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Nancy Kwan (born May 19, 1939) (; Cantonese: Kwan Ka Shin) is a American actress.
Biography
Nancy Kwan was born in Hong Kong to a Chinese father, architect Kwan Wing Hong, and Scottish mother, model Marquita Scott. Kwan's parents marriage ended in divorce when she was only two. Kwan was considered a sex symbol in the 1960s.
During the Japanese invasion in December 1941, Kwan's father fled the city on foot along with Nancy and her brother, Ka Keung, and hid out in western China. The family returned to Hong Kong at the end of World War II. Kwan later studied at the Royal Ballet School in England, performing in Swan Lake and Sleeping Beauty at Covent Garden. She completed her studies with a certificate to teach ballet.
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