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Anna May Wong

1905 - 1961

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Wong Liu Tsong (January 3, 1905 – February 3, 1961), known professionally as Anna May Wong, was an American actress, considered the first Chinese American film star in Hollywood, as well as the first Chinese American actress to gain international recognition. Her varied career spanned silent film, sound film, television, stage, and radio. Born in Los Angeles to second-generation Taishanese Chinese American parents, Wong became engrossed in films and decided at the age of 11 that she would become an actress. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Anna May Wong has received more than 4,357,697 page views. Her biography is available in 39 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 35 in 2019). Anna May Wong is the 1,618th most popular actor (down from 1,475th in 2019), the 2,691st most popular biography from United States (down from 2,540th in 2019) and the 757th most popular American Actor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 4.4M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 55.69

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 39

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.66

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.71

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Anna May Wong ranks 1,618 out of 13,578. Before her are Krister Henriksson, Maria Montez, Felicia Montealegre Bernstein, Marcel Dalio, Laura Linney, and El Risitas. After her are Anatoli Papanov, Allan Edwall, Linda Kozlowski, Merle Oberon, Daliah Lavi, and Paul Scofield.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1905, Anna May Wong ranks 103. Before her are Natalia Pavlovna Paley, George Kelly, Nihal Atsız, Gertrude Ederle, Nobuhito, Prince Takamatsu, and Savitri Devi. After her are Abraham Zapruder, Franjo Šeper, Alexander Rodimtsev, Giacinto Scelsi, Preguinho, and Jean Daniélou. Among people deceased in 1961, Anna May Wong ranks 50. Before her are Platt Adams, Clark Ashton Smith, Max Simon, Shigeko Higashikuni, Valentin Bondarenko, and Milan Stojadinović. After her are Henri Breuil, Robert Garrett, Maya Deren, Paul Ramadier, Seyyed Hossein Borujerdi, and Grandma Moses.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Anna May Wong ranks 2,691 out of 20,380. Before her are Ronald Evans (1933), Sonny Boy Williamson I (1914), Jay Rockefeller (1937), Larry David (1947), Waylon Jennings (1937), and James Mark Baldwin (1861). After her are Lizzie Borden (1860), Linda Kozlowski (1958), Horace Wells (1815), Siri Hustvedt (1955), Kevin Federline (1978), and Richard Holbrooke (1941).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Anna May Wong ranks 757. Before her are Tracy Morgan (1968), Robert Davi (1953), John Hillerman (1932), George Reeves (1914), Carolyn Jones (1930), and Laura Linney (1964). After her are Linda Kozlowski (1958), Peter Boyle (1935), Sylvia Sidney (1910), Jim Kelly (1946), Anne Archer (1947), and Jo Van Fleet (1915).

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