The Career of Anna May Wong
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Daughter of the Dragon
Wong would eventually return to Hollywood. In 1931, she performed in her first American talkie Daughter of the Dragon playing Princess Ling Moy. In it she reprised the stereotypical "dragon lady" role one of a conniving villainess that she played in many of her films.
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