Judy Dan (; born September 9, 1930) is a Chinese-American actress.
Biography
![Miss Hong Kong 1952](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/58/Miss_Hong_Kong_1952.jpg)
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
Miss Hong Kong Pageant
The Miss Hong Kong Pageant (), or Miss HK () for short, is an annual beauty pageant organised by local Hong Kong television station, TVB. The pageant was established in 1946, and acquired by TVB in 1973.
The current Miss Hong Kong is Denice Lam ...
, 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.
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Other
Dan studied drama at
George Pepperdine College and appeared in three plays during her two-and-one-half years there.
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Personal life
Dan married Tom Woo, an architect in West Los Angeles; the couple had three daughters.[
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Filmography
References
External links
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Let's remember Judy Dan
chinarhyming.com, January 5, 2016; accessed January 18, 2018.
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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