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Nancy Kwan nancy kwan bob diamond ballroom vidal sassoon sarah palin edina art fair

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

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.

During the Japanese invasion in December 1941, Kwan's father, who worked for British intelligence, 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.

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)


She also has family in Hong Kong, her nieces and nephews, aunts and uncles.

Awards

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

Bibliography

* Pock, Bernie & Nancy Kwan. A Celebration of Life, Memories of My Son.