DEPARTURE, book, lyrics and music by C. Bernard Jackson.
Virginia Wing and Mel Carter in DEPARTURE, 1975. * Also in the cast: Robert Garner, Thalmus Rasulala, Tony DeCosta, Tom Young, Candi Sosa and Olga James.
Los Angeles Times, June 13, 1975, Page 12, Part IV, article by Lawrence Christon.
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Virginia Wing is a Chinese-American actress whose ancestors came to the “Gold Mountain” from Canton (now Guangzhou) 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
She has run the gamut from theatre, cabaret, TV, film, playwriting, directing, producing and script analysis. She modeled in her youth and is in the Breck Girls 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.
