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Soo Yong

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Birth name Ah Hee Young
Nationality USA
Birth 31 october 1903
Death 29 october 1984 (at 80 years)

Ah Hee Young, née le 31 octobre 1903 à Wailuku (Île de Maui, Hawaï) et morte le 29 octobre 1984 à Honolulu (Hawaï), est une actrice américaine d'ascendance chinoise, connue sous le nom de scène de Soo Yong.

Biography

Née de parents immigrés d'origine chinoise, Soo Yong débute au théâtre et joue notamment à Broadway (New York) dans deux pièces représentées en 1928-1929 (dont The Squealer de Jack Linder, avec Tom Fadden).

Au cinéma, elle contribue à vingt-et-un films américains, depuis Le Voile des illusions de Richard Boleslawski (1934, avec Greta Garbo et Herbert Marshall) jusqu'à Le Maître des îles de Tom Gries (1970, avec Charlton Heston et Geraldine Chaplin).

Entretemps, mentionnons Visages d'Orient de Sidney Franklin (1937, avec Paul Muni et Luise Rainer), Le Défilé de la mort de John Farrow (1943, avec Loretta Young et Alan Ladd), La Colline de l'adieu d'Henry King (1955, avec Jennifer Jones et William Holden), ou encore Au rythme des tambours fleuris d'Henry Koster (1961, avec Nancy Kwan et James Shigeta).

À la télévision américaine, outre un téléfilm diffusé en 1962, elle apparaît dans trois séries, la première en 1955 ; les deux suivantes sont Hawaï police d'État (quatre épisodes, 1971-1978), et enfin pour sa dernière prestation à l'écran, Magnum (deux épisodes, 1981).

Soo Yong meurt trois ans plus tard (en 1984), deux jours avant son 81e anniversaire.

Usually with

Richard Loo
Richard Loo
(7 films)
James Hong
James Hong
(5 films)
Philip Ahn
Philip Ahn
(5 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Soo Yong (19 films)

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The Hawaiians, 2h14
Directed by Tom Gries
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Adventure, Romance
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films
Actors Charlton Heston, Geraldine Chaplin, Mako Iwamatsu, Bette Midler, John Phillip Law, Alec McCowen
Roles M Ching
Rating60% 3.0474853.0474853.0474853.0474853.047485
The story begins forty years after the events depicted in the original Hawaii, as a new generation of Americans and Asians must deal with a changing island and world; one of them is a sea captain.
In Harm's Way, 2h45
Directed by Otto Preminger
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Action, Adventure
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films, Political films, United States Armed Forces in films
Actors John Wayne, Kirk Douglas, Henry Fonda, Patricia Neal, Brandon deWilde, Tom Tryon
Roles Tearful Woman
Rating72% 3.6441253.6441253.6441253.6441253.644125
John Wayne stars as U.S. Navy Captain Rockwell "Rock" Torrey, a divorced "second generation Navy" son of a career Chief Petty Officer. A Naval Academy graduate and career officer, Torrey is removed from command of his heavy cruiser for "throwing away the book" when pursuing the enemy and then being torpedoed by a Japanese submarine shortly after the attack on Pearl Harbor. Kirk Douglas portrays Torrey's executive officer, Commander (later Captain) Paul Eddington, a wayward sort of career officer who has resigned as a naval aviator and returned to the surface navy because of an unhappy marriage. His wife's numerous affairs and drunken escapades have become the talk of Honolulu and her death during the Pearl Harbor attack—in the company of an Army Air Corps Officer (Hugh O'Brian), with whom she had just had a wild fling on a local beach—drives Eddington into a bar brawl with a group of other Army Air Corps officers, a subsequent stint in the Pearl Harbor brig, and exile as the "... officer in charge of piers and warehouses ..." in what he calls a "backwater island purgatory.
Flower Drum Song, 2h12
Directed by Henry Koster
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Musical theatre, Romantic comedy, Musical, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films, Films based on plays, Films based on musicals
Actors Nancy Kwan, James Shigeta, Miyoshi Umeki, Juanita Hall, Jack Soo, Benson Fong
Roles Madame Ten Fong
Rating68% 3.4455753.4455753.4455753.4455753.445575
A young woman named Mei Li arrives from China as an illegal immigrant with her father in San Francisco, California to enter into an arranged marriage with the owner of a night club, Sammy Fong (inspired by the actual Forbidden City nightclub). Her intended is already involved with his leading showgirl, Linda Low, and does his best to dissuade Mei Li from marrying him, sending her to live in the house of Master Wang, where he presents her as prospect for Master Wang's son, Wang Ta. Dissolving the marriage contract is harder than either of them imagine. Master Wang is persuaded by his sister-in-law, Madame Liang, to allow Mei Li to fall in love naturally with Master Wang's son, Wang Ta. But Wang Ta is dazzled by the charms of Linda, who 'enjoys being a girl', and succeeds in landing a date with her, during which she convinces him to give her his fraternity pin (it symbolizes that they're "going steady"). Linda wishes to use Wang Ta to get a real commitment from Sammy Fong, who gets wind of her plan when Linda attends a party in honor of Wang Ta's and Madame Liang's graduation from university and citizenship classes, respectively. At the party, Linda has another club employee pretend to be her brother, and grant his permission for Linda to marry Wang Ta. Mei Li, hearing this, becomes discouraged, while Ta and his father argue over his marriage plans. Ta argues that he is old enough to make his own decisions, but the father says that he will be the one to let Ta know when he is old enough.
Sayonara
Sayonara (1957)
, 2h27
Directed by Joshua Logan
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Melodrama, Romance
Themes Seafaring films, Politique, Films about racism, Transport films, Aviation films, Political films
Actors Marlon Brando, Patricia Owens, James Garner, Martha Scott, Miiko Taka, Miyoshi Umeki
Roles Terukosan
Rating69% 3.4959953.4959953.4959953.4959953.495995
Major Lloyd "Ace" Gruver (Marlon Brando), the son of a U.S. Army general, is stationed at Itami Air Force Base near Kobe, Japan. He falls in love with a Japanese entertainer, Hana-ogi (Miiko Taka), who is a performer for a Takarazuka-like theater company, whom he meets through his enlisted crew chief, Airman Joe Kelly (Red Buttons).
Flight to Hong Kong, 1h28
Directed by Joseph M. Newman
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Crime
Actors Rory Calhoun, Barbara Rush, Soo Yong, Patrick Douglas "Pat" Conway, Mel Welles, Timothy Carey
Roles Mama Lin
Rating56% 2.8144552.8144552.8144552.8144552.814455
International smuggler Tony Dumont is aboard a plane carrying a shipment of industrial diamonds. It is hijacked by men who flee with the gems. Tony and other passengers, including famed author Pamela Vincent, are flown to Hong Kong, where he doesn't get to say goodbye because Pamela is mobbed by the press.
Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing, 1h42
Directed by Henry King
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Romance
Themes Films about writers, Films about journalists, Political films, Children's films
Actors Jennifer Jones, William Holden, Keye Luke, Torin Thatcher, Isobel Elsom, Richard Loo
Roles Nora Hung
Rating63% 3.1961553.1961553.1961553.1961553.196155
The widowed Eurasian doctor Han Suyin (Jones) falls in love with the married-but-separated American correspondent Mark Elliott (Holden) in Hong Kong, during the period of China's Civil War in the late 1940s. Although they briefly find happiness together, she is ostracized by the greater Chinese community. After losing her position at the hospital, Suyin and her adopted daughter go to live with a friend while Mark is on an assignment during the Korean War. They write to each other constantly.
The Left Hand of God, 1h27
Directed by Edward Dmytryk
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Adventure, Romance, Western
Themes Films about religion, Children's films
Actors Humphrey Bogart, Gene Tierney, Lee J. Cobb, Agnes Moorehead, E. G. Marshall, Jean Porter
Roles l'infirmière de Pao Chu
Rating63% 3.198583.198583.198583.198583.19858
In 1947, Catholic priest Father O'Shea (Humphrey Bogart) makes his way to a remote mission in China to replace a priest who was killed there. He meets Dr. David Sigman (E.G. Marshall), his wife Beryl (Agnes Moorehead), and nurse Anne Scott (Gene Tierney), the only other Western residents. They run a hospital for the surrounding villagers, at a time when competing warlords and Communists are engaged in civil war.
Soldier of Fortune, 1h36
Directed by Edward Dmytryk
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Adventure, Crime, Romance
Themes Political films, Children's films
Actors Clark Gable, Susan Hayward, Michael Rennie, Gene Barry, Tim Abell, Tom Tully
Roles Dak Lai
Rating61% 3.0975753.0975753.0975753.0975753.097575
Jane Hoyt (Susan Hayward) arrives in Hong Kong, looking for her husband, thrill-seeking photojournalist Louis Hoyt (Gene Barry). She attracts the eye of shady shipping magnate Hank Lee (Clark Gable). With his help, she learns that Louis entered Communist China and was imprisoned as a suspected spy.
Big Jim McLain, 1h30
Directed by Edward Ludwig
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Adventure, Spy
Themes Spy films, Seafaring films, Transport films, Political films
Actors John Wayne, Nancy Olson, James Arness, Alan Napier, Veda Ann Borg, Hans Conried
Roles Mrs. Namaka
Rating52% 2.602322.602322.602322.602322.60232
House Un-American Activities Committee investigators Jim McLain and Mal Baxter come to Hawaii to track Communist Party activities. They are interested in everything from insurance fraud to the sabotage of a U.S. naval vessel.
Peking Express, 1h25
Directed by William Dieterle
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Comedy-drama, Action
Themes Transport films, Rail transport films, Political films, Film se déroulant dans un train
Actors Joseph Cotten, Corinne Calvet, Edmund Gwenn, Marvin Miller, Marvin Miller, Benson Fong
Roles Li Elu
Rating57% 2.861252.861252.861252.861252.86125
Michael Bachlin, médecin américain et délégué des Nations unies, monte à bord de l'express pour Pékin. Officiellement, il est chargé de fonder un centre de chirurgie du thorax à Shanghai. Officieusement, il doit rencontrer le chef de l'opposition au régime chinois. Durant le voyage, il retrouve Danielle Grenier, une séduisante jeune femme qu'il a connue à Paris quelques années plus tôt...
Night Plane from Chungking, 1h9
Directed by Ralph Murphy
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Action, Romance
Themes Transport films, Aviation films, Political films
Actors Robert Preston, Ellen Drew, Otto Kruger, Steven Geray, Victor Sen Yung, Soo Yong
Roles Madame Wu
Rating63% 3.176313.176313.176313.176313.17631
A truck carrying passengers on a road to India is bombed by the Japanese during their invasion of China, due to the carelessness of one of the passengers, Albert Pasavy.
China
China (1943)
, 1h19
Directed by John Farrow, Hal Walker, Oscar Rudolph, Harve Foster, Gerd Oswald
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Adventure
Themes Political films
Actors Loretta Young, Alan Ladd, William Bendix, Philip Ahn, Richard Loo, Victor Sen Yung
Roles Tai Shen
Rating65% 3.2949653.2949653.2949653.2949653.294965
In 1941, in Mei-Ki, China, war profiteer David Jones (Alan Ladd) narrowly escapes with his life when Chinese Captain Tao-Yuan-Kai arrests him for selling oil to the Japanese but releases him because he is American. Japanese aircraft bomb the town, and Jones drives toward Shanghai with his partner, Johnny Sparrow (William Bendix), who has brought with him an orphaned baby boy.
Secret of the Wastelands, 1h6
Origin USA
Genres Western
Actors William Boyd, Andy Clyde, Soo Yong, Barbara Britton, Douglas Fowley, Richard Loo
Roles May Soong
Rating66% 3.332913.332913.332913.332913.33291
Hopalong Cassidy guide une équipe d'archéologues sur le site d'une mésa indienne abandonnée. Arrivés sur le site, ils s'aperçoivent qu'ils sont suivis par une bande de despérados, tandis que les chinois, habitants d'une ville proche, semblent tout mettre en œuvre pour décourager l'expédition.
The Adventures of Marco Polo, 1h44
Directed by John Ford, Archie Mayo
Origin USA
Genres Biography, Adventure, Historical, Romance
Actors Gary Cooper, Sigrid Gurie, Basil Rathbone, George Barbier, Alan Hale, Ernest Truex
Roles la femme de Chen Tsu
Rating56% 2.8037252.8037252.8037252.8037252.803725
Nicolo Polo shows treasures from China and sends his son Marco Polo (Gary Cooper) there with his assistant (and comic relief) Binguccio (Ernest Truex). They sail from Venice, are shipwrecked, and cross the desert of Persia and the mountains of Tibet to China, to seek out Peking and the palace of China's ruler, Kublai Khan (George Barbier).
The Good Earth, 2h18
Directed by Victor Fleming, Sam Wood, Sidney Franklin, Gustav Machatý
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Historical, Romance
Themes Films based on plays
Actors Paul Muni, Luise Rainer, Walter Connolly, Tilly Losch, Charley Grapewin, Keye Luke
Roles Aunt
Rating74% 3.74083.74083.74083.74083.7408
In pre-World War I northern China, a young farmer Wang Lung (Paul Muni) marries O-Lan (Luise Rainer), a lowly servant at the Great House, the residence of the most powerful family in their village. O-Lan proves to be an excellent wife, hard working and uncomplaining. Wang Lung prospers. He buys more land, and O-Lan gives birth to two sons and a daughter. Meanwhile, the Great House begins to decline.