Nancy Kwan
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68 appearances
1 recordings
1 series
first heard Apr 2025
last heard Apr 2025
Nancy Kwan’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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I'm doing fine. How are you doing?
Yes.
I speak Cantonese.
Where did you come from?
From Malaysia.
No, I wanted to be a ballet dancer. I was going to the Royal Ballet, very serious about being a ballet dancer. I was back in Hong Kong for summer holidays. And they were testing. making screen tests for some of my favorite Chinese actresses for the world of Suzy Wong in Hong Kong. So I went up to the studio to watch my favorite actress at work.
And I was standing there, and somebody says to me, you want to do a screen test? I said, no, I'm a ballet dancer. I have nothing to do with it. I'm just here watching my favorite actresses. They said, why don't you do a screen test? I said, well, what's that? They said, well, just sit in the chair. So I said, okay. So I sat in the chair, and he asked me questions, how old I am.
And every time he asked me something, I burst out laughing like an idiot. I mean, I laughed the whole way through. And then when I got home, I said to my father, I said, I don't know, but this guy wanted me to do a screen test. And I just giggled all the way. He said, well, never mind. You're a ballet dancer. Forget it. A few weeks later...
I get a... My father gets a letter from Ray Stark, the producer of The World of 221. I'm sorry.
Uh... You know, one of those, you know.
Like a piece of paper. And a contract. They said, would you like to go to Hollywood for six months? And I even get paid for it. I said, I've also been a student, so I've never been paid. I said, oh, I would love it. I would love it. I've never been to America. And that's how I started. Right. And so that was in Hong Kong.
Well, no, that was much later.
Like, you know, both of us.
Well, first time, I came in the early 60s, where the studio system was just phasing out.
Yes.
What were you doing?
Oh, I don't do drugs either.
Yeah, no, the studio system was phasing out and independent films were coming in. Really, that was an exciting, very exciting time.
And... Kind of sounds like...
It does repeat itself.
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