Anna Chang
Actor
1910 –
Who is Anna Chang?
Anna Beverly Chang, born in San Francisco in 1910, was unusual among young Chinese-American women of her day in seeking a career as singer and actress – perhaps hoping to follow in the fabulous footsteps of Anna May Wong. This photo was taken at the time that she snagged a few stereotypical Hollywood movie parts in the short films “Two Little Chinese Maids”, “The Hatchet Man” and “Singapore Sue”. But she finally gave up on the movies, and after a year of performing in wild Shanghai in the 1930s, she returned to San Francisco to sing at the Jade Palace, a stylish cocktail lounge on Grant Avenue in San Francisco Chinatown.
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on July 01, 2019
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