Anna May Wong
(1905-1961), ActressSitter in 36 portraits
Born Wong Liu Tsong in Chinatown, Los Angeles, Wong was the first Chinese American film star and enjoyed a long, varied and international career - making over sixty films. Her first lead role was in the early Technicolor feature The Toll of the Sea (1922). Following performances in Douglas Fairbanks's The Thief of Bagdad (1923) and various 1920s mystery films, she travelled to Europe in 1929. Whilst in London, E. A. Dupont directed Wong in the silent film Piccadilly (1929) from a script and story by Arnold Bennett. She also co-starred with Laurence Olivier on stage in Circle of Chalk (1929). Her most celebrated role was appearing with Marlene Dietrich in Josef von Sternberg's Shanghai Express (1932).
by Dudley Glanfield
modern bromide print from original negative, 25 April 1929
NPG x126863
by Dudley Glanfield
modern bromide print from original negative, 25 April 1929
NPG x126864
published by Ross-Verlag
bromide cigarette card, 1930s
NPG x196481
published by Ross-Verlag
embossed cigarette card, early 1930s
NPG x200852
by Paul Tanqueray
whole-plate glass negative, 1933
NPG x180259
by Paul Tanqueray
half-plate glass negative, 1933
NPG x180257
by Paul Tanqueray
half-plate glass negative, 1933
NPG x180241
by Paul Tanqueray
half-plate glass negative, 1933
NPG x180258
by Paul Tanqueray
half-plate glass negative, 1933
NPG x180256
by Francis Goodman
bromide print, 1933
NPG Ax39590
by Francis Goodman
half-plate film copy negative, 1933
NPG x68812
by Francis Goodman
5 x 4 inch film negative, 1933
NPG x68811
Anna May Wong as Tu Tuan in 'Limehouse Blues'
published by Ross-Verlag
bromide cigarette card, 1934
NPG x196482
Harry Gordon Selfridge Sr; Anna May Wong
by Unknown photographer
publicity print, 1937
NPG x126052
by Unknown photographer
film publicity still, 1939
NPG x125035
Lithograph souvenir of Anna May Wong's 1933/4 European tour
by Unknown artist
hand-coloured lithograph, 1934
NPG D42946
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