Nancy Kwan
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Actress Nancy Kwan was born in Hong Kong to a Chinese father and English mother. Raised in England, Kwan studied and performed with the Royal Ballet, then returned to Hong Kong to maintain her own dance school. She achieved film stardom when she replaced the ailing France Nuyen in The World of Susie Wong (1961); ironically, the makeup men were obliged to make her look "more Chinese." She followed this box-office success with Flower Drum Song (1961), where she sang (or perhaps lip-synched) the Rodgers and Hammerstein standard "I Enjoy Being a Girl." Roles tapered off in quality over the next few years, and by 1967 her career was dwindling. Nancy Kwan has since sustained her movie career in Hong Kong-produced cheapies, and has recently made a TV comeback of sorts promoting a line of cosmetics on a series of late-night infomercials.
Highest Rated Movies
Filmography
MOVIES
RATING | TITLE | CREDIT | BOX OFFICE | YEAR |
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92% | Window Horses |
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— | 2017 |
No Score Yet | To Whom It May Concern: Ka Shen's Journey |
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— | 2012 |
100% | Hollywood Chinese |
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— | 2008 |
No Score Yet | Anna May Wong, Frosted Yellow Willows: Her Life, Times and Legend |
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— | 2007 |
No Score Yet | Ray of Sunshine |
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— | 2006 |
No Score Yet | Murder on the Yellow Brick Road |
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— | 2005 |
No Score Yet | Rodgers & Hammerstein - The Sound of Movies |
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— | 1996 |
No Score Yet | Glass Mountain |
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— | 1995 |
74% | Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story |
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— | 1993 |
No Score Yet | Babies |
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— | 1990 |
No Score Yet | Night Children |
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— | 1989 |
No Score Yet | Cold Dog Soup |
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— | 1989 |
No Score Yet | Noble House |
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— | 1988 |
No Score Yet | Walking the Edge |
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— | 1985 |
No Score Yet | Blade in Hong Kong |
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— | 1985 |
No Score Yet | The Last Ninja |
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— | 1983 |
No Score Yet | Angkor: Cambodia Express |
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— | 1981 |
No Score Yet | Night Creature |
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— | 1977 |
No Score Yet | Project: Kill |
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— | 1976 |
No Score Yet | Supercock |
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— | 1975 |
No Score Yet | Stickfighter |
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— | 1974 |
No Score Yet | The Deadly and the Beautiful |
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— | 1973 |
No Score Yet | The McMasters |
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— | 1970 |
No Score Yet | The Girl Who Knew Too Much |
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— | 1969 |
No Score Yet | The Wrecking Crew |
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— | 1968 |
No Score Yet | The Corrupt Ones (Die Hölle von Macao) |
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— | 1967 |
No Score Yet | Lt. Robin Crusoe, U.S.N. |
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— | 1966 |
60% | Arrivederci, Baby! |
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— | 1966 |
No Score Yet | Honeymoon Hotel |
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— | 1964 |
40% | Fate Is The Hunter |
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— | 1964 |
No Score Yet | Tamahine |
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— | 1963 |
50% | Flower Drum Song |
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— | 1961 |
38% | The World of Suzie Wong |
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— | 1960 |
TV
RATING | TITLE | CREDIT | YEAR |
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No Score Yet |
American Masters
2001
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No Score Yet |
ER
1994-2009
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No Score Yet |
The A-Team
1983-1987
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No Score Yet |
Trapper John, M.D.
1979-1986
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No Score Yet |
Kung Fu
1972-1975
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