Nancy Kwan (born May 19, 1939 in Hong Kong) (pinyin: GuÄ?n JiÄ?qiàn, Cantonese: Kwan Ka Shin) is a Eurasian actress.

Biography
Innate to the Chinese father, architect Kwan Wing Hong & Scottish mother, model Marquita Scott. She is considered to become the sex symbol among her fans, as it sense she's beautiful because of her unusual, Eurasian appearance.

Kwan's personal fled Hong Kong with her after 1941 during World War II and returned at the prevent of the war. She exposed at Kingsmoor School in Glossop, England and dancing at the Royal Ballet School in England. She performed inside Swan Flow of any stream & Sleeping Beauty at Convent Garden. She completed her studies by having the certificate to teach ballet.

When within England , producer Ray Stark spotted her. At the age of Xviii, she received a star role of a yours free!-spirited Hong Kong prostitute who captivates artist Robert Lomax (William Holden) in the film adaptation of The World of Suzie Wong (1960).

She followed it higher a next month by owning a hit musical comedy The Flower Drum Song (1961) and became one of Hollywood's virtually all seeable Asian actresses. She spent a 1960s commuting between the United States and Europe for film roles. She married Austrian ski teacher Peter Pock and gave birth to son Bernhard. Kwan link to to her native Hong Kong inside 1972 to be by owning her critically sick father. Fallowing his demise, she married director-producer Norbert Meisel and returned to the United States.

Upon giving to the USA in 1979, she has had guest appearances & co-starring roles in many television productions, rather ER. She has likewise hosted Miss Chinatown pageant around San Francisco, California. In todays world she is politically active when a spokeswoman for the Asian American Voters Coalition.

Selected filmography

The World of Suzie Wong (1960) The Flower Drum Song (1961) A Independent Attraction (1962) Tamahine (1963) Lt. Robin Crusoe, U.S.North. (1966) The Girl Who Knew Too Much (1969) Nighttime Animal (1977) Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story (1993)

Awards
Golden Ring Award Historymaker for Excellence in the Performing Arts - Chinese U.s. Museum of Los Angeles, California

Bibliography

The Celebration of Life, Memories of The Boy.