Nancy Kwan

Nancy Kwan

1939-05-19 Hong Kong, British Crown Colony [now China] 57 Credits

Biography

Nancy Kwan is a Hong Kong-born Eurasian-American actress, who played a pivotal role in the acceptance of actors of Asian ancestry in major Hollywood film roles. Widely praised for her beauty, Kwan was considered a sex symbol in the 1960s.

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Be Water

Be Water

2020

as Self - Actress / Friend

6.8
Acting

In 1971, after being rejected by Hollywood, Bruce Lee returned to his parents’ homeland of Hong Kong to complete four iconic films. Charting his strug...

Window Horses

Window Horses

2017

as Gloria

6.6
Acting

Rosie Ming, a young Canadian poet, is invited to perform at a Poetry Festival in Shiraz, Iran, but she’d rather be in Paris. She lives at home with he...

Paint It Black

Paint It Black

2016

as Margaret

6.0
Acting

A young woman attempts to deal with the death of her boyfriend while continuously confronted by his mentally unstable mother.

To Whom It May Concern: Ka Shen's Journey

To Whom It May Concern: Ka Shen's Journey

2010

as Herself

Acting

The definitive and true-life story of Nancy Kwan Ka-Shen, who as a young Eurasian girl from Hong Kong, captured the hearts and minds of cinemagoers ar...

You Don't Know Jack: The Jack Soo Story

You Don't Know Jack: The Jack Soo Story

2009

as Self

Acting

The film tells actor Jack Soo's story through a montage of film and television clips, rare footage, interviews with family members, friends, co-worker...

Mr. Yunioshi:  An Asian Perspective

Mr. Yunioshi: An Asian Perspective

2009

as Self (archive footage)

Acting

Mr. Yunioshi: An Asian Perspective provides some insightful commentary of how far we've come concerning Asian characterizations in Hollywood movies fr...

Hollywood Chinese

Hollywood Chinese

2007

as Self

Acting

Hollywood Chinese is a captivating look at cinema history through the lens of the Chinese American experience. Directed by triple Sundance award-winni...

Anna May Wong - Frosted Yellow Willows: Her Life, Times and Legend

2007

as Narrator

Acting

Documentary of Anna May Wong, a Chinese-American woman who endured many hardships and heartaches to become an international star of film, stage and te...

Ray of Sunshine

Ray of Sunshine

2006

as Lilly

Acting

Rachael, an aspiring pianist with a troubled past, disguises herself as a boy and searches for her father, a free-wheeling musician who abandoned her ...

Murder on the Yellow Brick Road

Murder on the Yellow Brick Road

2005

as Natalie Chung

Acting

A pretty young songbird found murdered on Hollywood Boulevard. The crusty old Private Eye who was in love with her. A smooth-talking seductress who hi...

The Unbeatable Bruce Lee

The Unbeatable Bruce Lee

2001

as Self (archive footage)

8.4
Acting

A look at the life of superstar Bruce Lee.

Mr. P's Dancing Sushi Bar

Mr. P's Dancing Sushi Bar

1999

as Mitsuko McFee

Acting

A film about a small sushi counter in the lobby of a hotel in Little Tokyo, Los Angeles, for Japanese commercial employees sent to the United States.

For Life or Death

For Life or Death

1996

as Ling Li

4.5
Acting

A man named Kaan Woo (James Lew) is escaping his dark past, having been involved with a cult of brown shroud-wearing, druid-like monk warriors that ha...

Encyclopedia of Martial Arts: Hollywood Celebrities

1995

as Self

10.0
Acting

The first video to combine international martial arts together with interviews and demonstrations by celebrities of Hollywood.

Rebellious

1995

as Joni

8.0
Acting

Late stuntman Bernhard Pock wrote, directed, and starred in this gritty modern-day fairy tale about a biker poet on a journey of self-discovery. Pock ...

Rebellious

1995

Producer

8.0
Producing

Late stuntman Bernhard Pock wrote, directed, and starred in this gritty modern-day fairy tale about a biker poet on a journey of self-discovery. Pock ...

Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story

Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story

1993

as Gussie Yang

6.9
Acting

This film is a glimpse into the life, love and the unconquerable spirit of the legendary Bruce Lee. From a childhood of rigorous martial arts training...

Babies

Babies

1990

as Dr. Liu

Acting

The physical and emotional trauma of three close-knit women trying to have children is explored.

Cold Dog Soup

Cold Dog Soup

1990

as Madame Chang

4.9
Acting

A taxi driver (Quaid) pounds Zen parables (if time money, is time the root of all evil?) into his passenger in a high-speed, idiosyncratic tour of the...

Miracle Landing

Miracle Landing

1990

as C.B. Lansing

5.7
Acting

Based on a real, in-flight incident in 1988, a passenger jet loses a portion of its fuselage in flight over Hawaii and is forced to make an emergency ...

Sally's Beauty Spot

Sally's Beauty Spot

1990

as Suzie Wong (archive footage)

5.0
Acting

A large black mole above an Asian woman's breast serves as a metaphor for cultural and racial difference in this engaging experimental film. Off-scree...

Night Children

Night Children

1989

as Diane Martin

3.0
Acting

A veteran cop (David Carradine) investigates the crimes of an anarchist street gang that causes chaos wherever they go. Meanwhile, his wife (Nancy Kwa...

Slaying the Dragon

Slaying the Dragon

1988

Acting

A highly-critical documentary about the history of Asian-American actresses in Hollywood. Features interviews with pioneering Asian-American actresses...

Keys to Freedom

Keys to Freedom

1988

as Dr. Lao

3.0
Acting

The keys to freedom for citizens of Hong Kong are U.S. passports, as their city quakes with the imminent transition to Chinese Communist rule. A deadl...

Reel Horror

Reel Horror

1985

as Leslie (archive footage)

2.4
Acting

Evil spirits that emerge from cans of old movie film terrorize a neighborhood.

Blade in Hong Kong

Blade in Hong Kong

1985

as Lily

Acting

Joe Blade is an unclaimed TV pilot film. An American, Blade works in Hong Kong, the home of his adoptive father Chang Chin-tzu. When Chang Chin-tzu is...

Walking the Edge

Walking the Edge

1985

as Christine Holloway

5.4
Acting

A Los Angeles taxi driver helps a distraught woman on the run from gangsters after they murder her husband and young son.

The Last Ninja

The Last Ninja

1983

as Noriko Sakura

3.2
Acting

A successful art dealer is sought out by law enforcement after terrorists take some scientists hostage. Finding no possible solution, a law enforcemen...

Angkor: Cambodia Express

Angkor: Cambodia Express

1982

as Sue

3.5
Acting

In a tale of drama and adventure, young journalist Andy Cameron (Robert Walker) has to get into Cambodia (it is assumed this is during the genocidal r...

Dreams of Desire

Dreams of Desire

1981

Producer, Story

2.0
Producing Writing

A married man with an unsatisfying sex life repeatedly dreams of making love to a mysterious Chinese woman somewhere in Hong Kong. Obsessed, the man a...

Streets of Hong Kong

1979

as Mei Mei

Acting
Night Creature

Night Creature

1978

as Leslie

2.8
Acting

A big-game hunter brings a killer leopard to his private island and turns it loose so he can hunt it down. However, unexpected visitors arrive at the ...

Project: Kill

Project: Kill

1976

as Lee Su

4.6
Acting

A former government assassin flees a mind-control program in the Philippines, pursued by his ex-partner, the local police and Asian gangsters.

That Lady from Peking

That Lady from Peking

1975

as Sue Ten Chan

1.0
Acting

Max Foster (Carl Betz), an American newspaper reporter, is in Hong Kong to assist a defecting Russian diplomat. In return for arranging an escape, the...

Supercock

Supercock

1975

as Yuki Chan

3.7
Acting

An American cowboy in the Philippines gets mixed up in cockfighting.

Fortress in the Sun

1975

as Maria

Acting

The most expensive message action film ever to hit the screen. An international-geared vehicle showcasing two of Asia's great acting talents.

The Pacific Connection

The Pacific Connection

1974

as Leni

4.3
Acting

Ben is a farm boy who comes into conflict with the Evil Spanish Governor and his two sons. To assist in their oppression the Governor hires a Samurai ...

Spring Comes Not Again

Spring Comes Not Again

1974

Acting

Spring Comes Not Again is a tragic story of romance and betrayal, set in contemporary Hong Kong. The film opens with a deeply distraught Betty (Nancy ...

Wonder Women

Wonder Women

1973

as Dr. Tsu

4.6
Acting

Dr. Tsu is a brilliant surgeon with her own exotic island off the coast of Manila. Using her sexy, all-girl army of martial-arts experts, Tsu kidnaps ...

Heiße Ware aus Hong Kong

1973

as Self

Acting

Made for German TV documentary about the early craze of Hong Kong Martial Arts Cinema. While critical on the subject and not too well informed, it nev...

Karioka etchos de America

1971

Acting
The McMasters

The McMasters

1970

as Robin

4.4
Acting

When a black Civil War veteran becomes co-owner of the southern McMasters ranch, the incensed local Confederate veterans come gunning for him and his ...

The Girl Who Knew Too Much

The Girl Who Knew Too Much

1969

as Revel Drue

4.0
Acting

A runaway truck containing the corpse of a slain gang leader rolls into a California nightclub owned by Johnny Cain, a hard bitten former free-lance a...

The Wrecking Crew

The Wrecking Crew

1968

as Wen Yu-Rang

5.7
Acting

When Count Contini attempts to destroy the world's economy by masterminding the theft of $1 billion in U.S. gold, ICE chief MacDonald summons secret a...

Cocoon

Cocoon

1968

as Rosemary Quong

Acting

In this pilot film to the "Hawaii Five-0" television series, special law officer Steve McGarrett tracks down Red Chinese operatives and their spy ring...

Nobody's Perfect

Nobody's Perfect

1968

as Nurse Tomiko Momyama

5.5
Acting

This military service comedy chronicles the misadventures of the U.S.S. Bustard in Japan. The crew has stolen a Buddha statue from a Japanese village,...

The Corrupt Ones

The Corrupt Ones

1967

as Tina

5.5
Acting

Freelance photographer Cliff Wilder (Robert Stack) finds himself the target of various colorful villains in this quest for an ancient Chinese treasure...

Arrivederci, Baby!

Arrivederci, Baby!

1966

as Baby

5.9
Acting

Nick tries to kill his wife to get her money, but when learning of this, she plans the same for him!

Lt. Robin Crusoe U.S.N.

Lt. Robin Crusoe U.S.N.

1966

as Wednesday

5.6
Acting

Lt. Robin Crusoe is a navy pilot who bails out of his plane after engine trouble. He reaches a deserted island paradise where he builds a house and be...

The Magic Stone

The Magic Stone

1966

as Mei Ching

Acting
The Wild Affair

The Wild Affair

1965

as Marjorie Lee

5.4
Acting

Young office assistant Majorie will marry soon, however, she's plagued by doubts if her fiance is the right one. On her last day at work, her male col...

Fate Is the Hunter

Fate Is the Hunter

1964

as Sally Fraser

6.4
Acting

An airline executive refuses to believe that pilot error, by his friend, caused a fatal crash and persists in looking for another reason.

Honeymoon Hotel

Honeymoon Hotel

1964

as Lynn Hope

4.6
Acting

A man left at the alter goes on his honeymoon trip anyway, taking his best man along instead.

Tamahine

Tamahine

1963

as Tamahine

4.8
Acting

The headmaster of a stuffy British boys' school receives a surprise visit from the now-grown, and very voluptuous, daughter he fathered years earlier ...

The Main Attraction

The Main Attraction

1962

as Tessa

3.4
Acting

An affable drifter on the lam for a murder he didn't commit hides out in a circus.

Flower Drum Song

Flower Drum Song

1961

as Linda Low

6.1
Acting

A young woman arrives in San Francisco's Chinatown, from Hong Kong, with the intention of marrying a rakish nightclub owner, unaware he is involved wi...

The World of Suzie Wong

The World of Suzie Wong

1960

as Suzie Wong

6.4
Acting

A Hong Kong prostitute tries modeling and falls for the artist who's painting her.