Nancy Kwan | |
Job | Actress |
Years active | 1960-present |
Top Roles | Linda Low, Wednesday, Sally Fraser, Revel Drue, Marjorie Lee |
Top Genres | Comedy, Drama, Adventure, Crime, Action, Romance |
Top Topics | Book-Based, Exotic Lands, Disney |
Top Collaborators | James Shigeta, Elke Sommer, Nehemiah Persoff, Ken Hughes (Director) |
Shares birthday with | Carey Wilson, Michael Balcon, Augusta Ciolli see more.. |
Nancy Kwan Overview:
Actress, Nancy Kwan, was born Hong Kong on May 19, 1939 in Hong Kong, . As of December 2024, Nancy Kwan was 85 years old.
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Nancy Kwan BlogHub Articles:
TCMFF Prefunc: 7 Reasons I Dig Nancy Kwan
By KC on Apr 24, 2018 From Classic MoviesNancy Kwan in 1964/Image Source I adore Nancy Kwan. She's smart, charismatic, and brilliant in anything she does, whether it is a comedy, drama, or musical. When it was announced she would be attending a screening of The World of Suzie Wong (1960) at TCM Classic Film Festival 2018, I did a cartwhe... Read full article
Fate Is the Hunter (1964) – with Glenn Ford and Nancy Kwan
By Greg Orypeck on Aug 11, 2016 From Classic Film FreakShare This! Sam McBane played with death to prove a theory. Fate Is the Hunter?had at the time, and still has, a lot going for it?a string of first-class major stars of the day, a diverse supporting cast, music by Jerry Goldsmith and Oscar-nominated cinematography by Milton Krasner.? Just because it... Read full article
Wild Women from Warner Archive: Nancy Kwan and Mamie Van Doren
By KC on Feb 11, 2015 From Classic MoviesI love the high-spirited, incredibly silly flicks that Warner Archive has been releasing lately. The new batch is as much fun as the pair of 60s films I reviewed last Wednesday. This week's double feature is headlined by two very different female characters who are heading towards domestic life, wh... Read full article
Happy Birthday Nancy Kwan
By monty on May 19, 2010 From Noir and Chick FlicksNancy Kwan Photos At just 18, Nancy Kwan was studying dance with England's Royal Ballet School when she was spotted by producer Ray Stark, who tested her and gave her the starring role of a free-spirited Hong Kong prostitute who captivates artist William Holden in The World of Suzie Wong (1960). She... Read full article
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Nancy Kwan Quotes:
Linda Low: Oh no, to attract them!
Wang San: [singing] You be the rock.
Linda Low: [singing] I be the roll.
Wang San: [singing] You be the soup.
Linda Low: [singing] I be the bowl.
Wang San: [singing] You be the furnace.
Linda Low: [singing] I'll be the coal.
Wang San, Linda Low: [singing] Rock, rock, rock, roll, roll, roll.
Linda Low: [singing] Grant Avenue, San Francisco, California, U.S.A. / Looks down from Chinatown over a foggy bay./ You travel there in a trolley, in a trolley there up you climb. / Dong! Dong! You're in Hong Kong, having yourself a time. / You can eat, if you are in the mood.
Chorus: [singing] Shark-fin soup, bean cake fish.
Linda Low: [singing] The girl who serves you all your food is another tasty dish.
Chorus: [singing] You know you.
Linda Low: [singing] You can't have a new way of living till you're living all the way on / Grand Avenue.
Chorus: Where's that?
Linda Low: [singing] San Francisco. That's where's that! California USA.
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