▁roles , ▁the ▁make up ▁artists ▁sl ant ▁her ▁brown ▁eyes . ▁G oss ip ▁column ist ▁Hed da ▁Ho pper ▁wrote ▁that ▁K wan , ▁as ▁a ▁E uras ian , ▁does ▁not ▁look ▁fully ▁Asian ▁or ▁European . ▁Ho pper ▁wrote ▁that ▁the ▁" sc atter ing ▁of ▁fre ck les ▁across ▁her ▁tip - til ted ▁nose ▁give ▁her ▁an ▁Occ ident al ▁flav or ". ▁The ▁production ▁sp anned ▁five ▁months , ▁an ▁unus ually ▁length y ▁period ▁for ▁the ▁era . ▁ ▁St ard om ▁ ▁The ▁World ▁of ▁Su zie ▁W ong ▁was ▁a ▁" box - office ▁sens ation ". ▁Crit ics ▁lav ished ▁pra ise ▁on ▁K wan ▁for ▁her ▁performance . ▁She ▁was ▁given ▁the ▁nick name ▁" Ch inese ▁B ard ot " ▁for ▁her ▁un for get table ▁dance ▁performance . ▁K wan ▁and ▁two ▁other ▁actress es , ▁In a ▁Bal in ▁and ▁Hay ley ▁M ills , ▁were ▁awarded ▁the ▁Golden ▁Glo be ▁for ▁the ▁" M ost ▁Prom ising ▁New com er – F em ale " ▁in ▁ 1 9 6 0 . ▁The ▁following ▁year , ▁she ▁was ▁voted ▁a ▁" Star ▁of ▁Tom orrow ". ▁Sch olar ▁Jenn ifer ▁Le ah ▁Chan ▁of ▁New ▁York ▁University ▁wrote ▁that ▁Su zie ▁provided ▁an ▁Asian ▁actress — K wan — with ▁the ▁most ▁significant ▁Hollywood ▁role ▁since ▁actress ▁Anna ▁May ▁W ong ' s ▁success ▁in ▁the ▁ 1 9 2 0 s . ▁Design ed ▁by ▁London