Nancy Kwan
Nancy Kwan
#0Nancy Kwan
Posted: 10/12/04 at 10:56pm
She was very good in FLOWER DRUM SONG.
Why didn't she become a mega star?
" ...the happiness in the tune convinces me that I'm not afraid."
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/31/69
#1re: Nancy Kwan
Posted: 10/12/04 at 10:59pm
What about her in THE WORLD OF SUZIE WONG (the film w/William Holden)?
#2re: Nancy Kwan
Posted: 10/12/04 at 11:00pmPearl Cream!
Have I ever shown you my Shattered Dreams box? It's in my Disappointment Closet. - Marge Simpson
kjklo
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/29/03
#3re: Nancy Kwan
Posted: 10/12/04 at 11:07pm
She probably didn't become a big star because at that time the opportunities in the US for Asian-Americans in show business were so limited.
Hey, wait a minute, they still are!
#4re: Nancy Kwan
Posted: 10/12/04 at 11:09pm
Well that stinks!
Nancy was talented and sexy.
" ...the happiness in the tune convinces me that I'm not afraid."
#5re: Nancy Kwan
Posted: 10/12/04 at 11:11pmSpeaking of Asians, what ever happened to that woman from Sayonara, who won as OSCAR and was never heard from again!!!
#6re: Nancy Kwan
Posted: 10/12/04 at 11:23pmI thought you were getting your figure skaters mixed up!
"The stage is where I live and come alive and act out all the things that go on in my life. It's not just what I do for a living, it's my shrink and my love affair. No one in my life has ever or ever will kiss me on the mouth like this lover called my relationship with my performance."
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/31/69
#7re: Nancy Kwan
Posted: 10/12/04 at 11:24pm
Miyoshi Umeki
Give the girl an Oscar, and she's outta der!
#8re: Nancy Kwan
Posted: 10/12/04 at 11:26pm
Loved her in FLOWER DRUM SONG.
My best friend found an L.P. of hers.
She was special.
" ...the happiness in the tune convinces me that I'm not afraid."
Marquise
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/1/04
#10re: Nancy Kwan
Posted: 10/13/04 at 9:58amRath - you beat me to it - Pearl Cream - that commercial always cracks me up!
"I don't really get the ending,all i can go with is when after several months,Judith saw Pat sang,and later she kissed him on the toilet,after that the story back to where Pat went down from the stage after he'd sung,and he went to the italian lady.I just don't get it,what Judith exatcly meant when he kissed Pat that she had seen,and did Pat end up together with The Italian Lady?Please help me,thank u very much!"
Quote from someone on IMDB in reference to a movie he/she didn't understand. Such grammar!
#11re: Nancy Kwan
Posted: 10/13/04 at 10:01amThank you - no one else seemed to acknowledge me!
Have I ever shown you my Shattered Dreams box? It's in my Disappointment Closet. - Marge Simpson
#12re: Nancy Kwan
Posted: 3/15/05 at 8:23pmThat Sarah Jessica Parker Gap commercial has got Miss Kwan's rendition going through my mind a lot. Anyone else?
" ...the happiness in the tune convinces me that I'm not afraid."
MasterLcZ
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/12/03
#13re: Nancy Kwan
Posted: 3/15/05 at 8:54pmAnna May Wong was supposed to be in the FLOWER DRUM SONG film, but died of lung cancer.
"Christ, Bette Davis?!?!"
#14re: Nancy Kwan
Posted: 3/15/05 at 8:55pmWhat role? Not Nancy's I hope.
" ...the happiness in the tune convinces me that I'm not afraid."
#16re: Nancy Kwan
Posted: 3/15/05 at 10:51pm
Miyoshi Umeki and Pat Suzuki (who played Nancy Kwan's role on Broadway)
#17re: Nancy Kwan
Posted: 3/15/05 at 10:54pm
Love Miyoshi and Nancy.
Did you see Pat on Broadway PJ?
" ...the happiness in the tune convinces me that I'm not afraid."
#18re: Nancy Kwan
Posted: 3/15/05 at 11:15pm
NO! I did NOT see Flower Drum Song on Broadway!!
And contrary to popular belief, to paraphrase Margo Channing, I was NOT watching Our American Cousin the night Lincoln was shot!
*PalJoey throws a Prissy Queen Fit and skulks off to bed*
#19re: Nancy Kwan
Posted: 3/15/05 at 11:18pm
LOL!!!
Sorry, I just know that you have seen a lot of shows going back to your childhood. :)
" ...the happiness in the tune convinces me that I'm not afraid."
#20re: Nancy Kwan
Posted: 3/15/05 at 11:40pm
I was not OLD enough to be taken to Flower Drum Song.
I was, however, taken to Las Vegas, where we stayed at the Rat Packy Sands Hotel and saw Debbie Reynolds and a titty show that left me cold, to my father's annoyance.
However, upon seeing the marquee at Caesar's Palace, my voice raised several octaves and I exclaimed, "Juliet Prowse? Juliet Prowse! JULIET PROWSE in SWEET CHARITY! Mommy, Dadddy, PLEAAAAAASE!!!"
#21re: Nancy Kwan
Posted: 3/15/05 at 11:41pm
I love it! I saw her do 'If My Friends Could See Me Now' on tv once and she was real perfecto.
She used to take ballet class at Stanley Holden's in LA too.
So did your folks take you to SC PJ?
" ...the happiness in the tune convinces me that I'm not afraid."
#22re: Nancy Kwan
Posted: 3/15/05 at 11:57pm
Yes. My mother had gone to see it on Broadway with her Tuesday evening theatre group (Sally, Gert, Harriet, Estelle, and Dotty). She said they all loved Gwen Verdon.
I sniffed and said, "Gwen Verdon? Please. Isn't she a bit LONG in the TOOTH to play a hooker?"
My father slammed his Crown Royal down onto the nightclub table and said, "That's IT! The kid's going BACK to Little League!"
NYadgal
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/18/04
#23re: Nancy Kwan
Posted: 3/16/05 at 12:01am
oh, PalJoey! I just woke my neighbors laughing out LOUD at that!
Brilliant!
"Two drifters off to see the world. There's such a lot of world to see. . ."
#24re: Nancy Kwan
Posted: 3/16/05 at 12:07am
You laugh. But I preferred to spend my Saturdays lip-synching to musicals, not running around chasing after baseballs.
"A baseball diamond is HARDLY a girl's best friend," I told my father, who was not ordinarily a violent man.
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