RAE DAWN CHONG

'Rae Dawn Chong' (born February 28, 1961) is a Canadian/American actress.
Chong, a U.S. citizen, was born in Edmonton, Alberta, the daughter of Maxine Sneed and Tommy Chong, a comedian, actor, writer and director.^[1] Chong's father is of Chinese and Scotch-Irish ancestry and her mother is of African and Cherokee descent.^[2] Her sister Robbi Chong is a model and actress.^[3]
Chong is known for appearing in the films ''Quest for Fire'' (1981), ''The Color Purple'' (1985), ''Choose Me'' (1984), ''Commando'' (1985), ''Cheech & Chong's The Corsican Brothers'' (1984), and ''Far Out Man'' (1990), in the latter two appearing with her father. Chong saw her most active period in films during the late 1980s and throughout the 1990s. However she has continued to be active in television acting roles into 2006.
Chong has been married twice and has one son. Her second husband was actor C. Thomas Howell, her co-star in ''Soul Man (1986)''. They divorced in 1990.

Contents

Filmography

TV shows

References

External links

Filmography

★ ''Quest for Fire'' (1981)

★ ''Choose Me'' (1984)

★ ''Cheech & Chong's The Corsican Brothers'' (1984)

★ ''Beat Street'' (1984)

★ ''Fear City'' (1984)

★ ''City Limits'' (1985)

★ ''American Flyers'' (1985)

★ ''Commando'' (1985)

★ ''The Color Purple'' (1985)

★ ''Soul Man'' (1986)

★ ''The Squeeze'' (1987)

★ ''The Principal'' (1987)

★ ''Walking After Midnight'' (1988)

★ ''Rude Awakening'' (1989)

★ '' (1990)

★ ''Far Out Man'' (1990)

★ ''Chaindance'' (1990)

★ ''Denial'' (1991)

★ ''The Borrower'' (1991)

★ '' (1991)

★ ''When the Party's Over'' (1992)

★ ''Amazon'' (1992)

★ ''Time Runner'' (1993)

★ ''Boulevard'' (1994)

★ ''Boca'' (1994)

★ ''Power of Attorney'' (1995)

★ ''Crying Freeman'' (1995)

★ ''The Break'' (1995)

★ ''Hideaway'' (1995)

★ ''Starlight'' (1996)

★ ''Mask of Death'' (1996)

★ ''Highball'' (1997)

★ ''Goodbye America'' (1997)

★ ''Small Time'' (1998)

★ ''Dangerous Attraction'' (1999)

★ ''The Visit'' (2000)

★ ''Constellation'' (2005)

TV shows

★ ''Top of the Hill'' (1980)

★ ''Badge of the Assassin'' (1985)

★ ''Curiosity Kills'' (1990)

★ ''Nitecap'' (1992)

★ '' (1993)

★ '' (1996)

★ ''Valentine's Day'' (1998)

★ ''Mysterious Ways'' (2000-2002)^[4]

★ ''Wild Card'' (2003)

★ ''Deadly Skies'' (2005)

★ ''That's So Raven'' (2007)

References

1. http://www.filmreference.com/film/62/Rae-Dawn-Chong.html
2. http://news.asianweek.com/news/view_article.html?article_id=2290983b6f1ce3617b9a85e3c1bb3342
3. http://actresses.pick2web.com/2221/raedawnchong
4. http://www.visiontv.ca/Programs/drama_mysterious_ways.html

External links

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