Nancy Kwan

Today she is politically active as the spokeswoman for the Asian American Voters Coalition. She has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in recognition of her contribution to Motion Pictures at 6801 Hollywood Boulevard. Upon returning to the USA in 1979, she has had guest appearances and co-starring roles on numerous TV Productions. Anita Louise died from a stroke in Los Angeles, California and was interred in Forest Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery. She spent the 1960s commuting between America and Europe for film roles, only to return to her native Hong Kong in 1972 to be with her critically ill father. Her husband of twenty years, the film producer Buddy Adler died in 1960. She followed it up the next year with the hit musical The Flower Drum Song (1961) and became one of Hollywood's most visible Asian actresses. She virtually retired after this.

Then, at the age of 18, she received the starring role of a free-spirited Hong Kong prostitute who captivates artist Robert Lomax (William Holden) in the film adaptation of The World of Suzie Wong (1960). In middle age she played one of her most widely seen roles as the mother in the television series My Friend Flicka from 1956 until 1958. She was studying dancing at the Royal Ballet School in England when producer Ray Stark spotted her. By the 1940s she was reduced to minor roles and appeared very infrequently before the advent of television in the 1950s provided her with further opportunities. Nancy Kwan (關家蒨, pinyin: Guān Jiāqiàn, Cantonese (linguistics): Kwan Ka Shen, born May 19, 1939) was born in Hong Kong to a Chinese father and British/Scottish mother. Among her film successes were Madame Du Barry (1934), A Midsummer Night's Dream (1935), The Story of Louis Pasteur (1935), Anthony Adverse (1936), Marie Antoinette (1936), The Sisters (1938), and The Little Princess (1939). A Celebration of Life, Memories of My Son.. Her reputation was further enhanced by her role as Hollywood society hostess, with her parties attended by the elite of Hollywood, and widely and regularly reported in the news media.

Night Creature (1977). As her stature in Hollywood grew, she was named as a WAMPAS Baby Star, and was frequently described as one of cinema's most fashionable and stylish women. The Girl Who Knew Too Much (1969). By her late teens she was being cast in leading and supporting roles in major productions, and was highly regarded for her delicate features and blonde hair. Robin Crusoe, U.S.N. (1966). Born Anita Louise Fremault in New York, New York, she made her acting debut on Broadway at the age of six, and within a year was appearing regularly in Hollywood films. Lt. Anita Louise (January 9, 1915 – April 25, 1970) was an American film actress.