Judy Dan (; born September 9, 1930) is a Chinese-American actress.

Biography

Judy Dan was born in

Shanghai Shanghai (; , , Standard Mandarin pronunciation: ) is one of the four direct-administered municipalities of the People's Republic of China (PRC). The city is located on the southern estuary of the Yangtze River, with the Huangpu River flow ...

on September 9, 1930, the daughter of film director

Dan Duyu Dan Duyu (但杜宇; 1897–1972), also romanized as Dan Do-yu, was a Chinese film director and cinematographer who directed more than 30 films from 1922 to 1952. He was married to film actress Yin Mingzhu (who starred in his 1927 film '' The Cav ...

and actress

Yin Mingzhu Yin Mingzhu (; 1904–1989), also known as Pearl Ing, was a Chinese actress. Mingzhu was most famous for her role as an actress but was also an investor and production coordinator specifically during her time off camera in the 1930s. She was the m ...

, and was raised in

Hong Kong Hong Kong ( (US) or (UK); , ), officially the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China ( abbr. Hong Kong SAR or HKSAR), is a city and special administrative region of China on the eastern Pearl River Delt ...

. She worked for Cathay Pacific where she was talent spotted. In 1952, she won the

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, then known as the Miss Hong Kong Beauty Contest, and was third runner-up at the

Miss Universe 1952 Miss Universe 1952, the 1st Miss Universe pageant, was held on June 28, 1952 at the Long Beach Municipal Auditorium in Long Beach, California, United States. The pageant was held on the day following the first Miss USA pageant, at the same venue. ...

contest. Her participation and finish in the Miss Universe competition brought her a contract with

20th Century Fox 20th Century Studios, Inc. (previously known as 20th Century Fox) is an American film production company headquartered at the Fox Studio Lot in the Century City area of Los Angeles. As of 2019, it serves as a film production arm of Walt Dis ...

film studio.

Other

Dan studied drama at George Pepperdine College and appeared in three plays during her two-and-one-half years there.

Personal life

Dan married Tom Woo, an architect in West Los Angeles; the couple had three daughters.

Filmography

References

External links

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Let's remember Judy Dan
chinarhyming.com, January 5, 2016; accessed January 18, 2018. {{DEFAULTSORT:Dan, Judy 1930 births 20th-century Chinese actresses Actresses from Shanghai Chinese emigrants to the United States Hong Kong film actresses Living people Miss Universe 1952 contestants Pepperdine University alumni