Her studies at the Royal Ballet School ran concurrently with her high-school studies. She studied performing arts subjects such as stage make-up, and danced every day for four hours. When Kwan was 18, she pursued her dream of becoming a ballet dancer by attending the Royal Ballet School in London. Her introduction to tai chi sparked a desire to learn ballet. Her four years of studying at the school earned her the General Certificate of Secondary Education. Her brother studied to become an architect, and she studied to become a dancer. She attended the Catholic Maryknoll Convent School until she was 13 years old, after which she traveled to Kingsmoor School in Glossop, an boarding school that her brother, Ka Keung, was then attending. The Associated Press called the fortune-teller "either a gifted or lucky" one. She wrote in 1960 that as an eight-year-old, her fortune-teller "predicted travel, fame, and fortune for me". An affluent man, her father owned a several-acre hilltop property in Kowloon. Cared for by an amah (阿嬤), a woman who looks after children, Kwan owned a pony and passed the summer in resorts in Borneo, Macao, and Japan.
Five of Kwan's siblings became lawyers.Įxcept during World War II, Kwan had a comfortable early life. Her father and her step-mother gave her, in addition to her brother, five half-brothers and half-sisters. Remaining in Hong Kong with the children, her father married a Chinese woman, whom Kwan called "Mother". Her mother later moved to New York and married an American. Kwan's parents divorced when she was two years old. Marquita Scott escaped to England and never rejoined the family. They remained in exile in Western China for five years until the war ended, after which they returned to Hong Kong and lived in a spacious, contemporary home her father designed. Kwan and her brother were transported by servants, evading Japanese sentries. In fear of the Japanese invasion of Hong Kong during World War II, Wing Hong, in the guise of a coolie, escaped from Hong Kong to North China in Christmas 1941 with his two children, whom he hid in wicker baskets.
In that era, society held a dim view of miscegenation. After he met Marquita Scott in London, the two married and moved to Hong Kong.
The son of a Chinese lawyer, Kwan Wing Hong attended Cambridge University and became an eminent architect in Hong Kong. We have estimated Nancy Kwan's net worth, money, salary, income, and assets.Born in Hong Kong on May 19, 1939, and growing up in Kowloon Tong, she is the daughter of Kwan Wing Hong, a Cantonese architect, and Marquita Scott, a Caucasian model of English and Scottish ancestry. So, how much is Nancy Kwan worth at the age of 82 years old? Nancy Kwan’s income source is mostly from being a successful Actress.
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