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Anna May Wong: An Intimate Portrait book cover by Shirley Jennifer Lim
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Anna May Wong: An Intimate Portrait

by Shirley Jennifer Lim

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Hardcover · 320 pages Harry N. Abrams · 2026

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Anna May Wong

A moving illustrated biography of Anna May Wong, the first Chinese American Hollywood star, and her hardships, triumphs, successes, and scandals, by the leading Anna May Wong expert

Shirley Jennifer Lim brings us a story of tenacity and determination in this lush biography, sure to become the essential account of Anna May Wong's life and legacy.

Anna May Wong shows the real woman behind the actress’s facade and will inspire a new generation of writers, image creators, fashionistas, and television and film enthusiasts in the 21st century.

Wong’s dazzling talent is not in question, yet what often goes unsaid was her feat of perseverance in the face of cinematic and theatrical rejection as well as daunting societal barriers such as the Chinese Exclusion Act and racialized housing segregation.

Her legacy spans through her 50-plus films, pathbreaking television series, sumptuous fashion looks, Broadway and vaudeville shows, iconic photographs, groundbreaking journalism, and global fame, making her one of the only Asian American actors to become a household name.

Wong’s lack of obedience to a heteronormative lifestyle in conjunction with her wild sexual encounters, debauched night life, and friendships with cultural figures such as Walter Benjamin, Marlene Dietrich, Ramón Novarro, Vincent Price, Rosa Rolanda Covarubbias, Philip Ahn, Hedda Hopper, Carl Van Vechten, Evelyn Waugh, Blanche Knopf, and Paul Robeson, shed light on what it meant to be a trailblazing actress almost a century ago.

Anna May Wong uses the actress’s own personal correspondences, never-before-seen archival photos, and creative endeavors such as her writings published in the New York Herald Tribune and her self-made film about China (broadcast on ABC) to tell the story of the "World’s Most Beautiful Chinese” American woman, who rose past the boundaries of the silent and studio eras of white Hollywood.



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Publisher
Harry N. Abrams
Author
Shirley Jennifer Lim
Format
Hardcover
Published
Sep 8, 2026
ISBN-13
9781419772573
ISBN-10
1419772570
Pages
320
Carton quantity
8 copies
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