The first Chinese Hollywood movie star Huang Liushuang set a precedent and became the first Asian American to appear in the US currency, part of the plan to as an outstanding American woman to land on the 25 cents coin .
According to the American Women's Mint Program commemorating the centenary of the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, US Mint will issue 5 different styles of 25 cent coins each year between 2022 and 2025.
These currencies will be engraved with the first president Washington portrait on the front, and the back is a portrait of an outstanding American woman.
So far, the US Mint has issued coins from African American poet Angelo, the first female astronaut Ryder, the first female chief Mankiller, and the female suffrage movementist Otero Warren. Huang Liushuang is the fifth and last woman to appear in the 25-cent coin this year.
25 cent coin engraved with yellow rouge will be circulated and used on the 17th. Mint Director Jibson said Huang Liushuang is a brave advocate who advocates increasing the representation and more hierarchical roles of Asian American actors.
In a statement, Gibson pointed out: "This 25-cent coin is designed to reflect the breadth and depth of Huang Liushuang's achievements. She overcomes the challenges and obstacles she faces in her life."
It is understood that Huang Liushuang was born in a Chinese immigrant family in Los Angeles, California in 1905. At the age of 14, she made her debut as an extra in the movie "Red Light", and then began to star in some smaller scenes one after another. Until 1922, she became the heroine in "The Sea of Death" and became a hit.
According to the Museum and Library of the New York Historical Society, although Hollywood had restrictions on the role of Asian actors at that time, and the anti-interracial marriage law prohibited her from kissing anyone from other races, Huang Liushuang still had a fulfilling acting career.
She works in theaters, films and television. She has starred in more than 60 movies in her acting career, including silent film , a movie that was first filmed with special colorful technology, and is also the first Asian American protagonist in an American TV series.
Huang Liushuang was highly excluded in Hollywood during her lifetime, and it has been controversial because she created an oriental image; but her appearance and experience are still praised as "making an indelible contribution to American culture."
Huang Liushuang once appeared on stages in London and New York, but due to discrimination in the American entertainment industry, she finally chose to go to Europe and perform in British, French and German films.
Due to the shackles of race and class, she was unmarried for life, but she had experienced several long relationships and sought the happiness that the real world could allow. She treasures these memories of happiness and love in her heart and brings these experiences and feelings into her films and writings.
1960, she received one star on Avenue of Stars and died the following year at the age of 56.
