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Tiana Alexandra-Silliphant (Thi Thanh Nga; August 11, 1956) is a Vietnamese-American actress and filmmaker. Her award-winning 1992 film ''From Hollywood to Hanoi'',〔(【引用サイトリンク】 url=http://www.nytimes.com/movies/movie/211084/From-Hollywood-to-Hanoi/overview )〕 was the first American documentary feature film shot in Vietnam by a Vietnamese American. It was shown at film festivals〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://history.sundance.org/films/355/from_hollywood_to_hanoi )〕 and movie theaters across the U.S., and highlighted the plight of Amerasians, as well as the devastating effects of Agent Orange. Tiana starred opposite actors Robert Duvall, James Caan and Rod Steiger in feature films such as Sam Peckinpah’s ''The Killer Elite'',〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ApPRMLuVNAI )〕 and ''Catch The Heat''. She also starred in the made-for-television features ''Pearl''〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ImS6Ua6mxrs )〕 and ''Fly Away Home'',〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_sJFXRAifgs )〕 written by her late husband Stirling Silliphant. Tiana was Associate Producer on David Cronenberg’s 2011 feature film ''A Dangerous Method''. Tiana’s film ''The General & Me''〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=https://vimeo.com/73369342 )〕 (in post production as of April 2015) focuses on her 25-year relationship with General Võ Nguyên Giáp, Ho Chi Minh’s trusted military strategist during the Indochina and Vietnam Wars. ==Early life== Tiana Alexandra (Thi Thanh Nga) was born in Saigon, Vietnam in 1956. Her father Dư Phước Long, was a South Vietnamese politician, serving as Director of Press in Saigon and Cultural Attaché in Washington D.C. for the U.S. allied administration of President Ngô Đình Diệm.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7kKLlkdHLfA )〕 Tiana’s father moved the family to Fairfax, Virginia in 1966 after the assassination of President Diệm. He worked at the South Vietnamese Embassy in Washington D.C., and pursued studies at Georgetown University’s Diplomatic School and Johns Hopkins University’s Graduate School of Advanced International Studies. He adopted the name Patrick Du Long and became a scriptwriter and newscaster for the Voice of America. He authored a book entitled The Dream Shattered: Vietnamese Gangs in America, and was a candidate for the California State Assembly in 1998.〔 While attending Fairfax High School in Virginia, Tiana honed her interest in both the performing and martial arts. At Master Jhoon Rhee’s Nationals Tournament in Washington D.C., Tiana met Bruce Lee and became his protege. Bruce Lee introduced Tiana to his martial arts student, and close friend, Hollywood writer Stirling Silliphant.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_kwUkjAm9V4 )〕 Silliphant had written Bruce Lee into numerous TV shows, including Longstreet, which he adapted for Lee from Raymond Chandler’s movie Marlowe.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.bruceleefoundation.com/index.cfm/page/THE-%E2%80%9CKNOWING-IS-NOT-ENOUGH%E2%80%9D-INTERVIEW-This-Issue:-Stirling-Silliphant/cdid/10675/pid/10225 )〕 Silliphant had also written most of the episodes for the acclaimed television series Route 66,〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0053534/ )〕 and won an Oscar for Best Screenplay〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1968 )〕 on the feature film In the Heat of the Night.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0061811/awards )〕 Tiana and Stirling Silliphant were married in a ceremony at Chasen’s Restaurant in West Hollywood on July 4, 1974. As reported by CBS News, the celebrity event included Robert Wagner, Natalie Wood, William Holden and Henry Mancini.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M-yV2Np-YWM )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Tiana Alexandra」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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