Linda Wong, born Linda Carol Seki (September 13, 1951 – December 17, 1987), was an American pornographic actress, and one of the first

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to become a star in the American

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industry. In 1999, she was inducted into the XRCO Hall of Fame. She was

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ese by ethnicity.

Early life

Wong was raised in San Francisco, California. She was a former homecoming queen, and later went to college to earn a degree in dance. She worked as a ballerina and was married for a time to an attorney.

Career

Wong began nude modeling and after appearing in Hustler magazine, was approached to do adult films. She first broke into the adult film business in 1976 with ''Oriental Babysitter'' and '' The Jade Pussycat'', in which she co-starred with Georgina Spelvin and John Holmes. According to '' Playboy's'' October 1977 pictorial "Ladies of Joy" and ''Playboy's 1980 Girls of Playboy 4'', she worked as a masseuse in Las VegasWhere is Linda Wong? Dead from an Accidental Drug Overdose
Archived at: for a short time under the name "Linda Ching". In 1981, she decided to retire. She returned four years later to star in ''The Erotic World of Linda Wong''. She was planning yet another comeback in 1987 when she died of a

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Awards

In 2011, '' Complex'' magazine ranked her at #25 in their list of "The Top 50 Hottest Asian Porn Stars of All Time."

Partial filmography

* ''Oriental Babysitter'' (1976) * ''China Lust'' (1976) * ''China DeSade'' (1977) * ''Baby Face'' (1977) * '' The Jade Pussycat'' (1977) * ''Stormy'' (1980) * ''Swedish Erotica 10'' (1981)

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