Anna Mae Wong is officially the first Asian-American Hollywood star to appear in an American coin and specifically 25 cents, 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 Americans actorssaid Ventrice Gibson, director of the United States Mint.
Anna Mae Wong starred in more than 60 movies 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 origin, where she was given to embody specific characters, was paid little and never got leading roles, notes Reuters and broadcasts the Athens News Agency. “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.
Source: News Beast
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