Nude Filmography:
>> McMasters, The (1969) .... Robin
Mini Biography :
>> Nancy Kwan was just 18, studying dance with England's Royal
Ballet School, when she was spotted by producer Ray Stark, who tested
her and gave her the starring role of a free-spirited Hong Kong prostitute
who captivates artist William Holden in "The World of Susie Wong"
(1960). She followed it the next year with the hit musical "Flower
Drum Song" and became one of Hollywood's most visible Asian actresses.
Born in China by her Chinese father and British mother, Kwan spent
the '60s commuting between film roles in American and Europe, but
faded from view in the West when she returned to her native Hong Kong
in 1972 to be with her critically ill father.
>> Divorced from her second husband, Austrian hotelier David
Giler, and with a young son from her first marriage, Kwan intended
to stay a year--but wound up staying a decade. As managing director
of her own production company, she produced and directed dozens of
commercials for the Southeast Asia market. She also acted in a spate
of films made for Southeast Asian audiences, including a 1977 movie,
"Fear," that introduced her to filmmaker Norbert Meisel her latest
romantic involvement.
>> She returned to the States in 1979 so that her teen-age
son, Bernie Pock, could complete his education. (A martial-arts master
who speaks fluent Chinese, he's now a stunt coordinator and actor.)
After returning to the states, Kwan appeared on numerous TV series
and co-starred in the NBC miniseries "Noble House" and the CBS TV
movie "Miracle Landing." She also played various characters in various
epsiodes including the pilot for "Hawaii 5-0. She's politically active
as the spokeswoman for the Asian American Voters Coalition, and touts
a beauty product, Oriental Pearl Cream, in TV spots.
>> Kwan was at the ceremonies in Los Angeles at Hollywood Park
where the Asian community gathered to watch the handover of Hong Kong
to the Chinese.
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