Still Dancing: Jadin Wong has come a long way from the Forbidden City

From: AsianWeek | Date: November 10, 1995| Author: Marilyn Abalos | Copyright information


AsianWeek

11-10-1995

Still Dancing: Jadin Wong has come a long way from the Forbidden City.

If you live long enough, they find you," quipped Jadin Wong one recent afternoon as she showed me around her Manhattan apartment.

Wong is being modest. We are surrounded by awards and memorabilia she has collected over a lifetime in show business, first in nightclubs and then on stage and in film. This week she had another starring role when on Tuesday she was h...

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