Nancy Kwan

Person · Open Library

Works

2

via Open Library + Wikidata

Film & TV

Acting · Hong Kong, British Crown Colony [now China]

Nancy Kwan Ka-shen (Cantonese: 關家蒨; born May 19, 1939) is a Hong Kong-born American actress, author, and philanthropist. She meteorically rose to fame by starring in the Hollywood films The World of Suzie Wong (1960) and Flower Drum Song (1961), which were among the first to cast Asian actors in major roles. Her dazzling 'oriental' style and signature bob cut became iconic and cemented her status…

Known for

• Bruce Lee: A Life in Ten Pictures2023
• Be Water — Self - Actress / Friend2020
• Window Horses: The Poetic Persian Epiphany of Rosie Ming — Gloria (voice)2017
• Paint It Black — Margaret2016
• To Whom It May Concern: Ka Shen's Journey — Herself2010
• You Don't Know Jack: The Jack Soo Story — Self2009
• Mr. Yunioshi: An Asian Perspective — Self (archive footage)2009
• Anna May Wong - Frosted Yellow Willows: Her Life, Times and Legend — Narrator2007
• Hollywood Chinese — Self2007
• Ray of Sunshine — Lilly2006

via TMDB

Music · MusicBrainz

Type

Person

Gender

Female

Origin

Finland

Active from

1939

via MusicBrainz · CC0

Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners

636

Total plays

2,075

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Recent publications · Crossref

5 total works indexed

1. Initial sequencing and analysis of the human genome

   · 2001 · cited 18,622x

2. ROBINS-I: a tool for assessing risk of bias in non-randomised studies of interventions

   · 2016 · cited 15,471x

3. Transcript assembly and quantification by RNA-Seq reveals unannotated transcripts and isoform switching during cell differentiation

   · 2010 · cited 13,974x

4. A More Accurate Method To Estimate Glomerular Filtration Rate from Serum Creatinine: A New Prediction Equation

   · 1999 · cited 12,276x

5. Thematic Analysis

   · 2017 · cited 11,496x

via Crossref · CC0

Key facts

Born

( 1939-05-19 ) May 19, 1939 (age 87) , British Hong Kong

Education

Maryknoll Convent School Royal Ballet School

Occupations

Actress Restaurateur

Years active

1960–present

Known for

Flower Drum Song The World of Suzie Wong Fate Is the Hunter The Wild Affair

Spouses

Peter Pock ​ ​ ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1962 ; divorced</span>"}]]}'>div. 1968 ) ​ David Giler ​ ​ ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1970 ; divorced</span>"}]]}'>div. 1972 ) ​ Norbert Meisel ​ ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1976 ) ​

Children

Bernhard Pock (1963–1996)

Relatives

Loke Yew (great-grandfather)

Traditional chinese

關家蒨

Simplified chinese

关家蒨

Hanyu pinyin

Guān Jiāqiàn

Wade giles

Kuan Chia-ch'ien

Jyutping

Gwaan1 Gaa1sin6

Hokkien poj

Kwan Ka Shen

via Wikipedia infobox