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Nancy Kwan
Born: 19th May 1939 Hong Kong, British Crown Colony [now China]
Dept: Acting
Nancy Kwan Ka-shen (Cantonese: 關家蒨; born May 19, 1939) is a Hong Kong-born American actress, author, and philanthropist. She meteorically rose to fame by starring in the Hollywood films The World of Suzie Wong (1960) and Flower Drum Song (1961), which were among the first to cast Asian actors in major roles. Her dazzling 'oriental' style and signature bob cut became iconic and cemented her status as an exotic sex symbol. Later in life, Kwan became involved in philanthropy for AIDS awareness. In 1997, she published a book about her son who died from the disease and donated its profits to support the promotion of AIDS awareness.
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Film and Tv Credits
Total number of credits listed: 70
Film: 56 (80%)
Television: 14 (20%)
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Filmography
2023
Revealing the life of the acclaimed martial artist and actor through ten defining images. Bruce Lee's image is famous around the world, but these icon ... view
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2020
In 1971, after being rejected by Hollywood, Bruce Lee returned to his parents’ homeland of Hong Kong to complete four iconic films. Charting his str ... view
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Self - Actress / Friend
2017
Rosie Ming, a young Canadian poet, is invited to perform at a Poetry Festival in Shiraz, Iran, but she’d rather be in Paris. She lives at home with ... view
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Gloria (voice)
2016
The death of Michael leaves behind the two women he loved, his girlfriend and his mother, both of whom blame each other for his suicide. Joined by the ... view
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Margaret
2010
The definitive and true-life story of Nancy Kwan Ka-Shen, who as a young Eurasian girl from Hong Kong, captured the hearts and minds of cinemagoers ar ... view
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Herself
2009
The film tells actor Jack Soo's story through a montage of film and television clips, rare footage, interviews with family members, friends, co-worker ... view
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Self
2009
Mr. Yunioshi: An Asian Perspective provides some insightful commentary of how far we've come concerning Asian characterizations in Hollywood movies fr ... view
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Self (archive footage)
2007
Hollywood Chinese is a captivating look at cinema history through the lens of the Chinese American experience. Directed by triple Sundance award-winni ... view
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Self
2007
Documentary of Anna May Wong, a Chinese-American woman who endured many hardships and heartaches to become an international star of film, stage and te ... view
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Narrator
2006
Rachael, an aspiring pianist with a troubled past, disguises herself as a boy and searches for her father, a free-wheeling musician who abandoned her ... view
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Lilly
2005
A pretty young songbird found murdered on Hollywood Boulevard. The crusty old Private Eye who was in love with her. A smooth-talking seductress who hi ... view
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Natalie Chung
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Original title: Mr.Pのダンシングスシバー
1999
A film about a small sushi counter in the lobby of a hotel in Little Tokyo, Los Angeles, for Japanese commercial employees sent to the United States. ... view
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Mitsuko McFee
Jul 1996 (first aired)
The World's Fakest News Team tackle the biggest stories in news, politics and pop culture. ... view
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Self (1 ep.)
1996
A man named Kaan Woo (James Lew) is escaping his dark past, having been involved with a cult of brown shroud-wearing, druid-like monk warriors that ha ... view
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Ling Li
1995
The first video to combine international martial arts together with interviews and demonstrations by celebrities of Hollywood. ... view
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Self
1995
Late stuntman Bernhard Pock wrote, directed, and starred in this gritty modern-day fairy tale about a biker poet on a journey of self-discovery. Pock ... view
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Joni
Sep 1994 (first aired)
ER explores the inner workings of an urban teaching hospital and the critical issues faced by the dedicated physicians and staff of its overburdened e ... view
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Mrs. Chen (1 ep.)
1993
This film is a glimpse into the life, love and the unconquerable spirit of the legendary Bruce Lee. From a childhood of rigorous martial arts training ... view
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Gussie Yang
1990
The physical and emotional trauma of three close-knit women trying to have children is explored. ... view
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Dr. Liu
1990
A taxi driver (Quaid) pounds Zen parables (if time money, is time the root of all evil?) into his passenger in a high-speed, idiosyncratic tour of the ... view
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Madame Chang
1990
Based on a real, in-flight incident in 1988, a passenger jet loses a portion of its fuselage in flight over Hawaii and is forced to make an emergency ... view
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C.B. Lansing
1990
A large black mole above an Asian woman's breast serves as a metaphor for cultural and racial difference in this engaging experimental film. Off-scree ... view
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Suzie Wong (archive footage)
1989
A veteran cop (David Carradine) investigates the crimes of an anarchist street gang that causes chaos wherever they go. Meanwhile, his wife (Nancy Kwa ... view
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Diane Martin
1988
A highly-critical documentary about the history of Asian-American actresses in Hollywood. Features interviews with pioneering Asian-American actresses ... view
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Feb 1988 (first aired)
Despite its impressive history and reputation, the international trading company Struan's is in trouble. Overextended by the previous management, new ... view
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Claudia Chen (4 ep.)
1988
The keys to freedom for citizens of Hong Kong are U.S. passports, as their city quakes with the imminent transition to Chinese Communist rule. A deadl ... view
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Dr. Lao
1985
Evil spirits that emerge from cans of old movie film terrorize a neighborhood. ... view
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Leslie (archive footage)
1985
Joe Blade is an unclaimed TV pilot film. An American, Blade works in Hong Kong, the home of his adoptive father Chang Chin-tzu. When Chang Chin-tzu is ... view
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Lily
1985
A Los Angeles taxi driver helps a distraught woman on the run from gangsters after they murder her husband and young son. ... view
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Christine Holloway
Sep 1984 (first aired)
When their ex-husband Raymond winds up murdered, Carole and Sydney set out to find his killer and eventually decide to run the detective agency Raymon ... view
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Unknown/various (1 ep.)
1983
A successful art dealer is sought out by law enforcement after terrorists take some scientists hostage. Finding no possible solution, a law enforcemen ... view
Character:
Noriko Sakura
Jan 1983 (first aired)
A fictional group of ex-United States Army Special Forces personnel work as soldiers of fortune while on the run from the Army after being branded as ... view
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Lin Wu (1 ep.)
Original title: สงครามกับความรัก
1981
In a tale of drama and adventure, young journalist Andy Cameron (Robert Walker) has to get into Cambodia (it is assumed this is during the genocidal r ... view
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Sue
Dec 1979 (first aired)
The domestic adventures, misdeeds and everyday interactions of five families living on a cul-de-sac in a small California community. ... view
Character:
Beverly Mikuriya (1 ep.)
1978
A big-game hunter brings a killer leopard to his private island and turns it loose so he can hunt it down. However, unexpected visitors arrive at the ... view
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Leslie
Jan 1978 (first aired)
A magical island hosted by Mr Roarke and Tattoo where weekly guests learn valuable life lessons in their pursuit of fulfilling their dreams. Not all d ... view
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Adela (1 ep.)
1976
A former government assassin flees a mind-control program in the Philippines, pursued by his ex-partner, the local police and Asian gangsters. ... view
Character:
Lee Su
1975
Max Foster (Carl Betz), an American newspaper reporter, is in Hong Kong to assist a defecting Russian diplomat. In return for arranging an escape, the ... view
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Sue Ten Chan
1975
An American cowboy in the Philippines gets mixed up in cockfighting. ... view
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Yuki Chan
1975
The most expensive message action film ever to hit the screen. An international-geared vehicle showcasing two of Asia's great acting talents. ... view
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Maria
1974
Ben is a farm boy who comes into conflict with the Evil Spanish Governor and his two sons. To assist in their oppression the Governor hires a Samurai ... view
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Leni
Original title: Bu zai you chun tian
1974
Spring Comes Not Again is a tragic story of romance and betrayal, set in contemporary Hong Kong. The film opens with a deeply distraught Betty (Nancy ... view
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1973
Dr. Tsu is a brilliant surgeon with her own exotic island off the coast of Manila. Using her sexy, all-girl army of martial-arts experts, Tsu kidnaps ... view
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Dr. Tsu
1973
Made for German TV documentary about the early craze of Hong Kong Martial Arts Cinema. While critical on the subject and not too well informed, it nev ... view
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Self
Oct 1972 (first aired)
The adventures of a Shaolin Monk as he wanders the American West armed only with his skill in Kung Fu. ... view
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Mayli Ho (2 ep.)
May 1971 (first aired)
V.I.P.-Schaukel is a 45 minute documentary-family-news-talk show starring Margret Dünser as Host. The series premiered on Sun May 09, 1971 on ZDF and ... view
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Self (1 ep.)
1970
When a black Civil War veteran becomes co-owner of the southern McMasters ranch, the incensed local Confederate veterans come gunning for him and his ... view
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Robin
1969
A runaway truck containing the corpse of a slain gang leader rolls into a California nightclub owned by Johnny Cain, a hard bitten former free-lance a ... view
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Revel Drue
Sep 1969 (first aired)
Hadleigh was a British television series made by Yorkshire Television which originally ran from 1969 to 1976. Developed by Robert Barr, it was a seque ... view
Character:
Kai Yin (1 ep.)
1968
When Count Contini attempts to destroy the world's economy by masterminding the theft of $1 billion in U.S. gold, ICE chief MacDonald summons secret a ... view
Character:
Wen Yu-Rang
Sep 1968 (first aired)
Hawaii Five-O is an American police procedural drama series produced by CBS Productions and Leonard Freeman. Set in Hawaii, the show originally aired ... view
Character:
Rosemary Quong (2 ep.)
1968
In this pilot film to the "Hawaii Five-0" television series, special law officer Steve McGarrett tracks down Red Chinese operatives and their spy ring ... view
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Rosemary Quong
1968
This military service comedy chronicles the misadventures of the U.S.S. Bustard in Japan. The crew has stolen a Buddha statue from a Japanese village, ... view
Character:
Nurse Tomiko Momyama
Original title: Die Hölle von Macao
1967
Freelance photographer Cliff Wilder (Robert Stack) finds himself the target of various colorful villains in this quest for an ancient Chinese treasure ... view
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Tina
1966
Nick Johnson has wed several times, but all his rich wives were 'accidentally' killed after some time. Now he's married a young Italian widow, but she ... view
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Baby
1966
Lt. Robin Crusoe is a navy pilot who bails out of his plane after engine trouble. He reaches a deserted island paradise where he builds a house and be ... view
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Wednesday
1965
Young office assistant Majorie will marry soon, however, she's plagued by doubts if her fiance is the right one. On her last day at work, her male col ... view
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Marjorie Lee
1964
An airline executive refuses to believe that pilot error, by his friend, caused a fatal crash and persists in looking for another reason. ... view
Character:
Sally Fraser
1964
A man left at the alter goes on his honeymoon trip anyway, taking his best man along instead. ... view
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Lynn Hope
1963
The headmaster of a stuffy British boys' school receives a surprise visit from the now-grown, and very voluptuous, daughter he fathered years earlier ... view
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Tamahine
1962
An affable drifter on the lam for a murder he didn't commit hides out in a circus. ... view
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Tessa
1961
A young woman arrives in San Francisco's Chinatown, from Hong Kong, with the intention of marrying a rakish nightclub owner, unaware he is involved wi ... view
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Linda Low
1960
A Hong Kong prostitute tries modeling and falls for the artist who's painting her. ... view
Character:
Suzie Wong
Apr 1950 (first aired)
The Bob Hope Show hosted by Bob Hope, debuted on April 9, 1950. During the 1952-1953 season, NBC rotated with other variety shows in a Sunday night bl ... view
Character:
Self (1 ep.)
Feb 1950 (first aired)
Four panelists must determine guests' occupations - and, in the case of famous guests, while blindfolded, their identity - by asking only "yes" or "no ... view
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Self - Mystery Guest (1 ep.)
Jan 1944 (first aired)
An annual awards ceremony recognizing excellence in film and television, both domestic and foreign, bestowed by the Hollywood Foreign Press Associatio ... view
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Self - Nominee (1 ep.)