Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1939-05-19
- Works
- 2
Top works
- World of Nancy Kwan
- Celebration of a Life- Memories of My Son
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
Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 636
- Total plays
- 2,075
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Initial sequencing and analysis of the human genome
· 2001 · cited 18,495x
- ROBINS-I: a tool for assessing risk of bias in non-randomised studies of interventions
· 2016 · cited 14,485x
- Transcript assembly and quantification by RNA-Seq reveals unannotated transcripts and isoform switching during cell differentiation
· 2010 · cited 13,848x
- A More Accurate Method To Estimate Glomerular Filtration Rate from Serum Creatinine: A New Prediction Equation
· 1999 · cited 12,233x
- Global, regional, and national incidence, prevalence, and years lived with disability for 354 diseases and injuries for 195 countries and territories, 1990–2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017
· 2018 · cited 10,771x
via Crossref · CC0
Key dates
- Born
- 19 May 1939
via Wikidata · CC0
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Nancy
- Family name
- Guan
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- British Hong Kong
- Place of birth
- British Hong Kong
- Spouse
- David Giler
- Occupation
- film actor
- Educated at
- University of Cambridge
- Languages spoken
- English language
Gallery (2)
Connections
Categories
1939 births20th-century American actressesAmerican actresses of Chinese descentAmerican film actressesAmerican restaurateursAmerican stage actressesAmerican television actressesAmerican women restaurateursHong Kong emigrants to the United StatesHong Kong people of English descentHong Kong people of Scottish descentLiving people