Linda Wong (pornographic actress)
American pornographic actress
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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]
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.[9]
Awards
Partial filmography
- Oriental Babysitter (1976)
- China Lust (1976)
- China DeSade (1977)
- Baby Face (1977)
- The Jade Pussycat (1977)
- Stormy (1980)
- Swedish Erotica 10 (1981)
