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life of trail blazing actress anna may wong. anna may wong, first asian-american movie staff appearing in classics like shanghai express, born in los angeles in 1905, wong grew up working at her family s laundromat, acting at 14 and 1922 her first lead role in a silent film the toll of the sea, facing discrimination in hollywood, she founded her own production company and went on to become the first asian-american to lead a u.s. tv show. wong, whose family was from china, also raised money for chinese refugees during world war ii. she died in 1961. wong continues to be honored for breaking barriers in film. in 2022, she became the first asian-american on u.s. currency.

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