asia lol, no matter how hard she had it she was an American

@starhill8456 Жыл бұрын

I've never heard of her it's very interesting

@cocoaorange1 Жыл бұрын

I have seen a few of her films, I hope a biopic is on the horizon.

@NaturallyGifted77 Жыл бұрын

She was beautiful!

@badname8501 Жыл бұрын

Love her one movie the toll of the sea from 1922 100 years ago!

@Ask571986 Жыл бұрын

I do love that she’s being recognized but as an Asian woman myself, I’m not sure why she would be put on a quarter. If it’s a large movement that the treasury is doing, then sure…start adding people on quarters I guess. If this is a one-off situation, it does seem strange. Just looked it up…they’re putting 5 women on quarters until 2025. Interesting.

@GalacticAnimationsYT Жыл бұрын

the first woman to get a star on the walk of fame first Chinese American movie star in Hollywood broke ground and pushed against harmful Asian stereotypes advocated for Asian Americans

@CaptainChapin Жыл бұрын

It’s just a quarter

@theadvancedforce1017 Жыл бұрын

Harriet Turman should have been on the 20 dollar bill. See how they do us?

@milkdud0 Жыл бұрын

@@theadvancedforce1017 if only trump lost the 2016 election

@zakenmaru8612 Жыл бұрын

It's part of a series called American Woman Quarters

@TheBmonster1 Жыл бұрын

Why isn't Linda Hamilton from the terminator movie put on the quarter.

@GP-nr2fm Жыл бұрын

She is an iconic actress. Incredibly beautiful and talented. So sorry she had to bear all the racism and unfair treatment from both the US and China.

@deekay13 Жыл бұрын

Well deserved. Bruce Lee deserves to be next.

@arungogna3749 3 ай бұрын

I just finished reading Not Your China Doll.❤

@scj3188 Жыл бұрын

Absolutely beautiful! Representation truly matters!

@ososaucy Жыл бұрын

They will glorify everyone before giving respect to black people

@Bluegirl285 Жыл бұрын

I thought they put Dr. Maya Angelou on the quarter before they came out with the one for Anna May Wong?

@nxveah8442 Жыл бұрын

Weren’t they going to put Harriet Tubman on the $20 bill?🤨 I’m so lost

@michaelbensen43 Жыл бұрын

And certain black people like yourself only care about your race which makes you a racist bigot.

@robroy6374 Жыл бұрын

the unfortunate truth

@luckyu521 Жыл бұрын

I’m surprise her asian character wasn’t played by a white actress. Remember Breakfast at Tiffanys?? 🤦‍♂️

@timower5850 Жыл бұрын

I think Boris Karloff and Lon Chaney should be recognized for their contributions to cinema. And Irene Ryan. And Fritz Weaver. And Dabs Greer. And Dub Taylor.

@arizonalady7569 Жыл бұрын

Batman too.

@TroubleHarris Жыл бұрын

No disrespect but I have never seen this woman before now.

@keen9166 Жыл бұрын

Knowing the democrats and their history probably never

@Isaac-gh5ku Жыл бұрын

Same here, and I'm Malaysian living in my home country (Malaysia). Just found out about Anna May Wong in my KZfaq recommendation.

@derekmeyers2649 Жыл бұрын

They need to make a movie about her life

@ashleylalaloves6146 Жыл бұрын

Omg You have got to be kidding me. Actors and actresses on coins??! Against it.

@karemaykojella6006 Жыл бұрын

Maybe I'm wrong, but she is May wong

@fernandop1 Жыл бұрын

*Is Charly Chaplin next?*

@SisterNV Жыл бұрын

“Inclusion “, is priceless 👏🏾

@iisnotfivethree3837 Жыл бұрын

I think this is cool. I am gonna def try an collect that coin. I’m hoping more historical figures outside of just presidents get on coins. I personally hope Booker T Washington gets on a coin.

@drewcarson2422 Жыл бұрын

Pretty lady! I'm glad more diversity is being represented! America is all of us not just Europeans anymore. I just hope the new arrivals don't become racists themselves.

@robroy6374 Жыл бұрын

"America is all of us not just Europeans anymore." exactly.

@twist58 Жыл бұрын

I misread that as Anime Wong. My bad.

@Tiberius291 Жыл бұрын

Should've put Victor Sen Yung on the coin because every knows "Hop Sing" from "Bonanza" ✌

@SagittariusQueen1980 Жыл бұрын

But Victor wasn't a woman, this is a collection dedicated to women.

@Tiberius291 Жыл бұрын

@@SagittariusQueen1980 Oops my bad, maybe next time. ☯

@olvialee7221 Жыл бұрын

Wow, world record. I’m impressed

@mysterytaurus Жыл бұрын

QUEEN

@everettwhite9874 Жыл бұрын

Ana May Wong was one of five selectees of the first 2022 American Women Quarters (AWQ). Add that distinction to her other list of firsts and outstanding accomplishments. ❤

@tandy5811 Жыл бұрын

collecting these quarters

@Wolfy39565 Жыл бұрын

she was so beatiful

@christophermccord3316 Жыл бұрын

Fun fact.... most people don't even mess with coin change nowadays.... much less even bother to look at it.... there will be a few numismatic collectors that will collect any coin but other than that this coin is pretty much a moot point....

@tonymoretti2347 Жыл бұрын

My God! She was beautiful

@creamcheese4064 Жыл бұрын

Wheres the quarter please I want one!

@crorod7740 Жыл бұрын

Get a roll 😁

@GalacticAnimationsYT Жыл бұрын

@@crorod7740 ????

@crorod7740 Жыл бұрын

@@GalacticAnimationsYT roll of quarters 🙄

@GalacticAnimationsYT Жыл бұрын

@@crorod7740 o lol

@TheBmonster1 Жыл бұрын

Why isn't elvis on the quarter

@mtacoustic1 Жыл бұрын

Wong also starred in the very popular Sherlock Holmes movie "A Study In Scarlet" with Basil Rathbone; playing a straight part part that did not require an Asian character.

@TheTrueOnyxRose 2 ай бұрын

Watching this, it reminds me of Josephine Baker who lived around the same time. Similar backstories. Only Baker left the States for France.

@kyoshious Жыл бұрын

🖤

@andrewhorcasitasz1370 Жыл бұрын

Cant wait for the matt Damon quarter next

@miaporche2256 Жыл бұрын

Beautiful!

@AYoutubechannel1448 Жыл бұрын

KZfaq yes definitely. Be safe everyone. Rest in peace too those that deceased from Pandemic Virus Still..

@AYoutubechannel1448 Жыл бұрын

Happy Holidays to those that celebrate.

@AYoutubechannel1448 Жыл бұрын

And it's cool there Multiples of Americans Historians figures in the Quarter.And I have some.

@jeannehall6546 2 ай бұрын

If it wasn’t for Anna May Wong, there probably wouldn’t be Myoshi Umeki, Nancy Kwan, France Nuyen, Pat Suzuki, Margaret Cho, BarBara Luna, June Angela, Maggie Q, Lucy Liu, Lea Salonga, Aqua Fina, Bao Ling, Stephanie Hsu, Miko Mayama, Auli’i Cravalho, Chloé Zhao or Michelle Yeoh!

@Sun-kt3de Жыл бұрын

Never learned about her in school ...

@inwalters 4 ай бұрын

Hey Hollywood, instead of doing sequels and re-makes nobody wants, how about a biopic of Anna Mae Wong? I suggest Peyton Lee as young Anna Mae and Lucy Liu as older Anna Mae.

@jorgezarco9269 Жыл бұрын

Anna May Wong acted in the silent Technicolor film The Toll of the Sea.

@Slice2099 Жыл бұрын

Learn her about her story in the fictional show Hollywood

@Kawayoporu Жыл бұрын

What about a Japanese American actress on a US quarter?

@revolutioninthedark7048 Жыл бұрын

Keep fighting for it!! Then it will happen. If you want it you have to petition for it!!!

@arizonalady7569 Жыл бұрын

Who would you put? I have a mini list myself lol

@deadpool6072 Жыл бұрын

On 2069, Jake Paul will be on a dollar bill. Because why not

@journeymansmitty8283 Жыл бұрын

Wow this would be awesome for my collection I actually put these new quarters I got one called Wilma The Man Killer😄✌

@ohtwitchy9371 Жыл бұрын

So since we got a reality TV star as a president, now we get actors on currency? Never heard of the lady, but I guess she's good to be on the same coins as true leaders. 👍