Barbara Jean Wong


Barbara Jean Wong was an American actress and primarily a radio actress.

She was a fourth generation ChineseAmerican born in Los Angeles, California, to produce market owners Thomas and Maye Wong. She began her performance career at the age of five, as she could read and had a clear voice and was soon dubbed the ChineseAmerican Shirley Temple due to her long black hair curled into ringlets and her charming persona. In 1937, as a voice actress, she began doing some programs for CBS. She played Judy Barton, one of the twins in the childrens Christmas old time radio show The Cinnamon Bear. She was heard on several episodes of the Lux Radio Theater, Hallmark PlayhouseHallmark Hall of Fame, Cavalcade of America, Three Thirds of a Nation and many other shows. Her biggest radio role was on the comedy show Amos n Andy where she played Amos daughter Arbadella.

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