Nancy Kwan

Nancy Kwan
Nancy Kwan
關家蒨
	Kwan in 1964
Born	May 19, 1939 (age 85); British Hong Kong
Education	Maryknoll Convent School; Royal Ballet School;
Occupations	Actress; Restaurateur;
Years active	1960–present
Known for	Flower Drum Song; The World of Suzie Wong; Fate Is the Hunter; The Wild Affair;
Spouses	Peter Pock (m. 1962; div. 1968); David Giler (m. 1970; div. 1972); Norbert Meisel (m. 1976);
Relatives	Loke Yew (great-grandfather)
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese	關家蒨
Simplified Chinese	关家蒨
Hanyu Pinyin
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Guān Jiāqiàn
Wade–Giles	Kuan Chia-ch'ien
Yue: Cantonese
Jyutping	Gwaan1 Gaa1sin6
Southern Min
Hokkien POJ	Kwan Ka Shen
Website	nancy-kwan.com

Nancy Kwan Ka-shen (Chinese: 關家蒨; Jyutping: Gwaan1 Gaa1sin6; born May 19, 1939)^[1] is a Chinese-American actress. In addition to her personality and looks, her career benefited from Hollywood's casting of more Asian roles in the 1960s, especially in comedies. She was considered an Eastern sex symbol in the 1960s.

^ "Chinese American Heroine: Nancy Kwan". AsianWeek. San Francisco. May 4, 2009. Archived from the original on June 29, 2011. Retrieved November 28, 2011.

[Asian_Week2009-05-04-1] "Chinese American Heroine: Nancy Kwan". AsianWeek. San Francisco. May 4, 2009. Archived from the original on June 29, 2011. Retrieved November 28, 2011.

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