Virginia Wing is an American actress of Chinese descent, whose ancestors came to the “Gold Mountain” from Canton (now Guangdong) in the mid-1800s to participate in the Gold Rush and the building of the railroads. She is currently writing about growing up Southern in the Mississippi Delta, where she was born and raised.
Professionally, she has run the gamut from opera, theatre, cabaret, TV, film, playwriting, directing and producing to script analysis. She modeled in her youth and is in the Breck Girl Hall of Fame. She was the model in the Mitsouko by Guerlain ad in the 60s, which won awards internationally. She was a nominee for Best Actress in the Hollywood NAACP Image Awards.
Her proudest role to date is Grandmother — to three fabulous grandchildren.
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- (Marks, Mississippi, c.1939) Virginia Wing with her brothers, Tommie Wing and Charles Wing and her mother, Virginia Wong Wing.
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- (Marks, Mississippi, c. 1946) Virginia Wing, age 9.
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- (1960) Virginia Wing competes in the Miss Mississippi Contest in Vicksburg, Mississippi.
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- (1962) Virginia Wing in dress bought by THE TONIGHT SHOW for her first appearance on the show.
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- (1962-68) Virginia Wing in an ad for Breck Creme Rinse.
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- (1965) Mitsouko by Guerlain Perfume Ad. MelvinSokolsky©wwwSokolsky.com
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- (1963) David Atkinson, Virginia Wing, Garold Gardner and Robert Schlitt in The Fantasticks, Detroit, Michigan.
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- (1967) Virginia Wing as Tuptim and James Shigeta as The King in THE KING AND I in Sacramento, CA).
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- (1975) Peter Falk and Virginia Wing in the episodic television show, “The Trials of O’Brien”.
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- (1969) Lee Clark Champion and Virginia Wing in Inner City Cultural Center’s production of WEST SIDE STORY.
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- (1984) Virginia Wing and Felton Perry in Inner City Cultural Center’s production of SLEEP NO MORE.
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- (1984) Felton Perry and Virginia Wing in SLEEP NO MORE. Virginia Wing was nominated for Best Actress by the Hollywood NAACP Image Awards.
