Linda Wong (pornographic actress)
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Linda Wong | |
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| Born | September 13, 1951[1] |
| Died | December 7, 1987 (aged 36)[1] |
| Nationality | American[1] |
| Other names | Sandy Stram, Linda Chang[1] |
Linda Wong (September 13, 1951 – December 7, 1987) was an American pornographic actress[1] and one of the first Asians to become a star in the adult film industry.[2] In 1999, she was inducted into the XRCO Hall of Fame.[3] She was Japanese by ethnicity.[4]
Early life[edit]
Wong was raised in San Francisco, California, she was a former homecoming queen,[5] and later went to college to earn a degree in dance.[6] She worked as a ballerina and was married for a time to an attorney.[6]
Career[edit]
Wong began nude modeling and after appearing in Hustler magazine, was approached to do adult films.[6] 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 legal prostitute in Las Vegas[7] for a short time under the name "Linda Ching".
In 1981, she decided to retire.[7] She returned four years later[7] to star in The Erotic World of Linda Wong. She was planning yet another comeback in 1987 when she died of a drug overdose.[5][7]
In 2011, Complex magazine ranked her at #25 in their list of "The Top 50 Hottest Asian Porn Stars of All Time."[5]
Partial filmography[edit]
- China Lust (1976)
- China DeSade (1977)
- Baby Face (1977)
- The Jade Pussycat (1977)
- Stormy (1980)
- Swedish Erotica 10 (1981)
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ a b c d e f "Linda Wong". IAFD. Archived from the original on 2016-01-16. Retrieved 2015-06-06.
- ^ Shimizu, Celine Parreñas (2007). The Hypersexuality of Race: Performing Asian/American Women on Screen and Scene. Duke University Press. pp. 153–159. ISBN 0-8223-4033-X.
- ^ "Masseuse 3 and Café Flesh 2 Top XRCO Awards". AVN. Retrieved 6 June 2015.
- ^ Her biography
- ^ a b c Gabriel Alvarez (2011-09-19). "The Top 50 Hottest Asian Porn Stars of All Time". Complex. Retrieved 2013-08-02.
- ^ a b c Emmers, Robert H. (2 September 1977). "Porn fun?". The Billings Gazette. Retrieved 27 March 2019.
- ^ a b c d Where is Linda Wong? Dead from an Accidental Drug Overdose, Archived at: Archived January 7, 2010, at the Wayback Machine
External links[edit]
- 1951 births
- 1987 deaths
- American pornographic film actresses
- American pornographic film actors of Japanese descent
- American pornographic film actors of Chinese descent
- American women of Japanese descent
- American women of Chinese descent
- Drug-related deaths in California
- Pornographic film actors from California
- Sex workers drug-related deaths
- 20th-century American actresses
