He passed away on February 3, 1961 at the age of just 56
Anna May Wong she is the first Asian-American Hollywood star to appear on a US 25-cent coin, according to the Guardian.
“The fifth coin in the American Women Quarters program honors Anna Mae Wong, a courageous woman who championed increased representation and more diverse roles for Asian American actors,” said Ventrice Gibson, director of the United States Mint.
He acted in more than 60 films starting with silent cinema. She was only nine when she decided to become an actress and at 14 she made her maiden appearance in the film “The Red Lantern” (1919). Her first starring role was in 1922 in the technicolor film The Toll of the Sea.
Despite her success, the “most beautiful Chinese woman on earth,” as she was called, faced intense racism in Hollywood because of her Asian heritage, where she was cast in certain characters, paid little and never got leading roles, Reuters notes. “I got so tired of the roles I had to play,” she had said in an interview.
He passed away on February 3, 1961 at the age of just 56. A year earlier she had received her own star on the Walk of Fame.
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