China Kong (born 1960) is an American actress, writer, and producer. She is the widow of director
Donald Cammell
Donald Seton Cammell (17 January 1934 – 24 April 1996) was a Scottish painter, screenwriter, and film director. He has a cult reputation largely due to his debut film ''Performance'', which he wrote the screenplay for and co-directed wi ...
, having met him in 1974, when she was 14 years of age and he was 40. After having an affair, the couple married four years later, in 1978.
Her most noted acting role was in Cammell's 1987 film ''
White of the Eye
''White of the Eye'' is a 1987 British horror-thriller film directed by Donald Cammell, starring David Keith and Cathy Moriarty. It was adapted by Cammell and his wife China Kong from the 1983 novel ''Mrs. White'', written by Margaret Tracy ( ...
'', which she also co-wrote.
China Kong's sister, Stephani Kong, acted as Brando's photographer on ''
The Missouri Breaks
''The Missouri Breaks'' is a 1976 American Western film starring Marlon Brando and Jack Nicholson. The film was directed by Arthur Penn, with supporting performances by Randy Quaid, Harry Dean Stanton, Frederic Forrest, John McLiam, and Ka ...
'' and ''
Superman
Superman is a superhero created by writer Jerry Siegel and artist Joe Shuster, which first appeared in the comic book ''Action Comics'' Action Comics 1, #1, published in the United States on April 18, 1938.The copyright date of ''Action Comics ...
''.
References
*Brando, Marlon, and Donald Cammell. (2005) ''Fan-Tan'', pp. 238–39.
External links
*
Donald Cammell @ pHinnWeb
1960 births
Living people
20th-century American actresses
American writers of Chinese descent
American film actresses
American actresses of Chinese descent
21st-century American women
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