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Gloria Suie Chin (Chinese: 鄺美麗; November 10, 1925 – October 16, 2016), known professionally as Maylia Fong, was an American actress. Career [ edit ] Fong was cast in her first film as the character Ming Ling in the 1947 romantic film Singapore , also starring Fred MacMurray , after she was spotted by the wife of producer Sidney Buchman ...
Actress: Singapore. Gloria (Maylia) Fong was born Gloria Chin in Detroit, Michigan. She married actor Benson Fong and received great reviews for her first film, Singapore (1947). She and Benson later ran the fabulous "Ah-Fong" Chinese restaurant in Beverly Hills.
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- Detroit, Michigan, USA
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- Costa Mesa, California, USA
Oct 24, 2016 · October 24, 2016 4:09pm. Courtesy of Lisa McDaniel. Gloria Fong, the actress known as Maylia who appeared in the 1940s films Singapore and To the Ends of the Earth, has died. She was 90. Fong...
Actress: Singapore. Gloria (Maylia) Fong was born Gloria Chin in Detroit, Michigan. She married actor Benson Fong and received great reviews for her first film, Singapore (1947). She and Benson later ran the fabulous "Ah-Fong" Chinese restaurant in Beverly Hills.
- November 10, 1925
- October 16, 2016
Dec 20, 2021 · At the suggestion of Gregory Peck, she and Fong later started a chain of Chinese restaurants. Maylia’s restaurant chain. Maylia spent 1947 making her two biggest films. In To the Ends of the Eart h, she plays a teenage Chinese girl who (spoiler alert) turns out to be a secret narcotics kingpin.
Mar 4, 2021 · Maylia Fong was a Chinese American actress who starred in films like Singapore and To the Ends of the Earth in the 1940s and 1950s. She is one of the 10 Asian actors featured in this article who paved the way for Asian representation in Hollywood.
Oct 25, 2016 · SINGAPORE, Oct 25 — Gloria Fong, the actress known as Maylia who appeared in the 1940s films Singapore and To the Ends of the Earth, has died. She was 90. Fong died in her...
