Linda Wong (pornographic actress)

Linda Wong
Born
Linda Carol Seki[1]

(1951-09-13)September 13, 1951[2]
San Francisco, California, U.S.[2]
DiedDecember 17, 1987(1987-12-17) (aged 36)[2]
NationalityAmerican[2]
Other namesSandy Stram, Linda Chang[2]

Linda Wong (born Linda Carol Seki;[1] September 13, 1951 – December 17, 1987) was an American pornographic actress,[2] and one of the first Asian Americans to become a star in the American adult film industry.[3] In 1999, she was inducted into the XRCO Hall of Fame.[4] She was Japanese by ethnicity.[5]

Early life

Wong was raised in San Francisco, California. She was a former homecoming queen,[6] and later went to college to earn a degree in dance.[7] She worked as a ballerina and was married for a time to an attorney.[7]

Career

Wong began nude modeling and after appearing in Hustler magazine, was approached to do adult films.[7] She first broke into the adult film business in 1976 with Oriental Babysitter and The Jade Pussycat, in which she co-starred with Georgina Spelvin and John Holmes. According to Playboy's October 1977 pictorial "Ladies of Joy" and Playboy's 1980 Girls of Playboy 4, she worked as a masseuse in Las Vegas[8] for a short time under the name "Linda Ching".

In 1981, she decided to retire.[8] She returned four years later[8] to star in The Erotic World of Linda Wong. She was planning yet another comeback in 1987 when she died of a drug overdose.[6][8]

Spouses

Brian Ching (September 14, 1969 - December 1972) (divorced) Cid Spader Mad Jack(? - December 17, 1987) (her death)

Death

Wong died of an accidental drug overdose in 1987 in a motel in Petaluma, California. At the time of her death she was out on bail after having spent two months in jail on a drug charge (she had been arrested trying to buy codeine with a forged prescription).[9] She was facing at least a year in prison when she overdosed in a motel room in Petaluma, CA.

Awards

In 2011, Complex magazine ranked her at #25 in their list of "The Top 50 Hottest Asian Porn Stars of All Time."[6]

Partial filmography

  • Oriental Babysitter (1976)
  • China Lust (1976)
  • China DeSade (1977)
  • Baby Face (1977)
  • The Jade Pussycat (1977)
  • Stormy (1980)
  • Swedish Erotica 10 (1981)

See also

References

  1. ^ a b Linda Wong at IMDb
  2. ^ a b c d e f "Linda Wong". IAFD. Archived from the original on 2016-01-16. Retrieved 2015-06-06.
  3. ^ Shimizu, Celine Parreñas (2007). The Hypersexuality of Race: Performing Asian/American Women on Screen and Scene. Duke University Press. pp. 153–159. ISBN 978-0-8223-4033-1.
  4. ^ "Masseuse 3 and Café Flesh 2 Top XRCO Awards". AVN. Retrieved 6 June 2015.
  5. ^ "Linda Wong". Porn.com.
  6. ^ a b c Gabriel Alvarez (2011-09-19). "The Top 50 Hottest Asian Porn Stars of All Time". Complex. Retrieved 2013-08-02.
  7. ^ a b c Emmers, Robert H. (2 September 1977). "Porn fun?". The Billings Gazette. Retrieved 27 March 2019.
  8. ^ a b c d Where is Linda Wong? Dead from an Accidental Drug Overdose, Archived at: Archived January 7, 2010, at the Wayback Machine
  9. ^ "Linda Wong - Biography". IMDb.