Wonci Lui
Wonci Lui | |
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| Born | July 3, 1930 |
| Died | June 16, 2023 (aged 92) Honolulu, Hawaii, U.S. |
| Spouse | Thomas Yee |
Yul Wonci Lui (July 3, 1930 – June 16, 2023) was an American actress and dancer of Chinese ancestry. She performed in Kismet,[1] as an Arabian dancer in the number "Not Since Ninevah."[2] She performed in the Rodgers and Hammerstein production Flower Drum Song[3] from 1958 to 1960, as well as various productions of The King and I.[4] Lui died in Honolulu, Hawaii on June 16, 2023, at the age of 92.[5]
References
[edit]- ^ Fordin, Hugh (1996). M-G-M's greatest musicals: the Arthur Freed unit. Da Capo. p. 542. ISBN 978-0-306-80730-5.
- ^ McLean, Adrienne L. (1997). "The Thousand Ways There Are To Move". In Matthew Bernstein; Gaylyn Studlar (eds.). Visions of the Easehorientalism in film. Rutgers UP. pp. 126–57, on 141. ISBN 978-0-8135-2295-1.
- ^ Lewis, David H (2006). Flower drum songs: the story of two musicals. McFarland. pp. 43, 60. ISBN 978-0-7864-2246-3.
- ^ "Wonci Lui: Female performer". Internet Broadway Database. Retrieved 14 May 2011.
- ^ "Yul Wonci Lui". Forever Missed. Retrieved 2025-02-01.
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