Anna May Wong

Birth Name: Wong Liu Tsong

Date of Birth: January 3, 1905

Place of Birth: Los Angeles, California, United States

Date of Death: February 3, 1961

Place of Death: Santa Monica, California, U.S.

Ethnicity: Chinese

Anna May Wong was an American actress. She is usually considered to be the first Chinese-American movie star. Her parents, Lee Gon/Gun/Gwan Toy/Foy and Wong Sam Sing, were second-generation Chinese-Americans. Her father owned Sam Kee Laundry. Her grandparents had been in the U.S. since c. 1855.