Personal Info
Barbara Jean Wong
Acting
Biography
Barbara Jean Wong was a fourth generation Chinese-American born to produce market owners Thomas and Maye Wong on March 3, 1924. She began her performance career at the age of five and was soon dubbed the Chinese-American Shirley Temple due to her long black hair curled into ringlets and her charming persona. She attended the University of Southern California (USC) and Columbia University to earn degrees in drama and English. After college, she branched into films and worked in 20 films including "The Good Earth", "The Man from Button Willow", "Love is a Many Splendored Thing", and many Charli…
Filmography
Movies
The Man from Button Willow
as Stormy (voice)
Chinatown at Midnight
as Betty Chang
Calcutta
as Mrs. Smith's Manicurist (uncredited)
The Trap
as San Toy
That Brennan Girl
as Nightclub Singer (uncredited)
The Red Dragon
as Iris Ling (as Jean Wong)
China
as Nan Ti
Behind the Rising Sun
as Chinese Girl Given Opium
