Anna May Wong

She toured extensively on the stage throughout Europe and the United States, including opposite Vincent Price in Princess Turandot , a stage version of Giacomo Puccini’s opera. He currently resides in California. In addition, she co-starred with Marlene Dietrich in Shanghai Express (1932) and with Lana Turner in Portrait in Black. In the 2001 film Ali, Burton played Martin Luther King, Jr. She has also made films in German and French. LeVar got his start in television from 1976-1979, as the host of Rebop. Anna May travelled throughout Europe, and was one of the leads in the British film, Piccadilly (1929). He also played the voice of a character named Kwame in the cartoon series Captain Planet and the Planeteers (1990-1993) and The New Adventures of Captain Planet (1993-1996).

Her first starring role was in The Toll of the Sea (1921). He is also the host of the long-running children's television show Reading Rainbow (1983- Current) on PBS, which extols the virtues of literacy. Despite this discrimination, she had a number of significant film roles. He has directed numerous episodes of the series, as well as episodes of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Star Trek: Voyager and Star Trek: Enterprise. Even though Muni was to be wear heavy make up to look Asian, industry regulations prevented her from playing romantic roles opposite actors of different ethnicity. He later played the role of Lieutenant Commander Geordi LaForge in the Star Trek: The Next Generation television series and the series' movies. When MGM was casting for the The Good Earth (1937), she was passed up for the lead female role of O-lan because Paul Muni, an actor of European descent, was to play Wang Lung, O-lan's husband. Burton is a graduate of University of Southern California's School of Theatre.

Her ethnicity prevented her from getting choice parts, especially romantic ones due to the Hays code anti-miscegenation rules. Levardis Robert Martyn Burton Jr. (born February 16, 1957 in Landstuhl, Germany), known as LeVar Burton, is an African American actor, director, and producer who first came to prominence playing Kunta Kinte in the 1977 award winning television miniseries Roots, based on the novel by Alex Haley. Her first role was in the silent film, The Red Lantern (1919) with Alla Nazimova, as an uncredited extra. Born Wong Liu Tsong (黃柳霜, pinyin: Huáng Liǔshuāng) in Los Angeles, California, she began playing bit parts as a teenager. Anna May Wong (January 3, 1905-February 3, 1961) was the first truly notable Chinese American Hollywood actress.

Portrait In Black (1960). Daughter of Shanghai (1937). Dangerous to Know (1937). A Study in Scarlet (1933).

Shanghai Express (1932) as Hui Fei. Piccadilly (1929)as Shosho. Peter Pan (1924) as Tiger Lily. The Thief of Baghdad (1924).

The Toll of the Sea (1921) as Lotus Flower. The Red Lantern (1919) uncredited.