The Career of Anna May Wong
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The Toll of the Sea, 1922
Wong made her silver screen debut in The Red Lantern when she was 14, and by 17 had her first lead role, as Lotus Flower in The Toll of the Sea, one of the first color feature films made in Hollywood.
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