Rae Dawn Chong - Biography

Last Editor: ineke.				Rae Dawn Chong Biography -   Name : Rae Dawn Chong Profession : Actress Birth Details : born February 28, 1961 in Edmonton, Alberta Height : 5' 8" (1.73 m) Personal quotes : "Unattractive people are more obsessed with looks." "I have a good mind but I don't like to bore anyone with it." "Whoopi Go Spouse : C. Thomas Howell (11 July 1989 - 1990) (divorced) Owen Baylis (1982 - ?) (divorced) 1 son

Rae Dawn Chong Trivia -

Daughter of Tommy Chong and Maxine Sneed. Half sister of Robbi Chong Was going to play Willis's girlfriend on "Diff'rent Strokes" (1978), but producers thought that she wasn't ethnic looking enough and cast Janet Jackson instead. Siblings (half/full): Robbi Chong, Marcus Chong, Paris Chong, Gilbran Chong. U.S. citizen. Subject of Stephen Lynch's song, RDC (Opie's Lament). She is Afro-Asian. Her mother is African-American/Amerindian, and her father is Scottish-Irish/Chinese-Canadian. Has a son, Morgan.

Rae Dawn Chong Detailed Biography -

Rae Dawn Chong (born February 28, 1961 in Edmonton, Alberta) is an actress and daughter of Tommy Chong. She is of African, First Nations, Chinese and Irish ancestry. She is best known for appearing in the films Quest for Fire (1981), The Color Purple (1985), Choose Me (1985), Commando (1985), Cheech and Chong's The Corsican Brothers (1984), and Far Out Man (1990), in the latter two appearing with her father. Chong has been married twice and has one son. Her second husband is C. Thomas Howell, her co-star in Soul Man (1986). They divorced in 1990.