Nancy Kwan on the cover of Life Magazine 1960

Nancy Kwan (born May 19, 1939) (Traditional Chinese: 關家蒨; pinyin: Guān Jiāqiàn; Cantonese: Kwan Ka Shin) is an American actress, who played a pivotal role in the acceptance of actors of Asian descent in major Hollywood film roles. Widely praised for her beauty, Kwan was considered a major sex symbol in the 1960s. http://www. ... http://www. ... May 19 is the 139th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (140th in leap years). ... 1939 (MCMXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... Traditional Chinese characters are one of two standard sets of printed Chinese characters. ... Pinyin is a system of romanization (phonemic notation and transcription to Roman script) for Standard Mandarin, where pin means spell and yin means sound. The most common variant of pinyin in use is called Hanyu Pinyin (Simplified Chinese: ; Traditional Chinese: ; pinyin: HànyÇ” PÄ«nyÄ«n), also known as scheme... Cantonese (Traditional Chinese: 粵語; Simplified Chinese: 粤语]], Cantonese: Yuet6yue5; Mandarin pinyin: YuèyÇ”, lit. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ...

Biography

Nancy Kwan was born in Hong Kong to a Chinese father, architect Kwan Wing Hong, and Scottish mother, model Marquita Scott. Her parents divorced when she was two years old. Motto: (Latin for No one provokes me with impunity)1 Anthem: Multiple unofficial anthems Capital Edinburgh Largest city Glasgow Official language(s) English, Gaelic, Scots 2 Government Constitutional monarchy  - Queen Queen Elizabeth II  - Prime Minister of the UK Tony Blair MP  - First Minister Jack McConnell MSP Unification    - by Kenneth I... Supermodel Daniella Sarahyba. ...

During the Japanese invasion in December 1941, Kwan's father fled the city on foot along with Nancy and her brother, Ka Keung, and hid out in western China. The family returned to Hong Kong at the end of World War II. Kwan later studied at the Royal Ballet School in England, performing in Swan Lake and Sleeping Beauty at Covent Garden. She completed her studies with a certificate to teach ballet. This article is about the year. ... Combatants Major Allied powers: United Kingdom Soviet Union United States Republic of China and others Major Axis powers: Nazi Germany Italy Japan and others Commanders Winston Churchill Joseph Stalin Franklin Roosevelt Harry Truman Chiang Kai-Shek Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Hideki Tojo Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian dead... The Royal Ballet School is a specialist, co-educational school in London, England. ... Altynai Asylmoratova as Odette in the Kirov/Mariinsky Ballets production of Swan Lake, St. ... Sir Edward Burne-Jones painted The Sleeping Beauty. ... Covent Garden is a district in central London and within the easterly bounds of the City of Westminster. ...

While she was in England, producer Ray Stark noticed her. At the time, Asian film characters, particularly those in major film roles, were often played by white actors and actresses, using makeup to simulate Asian facial features. However, at the age of 18, Kwan received the starring role of a beautiful and free-spirited Hong Kong prostitute who captivates artist Robert Lomax (William Holden) in the film adaptation of The World of Suzie Wong (1960). She followed it up the next year with the hit musical Flower Drum Song (1961) and became one of Hollywood's most visible Eurasian actresses. She spent the 1960s starring in several films, and commuting between the United States and Europe. Ray Stark (October 3, 1915 - January 17, 2004) was a film producer and powerbroker known for his Machiavellian ways. ... Prostitution is the sale of sexual services (typically manual stimulation, oral sex, sexual intercourse, or anal sex) for cash or other kind of return, generally indiscriminately with many persons. ... William Holden (April 17, 1918 - ca. ... The World of Suzie Wong is a 1957 novel written by Richard Mason, which has since been adapted into both a play and a film. ... See also: 1959 in film 1960 1961 in film 1950s in film 1960s in film years in film film // Events April 20 - for the first time since coming home from military service in Germany, Elvis Presley returns to Hollywood, California to film G.I. Blues August 10 - Filming of West... Flower Drum Song is a Broadway musical with a score by Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II. The book for the musical was written by Hammerstein and Joseph Fields, based on the novel Flower Drum Song by C.Y. Lee. ... 1961 (MCMLXI) was a common year starting on Sunday (the link is to a full 1961 calendar). ... World map showing Europe A satellite composite image of Europe Europe is one of the seven traditional continents of the Earth. ...

Kwan married Austrian ski instructor Peter Pock and gave birth to a son, Bernhard "Bernie" Pock, who died at age 33 in 1996 of AIDS. She returned to her native Hong Kong in 1972 to be with her critically ill father. After his death, she married director-producer Norbert Meisel and returned to the United States. Acquired immune deficiency syndrome or acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS or Aids) is a collection of symptoms and infections in humans resulting from the specific damage to the immune system caused by the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). ... 1972 (MCMLXXII) was a leap year starting on Saturday. ...

Since returning to the USA in 1979, she has had guest appearances and co-starring roles on numerous television productions, such as Kung-Fu and ER. Today she is politically active as the spokeswoman for the Asian American Voters Coalition. This page refers to the year 1979. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with wushu. ... ER is a long-running American serial medical drama created by novelist Michael Crichton and set primarily in the emergency room of fictional County General Hospital in Chicago, Illinois. ...

Selected filmography

• The World of Suzie Wong (1960, with William Holden)
• Flower Drum Song (1961)
• The Main Attraction (1962)
• Tamahine (1963)
• Lt. Robin Crusoe, U.S.N. (1966)
• The Girl Who Knew Too Much (1969)
• The Wrecking Crew (1969, with Dean Martin and Elke Sommer)
• Night Creature (1977)
• Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story (1993)
• The Golden Girls (1995)

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Awards

• Golden Ring Award
• Historymaker for Excellence in the Performing Arts - Chinese American Museum of Los Angeles, California

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Bibliography

• Pock, Bernie & Nancy Kwan. A Celebration of Life, Memories of My Son. ISBN 0-9664395-0-3

See also

• List of multiracial people

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External links

• Official website
• Nancy Kwan at the Internet Movie Database