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22/10/22 18:29 PM IST

Anna May Wong

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  • Late Hollywood actress and fashion icon Anna May Wong (1905-1961) is set to become the first Asian American to feature on US currency.
May Wong 
  • A quarter-dollar coin depicting a close-up image of Anna May Wong will commence circulation on October 24, 2022.
  • This will be the fifth coin in the American Women Quarters (AWQ) Program.
  • It will have the Latin phrase “E PLURIBUS UNUM”, which means “out of many, one”.
  • It is designed to recognize Wong’s accomplishments while overcoming challenges and hurdles during her lifetime.
  • Wong is regarded as Hollywood’s first Chinese-American star, having a decades-long career in motion pictures, television, and theatre amid the widespread racism in the United States.
  • As the first Asian female actor, she faced discrimination and was cast aside in favour of non-Asian actresses.
  • She was forced to play exoticized stereotypes of East Asians and could not get lead roles in films because of laws prohibiting actors from different races from kissing on screen.
  • She is famed for dying a thousand deaths due to the villainous roles she played.
  • Wong was born in Los Angeles to second-generation Taishanese Chinese-American parents in 1905.
  • During the silent film era, she featured in “The Toll of the Sea” (1922) – one of the first colour films.
  • Wong received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
Source- Indian Express 

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