The film, as well as 1961's "Flower Drum Song," made her a Hollywood star, but in ensuing years, she contended with racism and personal tragedies, including the death of her son at the age of 32.

Some passages read like a gossip column, such as her accounts of her friendship with Bruce Lee. But she also depicts the racial ... a Japanese American who portrays a nightclub owner in “Flower Drum ...

Some passages read like a gossip column, such as her accounts of her friendship with Bruce Lee. But she also depicts ... a nightclub owner in “Flower Drum Song,” was incarcerated with other ...

But as it’s wrapping up the first ever Virginia Flower Fest, owner Eric Layman said he couldn’t have asked for a better spring season, combining fall’s hayrides and carousels, but adding a ...