She followed it the next year with the hit musical, Flower Drum Song 1961 , and became one of Hollywood's most visible Asian actresses.
Insiders said the shoot was designed to be reminiscent of the magazine's inaugural shoot with Marilyn Monroe.
He was a martial-arts master, fluent in Chinese, and became a stunt coordinator and actor before his untimely death.
In a 1993 interview, she revealed she turned down a role in The Joy Luck Club 1993 due to a disagreement over the script.
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